All Entries in the "Public radio" Category
Classical Birth Knell in Houston
Looks like Houston will get a full-time Classical station fairly soon, not though without some consternation and birth pains. According to a University of Houston news release, the University of Houston’s Board of Regents voted to buy Rice University’s student-run radio station, 50,000 watt KTRU for $9.5-million, If approved by the Feds it would end [...]
Rocket Science
How hard is it to successfully program a classical music radio station? Are there any tried and true formulas? Does what worked yesterday, still work today? Tomorrow?
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
More from AMPPR
I asked some of the attendees at the AMPPR conference in NYC to write reports for this blog. Here is the first of two installments: From John Pitman, Music Director at All Classical in Portland OR: While visiting the facilities of WQXR/WNYC, I felt like I was walking the halls of some vast intergalactic public radio space [...]
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