Thanks, Richard for your comment about Boston. The changes at WGBH/WCRB are not making Bostonians ecstatic yet, but the new station is a public station, so I hope members of the public will keep weighing in until they get what they want. To that end, there is a public meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 5th, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Old South Church in Copley Square. You can read more about it here.
Marty Ronish
Here’s Hoping for a Better Decade in Classical Radio
Happy New Year! We start the year with good news in Oxford, Mississippi where the sale of a translator by San Diego’s Christian Broadcasting has brought classical music to the town’s airwaves. If you’re in Oxford you should be able to pick up Memphis-station WKNO, a mix of NPR shows and classical music, at 103.1.
Boston’s Classical Shapeshifting – Updated
Update 12/18: A new article in the Boston Globe here…
Before I talk about Boston, I want to thank those of you who made suggestions about better Xmas programming. Even without actually hearing the music you suggested, I can hear it in my head and it makes me smile. The wonderful trio from Berlioz’s L’enfance du Christ — wow, gorgeous. If you haven’t played it on your station yet this year, please do. And so many other great suggestions. Sounds like a lot of you are enriching your listeners.
Boston is going through growing pains with the new classical switchover from WCRB to WGBH.
Christmas Music – Bah, Humbug
You must think I fell into a crevasse while ice-climbing on Mount Rainier, or something. It’s been a long time since I posted. I’m working two jobs right now. I thought I was losing my full time job, so I accepted another position and then didn’t lose the first job — yet. It’s in flux. And I still haven’t finished washing all the sheets and towels from wall-to-wall Thanksgiving company. It goes slowly when I’m busy swearing at the radio. Honestly… do we have to listen to sixty different arrangements of the same old Christmas carols? There is fantastic … Continue Reading