Had an email from Daniel Gilliam today, P.D. of WUOL in Louisville. He reports that Louisville Public Media has achieved its highest listener numbers ever, with the three Louisville public stations up 38% over the spring book. LPM Vice President Todd Mundt credits his staff and the stations’ focus on community:
Now, more than ever, people are looking for quality, independent journalism, and we’re working harder than ever to fulfill that need. We’re also excited to see continued growth for our music stations, which are committed to supporting the local cultural scene.
WDAV in Davidson, North Carolina is also celebrating some good news. On August 7th, General Manager Ben Roe announced that the station had added two new staff members
aimed at strengthening the station’s use of multi-media to engage new listeners. Lisa V. Gray has joined WDAV as Director of Marketing & Communications, and Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr has been hired as the station’s first multi-media producer.
I don’t know Lisa personally, but I worked with Jeffrey some at NPR, and we can look forward to some very creative, top-notch production from WDAV online.
In other good news, the new WNYC (formerly WQXR) in New York City is looking to hire “multiple full-time hosts”:
WQXR seeks charismatic, passionate individuals to serve as music hosts on WQXR 105.9 FM. Ideal candidates will honor the station’s 83-year history of not only presenting classical music, but also building community around it.
For more information you can check out the job listing at the CPB website.
The bad news is coming from WUFT in Gainesville, FL which recently moved its classical programming to an HD channel and replaced it with News/Talk on the main frequency. A small group of classical fans picketed and played music in front of the station, to no avail. 14 employees have been laid off, and WUFT is apparently keeping a single classical music employee to manage the HD channel.
I wonder how many people in Gainesville have HD radios. And how good of a station can a single person run? Just sayin’.
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Did LPM break down the performance by station? I’m curious about how the classical station fared on its own.
Their cume gained 8600 and their TSL went from 2.3 hours to 5 hrs. since Fall ’08. As per PD Daniel Gilliam.
I can’t wait to hear what happens at the new WQXR. What will WNYC do with the music programming? The suspense if killing me.