Joe Goetz

Joe Goetz is Music Director for WFIU 103.7 FM in Bloomington, Indiana, and has eleven years of experience hosting and producing classical music programming for public radio. While completing his B.A. in Music at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO, Joe worked part time as a classical music host at KCME 88.7 FM. Following graduation, he worked as a classical music host and producer at Vermont Public Radio, developing new and engaging programming in addition to programming and hosting a daily afternoon air shift. He is an accomplished pianist with several chamber music performances to his credit, an occasional choir singer, and an avid golfer. He lives with his wife, Meghann, their son William, daughter Allison, and cats Ollie and Blanche.

Revisiting the Mike Nichols Test

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Today, the world learned of the passing of film and stage director Mike Nichols, known for many great things, among them his 1968 Best Director Oscar for “The Graduate.”  Mr. Nichols was also a radio personality – while in school at the University of Chicago in 1952, he became an announcer at WFMT, and was the first host and producer of the station’s Saturday night folk and comedy show “The Midnight Special,” which airs to this day. One of the other radio legacies that Nichols left was his tongue-twisting test for would-be … Continue Reading

Shameless Promotion Alert: Special Program for Veterans Day

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At the risk of grossly abusing my position as a blogger, I thought I’d point out a really cool program that I just finished producing at WFIU for Veterans Day.  I’m so fortunate to be just down the street from the world-renowned Jacobs School of Music, and last week the school put on an absolutely amazing performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, in commemoration of 100 years since the outbreak of World War I, and the anniversary of poet Wilfred Owen’s death.  I was in the hall, and the emotion was palpable. … Continue Reading

Classical Music: Could There Be an App for That?

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First of all, sorry for the hiatus!  Took a week off in early October to visit family and friends across New England, then upon returning it was time for WFIU’s pledge drive, which consumed many of my waking hours for eleven days.  I’ve been playing catch-up ever since, and am just now getting around to blogging again.  I have already blogged about the Coleman Insights survey data that was presented at PRPD 2014, and in that post I reflected on the way classical music stations market themselves.  Now I’d like to explore … Continue Reading

Posts will be sparse for a few weeks

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Hello, all. I have a massively busy week this week and I’m on vacation next week (Oct. 6-10), then after that I’ll be bogged down with pledge drive prep when I return.  Point being – I probably won’t be posting all that much. This reminds me, though, that I should try to find some guest bloggers.  If you’re interested, or know of someone that you think would be a great voice on the blog, drop me a note! Happy fall! – Joe

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