All Entries in the "Public radio" Category
Dreaming Our Future
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”
KFUO Sale Revisited
A great example of collaborative, cumulative journalism –
From radio-info.com this morning: Senators Claire McCaskill and Kit Bond of Missouri have now joined House reps John Shimkus and Lacy Clay in examining the shady dealings surrounding the sale of St. Louis’s only classical station to religious broadcasters — this from an article in stltoday.com, written by Sarah Bryan [...]
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,” [...]
WUGA in Georgia Threatened by Budget Cuts
Radio-info.com this morning reports that dual-format station WUGA in Athens and northern Georgia is on the cutting block by the University of Georgia. This is just a proposed budget so far, but University officials are recommending layoffs of 1,400 staff members, reduction in student enrollment by 1,500, and elimination of WUGA from the budget altogether.
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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 [...]
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