What happened to "The Blend"

Over the past few weeks, since I moved here to Houston, fans of the a cappella radio show I started in Manila have been asking me (via email, chat, Multiply, & Friendster) what happened to it. So here's the story..

Hosting a special show like "The Blend" requires a lot of time and effort, so the practice at Jam is to have only one special show per DJ. Lana needed a change of pace from Jam Sessions, so she picked up Republik (a show that fits her well). The latest addition to the on-air crew, Tracy, took on Jam Sessions.

By the time my departure from the station was formalized, we still had not found a replacement to host the program. With the all the weekday slots filled and the DJs at Jam busy with special shows of their own, "The Blend" fell into limbo.

I had a few prospects for the show, but none of them panned out. One of them, Aids of The Bystanders, was willing to take on the responsibility, but still needs a lot of training.

The show has been off the air for three weeks now, and I doubt that it will be back anytime soon. That is, unless the fans of the program rally for its return. Jam is not under any pressure to find someone new (since all the weekday slots have been filled). So unless they are compelled to by the listeners, the show will never return.

I put a lot of hard work into starting and developing "The Blend". What hurts more is that over the past year, since I moved it to a more prime timeslot and stretched it to a 3-hour format, the program's following was growing quickly.

Unfortunately there's nothing I can do about it from here. I just have to wait and see what happens. Hopefully fans of "The Blend" can come out of the woodwork and convince Jam to bring the show back. Otherwise, all the effort I put into the program would go to waste.