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.

WWNO Moves to HD

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Another sad day in radio as WWNO in New Orleans moves off the FM main channel and onto HD today.  We reported on this earlier but had the date wrong.  A note to the listserve from the last man standing, Farrar Hudkins: …today is the last day of daytime classical music on WWNO in New Orleans. Beginning Monday, daytime classical programming will move to WWNO2, our second HD channel, where, as of right now, I am the only announcer. Also, my show, although expanded to six hour from the current five, will … Continue Reading

Peter Whorf Leaves WFMT for WKAR

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Tom Taylor at Radio-info.com reports that Peter Whorf is leaving his longtime position as Program Director and VP of Content at WFMT in Chicago and will be taking over as General Manager of WKAR at Michigan State University. Peter Whorf departs Chicago for East Lansing, says TimeOut Chicago’s Robert Feder. The program director and VP of Content and Project Management at classical WFMT (98.7) takes over August 27 as station manager of Michigan State University-owned non-coms WKAR (news/talk at 870) and WKAR-FM (news and classical at 90.5). Peter worked at Chicago Public Media’s … Continue Reading

Angst Over Classical in Nashville

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We reported back in June 2011 about Nashville Public Radio taking over Vanderbilt University station WRVU and making it classical. They changed the call letters to WFCL and almost immediately began to operate the new format under an LMA.  Now the former friends of WRVU are filing a petition to deny WFCL renewal of the license. Radio Survivor has the story: Supporters of the old college radio station WRVU have rallied under the non-profit organization WRVU Friends and Family and have been arguing against the sale since last year. Although the terrestrial signal is being utilized … Continue Reading

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