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.

Tom Taylor Now Newsletter

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If you’re a regular reader of Scanning the Dial you’ve benefited for years from the excellent work of Tom Taylor in keeping us up-to-date on radio news.  Last fall, I lost him.  I always used to cite his Radio-info.com column but just like a station changing format, overnight it changed to a newsletter that doesn’t help us in the classical realm. Well, Tom got in touch yesterday and he has a new newsletter called “Tom Taylor Now,” and it’s the outstanding work we’ve always relied on.  He’ll keep you informed about the FCC, how radio is … Continue Reading

Job Posting – New England Public Radio

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John Montanari bids farewell to classical radio after 35 years, and his station is looking to find someone to fill his shoes.  Best of luck in your retirement later this year, John. Classical Music Host New England Public Radio (WFCR and WNNZ) seeks an experienced classical music broadcaster to program and host WFCR’s long-running and successful daytime classical programming, and to be the “classical voice” on-air, in on-line media and in the community.  The ideal candidate will possess a comprehensive knowledge and well-honed sense of judgment of classical music and radio programming, … Continue Reading

Full-Time Classical Coming in Wilmington?

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Our friend Cleve Callison at WHQR in Wilmington was interviewed in the Greater Wilmington Business Journal about the station’s potential good news: WHQR-FM is in talks to buy a second radio station in the market, station manager Cleve Callison said Tuesday during a fundraising event. If the deal goes through, the second station would be an all-classical music format, allowing the existing public radio station at 91.3 FM to expand its offerings of news and information shows, Callison said. …Callison said station officials were in talks with an unnamed company about the acquisition. He said the … Continue Reading

NYC and Maine Get Added Service

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I moved this up from the comments.  From Brian Marchan: If I understand correctly, CLASSIC FM, Public Broadcasting from Syracuse, NY,  WCNY-FM does not have any new signals or stations but they are just commenting on being happy to be getting new members from Canada from their station in Watertown, NY? In other news WQXR New York Cities Classical station is buying WDFH 90.3 OSSINING, NY. They filed the fcc transfer application yesterday 5/1/2013. Currently WDFH is 476 ft. 53w DA A but the sales contract says they want to apply to … Continue Reading

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