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 done. If the light-gray line doesn’t reverse direction in the next ten years, those organizations may begin to fold.

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Station Bites: Good News and Bad News

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:

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Throw Open the Doors to Diversity!

Here’s a tease for Monday’s post:

Today some very strong words from Bruce Theriault, Senior VP for Radio of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, who said we need to “throw open the doors” to diversity, to new people with new ideas, to young people who understand converging media formats, and to look around us and realize that the public radio audience is 82% white, while the American population is nearly 50% non-white.

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