All Entries in the "Programming" Category
Dreaming Our Future
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”
KUSC – You’re the Top, You’re a Hot Tamale
With apologies to Cole Porter, L.A.’s public station KUSC continues to lead in the nation’s public radio ratings.
Brenda Barnes is the President of KUSC. You can catch an interview with her about the ongoing good news, printed yesterday in the online journal LAdowntownnews.com.
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,” [...]
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 [...]
All-Music (But Not Classical) at WKNU
After the bad news about WETS dropping most of its music in favor of talk, David Duff, President of the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio, writes:
WNKU–which serves the Cincinnati market–is changing their format to go all music. WNKU is a AAA station, but Cincinnati is already served by WGUC, a 24-hour classical outlet, and [...]
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…
Redefining Intimacy
Dear all of you,
Most New Year’s resolutions involve weight loss so this is not meant to offend. When I think of all of me, a resolution or least some resolve to lose a little weight may be in order for this blogger. Not a lot, just enough to make my new jeans more comfortable. Now, [...]
AMPPR in NYC, and Some Bits of News
Great news from David Duff, President of the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio:
This year’s MPC will be in New York City, in the Greene Performance Space at WNYC/WQXR. Dates for the conference will be April 21-23, 2010.
We’ll be reducing the registration fee this year to assist stations affected by the economy (aren’t we [...]
