Sweet & Swing

Sweet & Swing is a radio programme broadcast on Manx Radio, featuring music from the big band era. The show is presented by Howard Caine (known as "H"), having previously been a joint presentation with the late Jim "The Jazz" Caine, the programme's creator.

In January 2017 Manx Radio introduced a sister programme to Sweet & Swing titled Jumpin' In. Originally the sister programmes alternated on Manx Radio's Friday night schedule over a fixed schedule period until October 2019, when Jumpin' In was allocated its own designated transmission slot on Saturday night.

This was revised in June 2022, following a reshuffle of Manx Radio’s evening programme schedule, which resulted in Jumpin’ In returning to the Friday 9pm spot whilst Sweet & Swing moved to the Tuesday evening slot which had been vacated following the announcement of the suspension of The Folk Show. The revision proved to be only temporary, and Sweet & Swing resumed its Friday night transmissions on September 30.

In the summer of 2024, following a further evaluation of Manx Radio's specialist programmes in the wake of the launch of Manx Radio Gold, it was announced that the sister programmes would alternate once again with Jumpin' In returning to the Friday night 9pm transmission window. The announcement was made by Howard Caine on July 5, 2024, who stated that the programmes would work in sequence with Sweet & Swing and Jumpin' In being transmitted every other week.

Sweet & Swing features music from the 1920s through to the 1950s; however, music by contemporary big bands is also included on the playlist. The programme is transmitted on the station's 9:00pm – 10:00 pm slot on Friday nights and is broadcast on FM and MW frequencies as well as worldwide through the Manx Radio website.