Month: September 2012

John Chester Retires from WETA

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Washington DC’s classical music station is bidding farewell to its afternoon on-air host John Chester at the end of this year.  Here’s the press release: John Chester to Retire from Classical WETA 90.9 FM   Washington, D.C. — John Chester, afternoon host at Classical WETA 90.9 FM, will retire at the end of December. He has hosted his signature afternoon drive slot at Classical WETA since February 2007 – a few weeks after Classical WETA became the exclusive classical music station in Greater Washington. “Throughout my career, I’ve been very fortunate to … Continue Reading

WCLV Goes Non-Commercial

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WCLV is joining the public radio community after 50  years of being a commercial station.  Here’s the press release: WCLV TO BECOME NONCOMMERICAL IN JANUARY September 26, 2012 –CLEVELAND WCLV 104.9FM,Northeastern Ohio’s Classical Music station, will begin operating as a noncommercial station onJanuary 1, 2013. The audience will continue to enjoy familiar WCLV programming with familiar voices presenting the greatest music of the past five hundred years and the rich arts and cultural resources of today. With the transition, WCLV is following commercial classical music radio stations in New York City, Boston and … Continue Reading

Eastern Shore Gains More Classical

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Our friends in Hampton Roads VA continue to be leaders in classical radio.  Instead of constricting, they are expanding — this time to the Eastern Shore, on the southern end of the Delmarva Peninsula: National Public Radio and classical music fans on the Eastern Shore of Virginia can tune in radio programs from Hampton Roads after WHRO officials this week flipped the switch that activated two new stations. Most listeners on the Shore can tune to 90.1 for NPR and 98.3 for all classical radio. WHRO invested over $1 million in three … Continue Reading

Southern Maine Losing its Classical Station

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The PressHerald.com is reporting that WBQW — known as WBACH — in Portland is going off the air next week. The station — WBQW, heard in the Portland area on 104.7 FM — was sold in a bankruptcy auction earlier this year to a company identified as Mainestream Media. The new owner will take over that station at 5 p.m. on Sept. 13, which will end the playing of classical music on the station. The new owner has not made its plan for the station public. WBACH’s classical music will continue to be … Continue Reading

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