Staff Reductions at WQED in Pittsburgh

From the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette:

Citing an increased challenge to finance 24/7 classical music on a public radio station, WQED Multimedia announced Wednesday it will be trimming locally hosted FM 89.3 weekday broadcasts and letting go two staff members…

Changes beginning March 1 will clip at least two hours off the daily shows hosted by artistic director Jim Cunningham, Anna Singer and Ted Sohier…

Programming from Classical 24, a round-the-clock live streaming service with a lineup of national hosts, will fill in those gaps from 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m. and 7 p.m.-6 a.m. The service is produced by American Public Radio …

I don’t know yet who the two staff members are who are leaving.  The article says one took a buyout and the other is being laid off.

About Marty Ronish

Marty Ronish is an independent producer of classical music radio programs. She currently produces the Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcasts that air 52 weeks a year on more than 400 stations and online at www.cso.org. She also produces a radio series called "America's Music Festivals," which presents live music from some of the country's most dynamic festivals. She is a former Fulbright scholar and co-author of a catalogue of Handel's autograph manuscripts.

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