Author Archive for Marty Ronish
Marty Ronish is an independent producer of radio programs, mostly of classical and world music. She currently produces the Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcasts that air 52 weeks a year on some 250 stations and online at www.cso.org. This year she is producing a radio series of America's Music Festivals. She is also the Executive Director of Handel in Seattle: The American Handel Festival 2011.
News from WCLV
I’m moving this from the comments to a post. Thanks to Robert Conrad of WCLV: WCLV TO MOVE FACILITIES TO THE IDEA CENTER ON PLAYHOUSE SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND It was announced on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, that WCLV 104.9, northeast Ohio’s classical music station, will be moving its studios and offices from the current [...]
Catching Up On the News
Classical radio is not quite ready to bite the dust just yet! Two brand new 24-hour classical services in three markets are gearing up to go live this fall: In Columbus, Ohio a new 24 hour classical station is about to start up. Ohio State University’s WOSU is acquiring an adult alternative rock station and relaunching the frequency in the fall as Classical 101. WOSU at 89.7, now dual format, [...]
Tragedy in Seattle: George Shangrow
Saturday afternoon, July 31, former KING-FM radio host and beloved Seattle conductor George Shangrow was killed in an automobile crash on his way to give a pre-concert lecture in Methow Valley. The accident occurred during a thunderstorm when a 16 year old boy driving in the opposite direction crossed the centerline and hit Shangrow’s vehicle head-on. Shangrow was a [...]
Good News in Portland
All Classical FM at 89.9 in Portland, Oregon is having another spectacular year. My co-blogger Jack Allen would never toot his own horn, but the station is up 58% in listenership over two years. They have a 3.6 share, according to Arbitron, and have broken into the top ten stations in the city. In addition to [...]
What’s the Vector, Victor? Or Whose 4th was it, anyway?
These lazy days of summer are turning out to be anything but lazy for me. One of the problems with writing a blog is keeping it up, and I’m so buried in the new American Music Festivals series that the blog has languished. I did promise you some comments that were running on the AMPPR [...]
Graham Parker – New VP of WQXR
People can have different relationships with WQXR besides broadcast. Radio isn’t just FM anymore. Great content will find people wherever they are – we need to open up the definition of what radio is. Graham Parker, the new VP of Classical WQXR. Parker is enthusiastic about the variety of platforms and programming coming out of WQXR, both on the [...]
WQXR – Smart Thinking
Kudos to CEO Laura Walker and the WQXR/WNYC staff for having the vision to hire yet another creative thinker. Graham Parker has been the Executive Director of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, where he has been doing brilliant work. He will fill the newly-created post of Vice President of Classical 105.9 WQXR. Parker has a deep set of skills [...]
Job Opening in Boston
Jon Solins, Program Director of WGBH in Boston writes that the station is hiring: Classical producer / Announcer Details at wgbh.org/jobs Applications being accepted now.
Lois Bent
Very sad news — Lois Bent of Yellowstone Public Radio passed away yesterday after an 18-month battle with cancer. Here’s a brief article from the Billings Gazette. Is there anyone in classical radio who didn’t know Lois Bent? Lois was always interested in the ideas of others and the new programming they came up with, especially [...]
More From AMPPR – Part Deux
Some continued reporting from AMPPR attendees. Valerie Stains is a freelance producer who spent many years at NPR doing a variety of jobs. She reports on two sessions: FRED CHILD, host of Performance Today (Air Talent Training) As he has done for past radio conferences, popular PT host Fred Child had sent out a pre-conference call for [...]
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