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.

New Classical Station in Southern Ontario

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The charming town of Collingwood, on Lake Huron Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada (three hours north of Buffalo) is gaining a classical station.  The announcement comes from Bayshore Broadcasting. Most of the station’s programming will originate in Toronto with 24-hours a week [sic] of content directed specifically to listeners in Collingwood and surrounding area. Here’s an update: The station will be managed by MZ Media Inc. which operates Classical 96.3 in Toronto and Classical 103.1 in Cobourg.  The company has two years to start the programming, but they don’t have a frequency … Continue Reading

Geek Alert — Radio of the Future?

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The title of the article in ScienceDaily.com is what caught my eye: “World’s Smallest Radio Stations: Two Molecules Communicate via Single Photons.” I’ve always agreed with the radio curmudgeons who say radio is dying, although I think it’s going to live a very long time yet before it expires.  However, technology continues to make new options possible.  If your local station lets you down, you already have lots of other choices online or by satellite. This scientific breakthrough in atomic physics may not have real implications for radio but it’s fun to let your imagination run wild. In … Continue Reading

Losing a Classical Station in Kansas City

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KXTR, known as Radio Bach at 1660 AM in Kansas City is switching formats to an all talk business channel by next week.  The switch does not completely eliminate classical music on the radio in KC, because KPR plays 6-8 hours of classical a day on their dual format station.  But it does eliminate the majority of classical listening hours.  KXTR has enjoyed a large audience, at times registering a 4-share despite being on an AM frequency and not being very good at raising money. Bottom Line Communications reports that KXTR is donating its music library to KPR. … Continue Reading

Classical News Bits

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Lorin Levee, the wonderful principal clarinetist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has died at age 61 of a blood disorder.  A very sad day.  Scanning the Dial shares in sending condolences to his family and to his orchestra colleagues. Colorado Public Radio has officially purchased classical KVOD, although CPR has been operating the station under an LMA since 2008.  The purchase price was $8.364 million. It doesn’t play in Peoria!  Pjstar.com reports that HD Radio is going nowhere, which we all knew.  Despite that, many stations dump their classical broadcasting onto HD channels and pretend that people will still … Continue Reading

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