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 all?). Exact amount will be set soon.

Conference hotel will be the Four Points Soho, with a nightly rate of $179.

We will keep you posted as the agenda develops. 

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Boston — A Work in Progress

Thanks, Richard for your comment about Boston.  The changes at WGBH/WCRB are not making Bostonians ecstatic yet, but the new station is a public station, so I hope members of the public will keep weighing in until they get what they want.  To that end, there is a public meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 5th, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Old South Church in Copley Square.  You can read more about it here.

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Bravo, Boston! Here’s the Whole Press Release

Public media leader WGBH to acquire WCRB Radio

Will preserve and strengthen classical music service for region

Boston, MA — Public service broadcaster WGBH today announced plans to acquire New England’s leading all-classical music station WCRB 99.5fm from Nassau Broadcasting Partners of New Jersey. The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed pending filing with the FCC.

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Boston’s WCRB Sold to WGBH

Wow!  Just wow. From Radio Info.com: Price: $14 million. Seller Nassau Broadcasting is doing a debt-for-equity swap with lender Goldman Sachs, and the biggest single station in its portfolio is commercial-classical WCRB (99.5), licensed to Lowell, MA. Now Goldman steers it to public radio/TV broadcaster WGBH, which already operates news/classical WGBH-FM (89.7) and WGBH-TV. It’s not yet clear whether WGBH will run it as a non-commercial station, or continue its operation as a commercial station through a subsidiary. Brokers: Patrick Communications for seller Nassau, and Public Radio Capital for buyer WGBH. More … Continue Reading

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