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.

Thread on WETA

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There’s an interesting thread about Washington DC’s classical station WETA on City-Data.com.  It’s in response to the somewhat snarky question, “Why is WETA so boring?”. This is not an attempt to criticize WETA in any way.  It’s a legacy station that rode to the rescue when WGMS dropped the classical format.  From 2005 to 2007, WETA switched to news/talk, angering a lot of listeners.  But when WGMS gave up on classical music, WETA didn’t hesitate to switch from the generally more lucrative news format back to classical.  I give them full credit for preserving and protecting … Continue Reading

5 Million Hours of Music on Public Radio!

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April is Public Radio Music Month (who knew?), and WDIY in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania has some great statistics about music on public radio stations. Across the country, public radio music sounds like: Nationally, more than 180 public radio stations have full-time music formats and another 400 or more play music as part of their programming lineups. A recent study of the public radio system found that 1 in 3 listening hours was to music. On the whole, local public radio stations air nearly 5 million hours of music per year, … Continue Reading

WCLV Adds to Our Creative Ideas Digest

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Scanning the Dial is seeking creative ideas to share.  I’ll put these in an idea folder when we get critical mass, but I’m moving Robert Conrad’s comment into a post so you’ll see it: Speaking of poetry, WCLV has a long running annual Valentine’s Love Poem Contest. We get between 100 and 150 poems with the winning 10 poems read on the air and posted in both print and audio on our web page. All winners get an assortment of “love” themed CDs, tickets to area concerts, etc. The first place winner … Continue Reading

Karl Scroggin Retirement Send-Off

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Radio friend Karl Scroggin, who has been at WUIS in Springfield for nearly 30 years, was honored by his station this week with a retirement party and a gift of tickets to the Chicago Symphony and a stay at the historic Palmer House (where brownies were invented!). You can read more at LincolnCourier.com. More than 100 well-wishers stopped by Thursday to wish Scroggin a bon voyage in his retirement. A WUIS on-line description of Scroggin serves as a lasting tribute to him: “For 20 of the last 30 years, classical music enthusiasts have welcomed the … Continue Reading

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