Name of Jazz Artist on WRVR Radio Station NYC 1970?

There used to be a radio station in NYC in the early 70s, WRVR (100 or so on the FM dial), that was broadcast from the Riverside Church uptown. Van Jay hosted the midnight show and he opened every night with a theme song....an instrumental... and it was a tenor sax. I think it was on the Prestige label. I know it's a long shot but I've been trying to find out the name of it and the artist all these years! Any help would be really appreciated!

P.S. I also asked this question in the "jazz" category.... sorry, but I think it belongs here.

Oh Yeah! You remember! "Van Jay's Midnight Hour." I was also listening that night and couldn't figure it out... my dad called me and asked me if I was hearing country, too. LOL! WOW....

No, sorry, it wasn't Herbie Hancock but nice try. For some reason I remember Prestige 7193 (don't ask me why I remember a number!) and I bought it but it's Red Garland Trio's Rojo. There were some tunes on there that I remember from the show like, You Better Go Now and We Kiss in a Shadow but neither of those is it either. Oh well, the hunt goes on.....

Thanks for giving me a rush though!

Hey, I remember WRVR!

I liked Van Jay, the overnight guy... also Max Cole and Ed Beech. I was listening the night it changed to country music... Was driving home from a gig, and I thought the radio station had drifted. It took me a while to figure it out.

Anyway, I'm not sure if I remember exactly what Van used as a theme, but I kinda remember Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance"... or maybe they just used it as a bed under their announcements.

Let me know if that's correct.

peace

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Hey, thanks for the "best answer"... even though I did not know the correct answer to your question. Meanwhile, I did find out that Prestige P 66002, "Leaving This Planet" by Charles Earland, contains a track titled "Van Jay"!!! Could that be it?

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