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WQUB in Quincy, IL Losing its Local Hosts
From Mick Freeman at WQUB, via the AMPPR listserv:
Sadly WQUB is taking an unusual step on June 1st and firing all on-air staff…
Quincy is in the bottom left corner of Illinois, close to Missouri. An article in the Quincy Herald-Whig says that WGEM (news and sports) will handle the programming.
“We’re doing this to lower costs,” [...]
Old broadcasters never die…
When I was about 10 years old someone teased my parents and said, “That kid was vaccinated with a Victrola needle”, meaning I talked a lot. Given my Irish heritage, I was told it was something to be proud of. “You have a gift for the gab”.
Sandow to the MPC
David Duff, President of the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio (AMPPR) writes to say
Greg Sandow, former critic for The Village Voice, Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, will speak at this year’s MPC. His upcoming book will be titled “Rebirth: The Future of Classical Music.” Greg will address the reasons he thinks classical [...]
Just sayin’.
We’re drowning in a river of words: blogs, emails, text messages, tweets, comments, speeches, oratory, rhetoric, verbal engineering, commentary, and spin, spin, spin. Sure, we contribute our fair share right here on Scanning the Dial, but our contribution to the torrent hopefully sets just the right tone, is just clever enough and feels just right. [...]
Brooklyn Rider, and Hope Springs Atonal
When my grandfather was in his 80s, he would go every two weeks to get a vitamin B-12 shot. For about two days he would be energized and full of the dickens. Well, a great concert or a fascinating piece of music can do the same thing for you.
WUOL in Louisville, For Example
Those of us in the biz have studied at length how classical radio can survive, or even thrive, when its main proponents are in serious decline. Alex Ross posts a scary graph in his Feb. 3rd article in the New Yorker.
Every classical organization in America should print out this graph, pin it on the bulletin board, and ponder what is to be [...]
Kicking the tires of philanthropy.
To give or not to give, that is the question.
Not-for-profit radio stations around the country are entering into the spring fund-raising season, facing the same challenges as last year and the year before that, and the year before that. The perennial challenge is engaging the listener in a conversation about the relevance of the station [...]
WETS in Johnson City Switches from Classical to Talk
WETS, a real stalwart on the classical scene for 34 years is switching over its weekdays to all talk, according to station manager Wayne Winkler. You can read about it here. Winkler says you can get music from so many sources: CDs, MP3 players, satellite radio…
“In this economy”
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a hundred times, “We’ll be lucky to achieve our goals in this economy”.
We’re all in the same boat, this challenging economic boat – in the doldrums yet relatively secure, generally insulated, and comparatively safe – not untouched mind you, but our lifestyles are barely altered – we’re [...]
“Almost Insane Operagoer” George Jellinek Dies
WQXR opera host George Jellinek has died at age 90. Jellinek was on the air in New York for 36 years, and internationally he was often a guest on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts as part of their intermission panel. The New York Times has a fascinating obituary posted today.
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