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.

Buzz in Orlando About WMFE Dropping Classical

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Your radio bloggers got super busy and haven’t managed to post over the last several days.  Our apologies!  Radio-Info.com reported earlier this week that dual format station WMFE in Central Florida is considering dropping the music from its FM side and going all news/talk.  They do have a 24/hour HD stream.  The rumor came from the Orlando Weekly, but I couldn’t get into the site, because my security software said it was an infected site.   From Tom Taylor at Radio-Info.com:  The Orlando Weekly notes that WMFE radio missed its latest fund-raising goal … Continue Reading

Cape Cod Station in Bankruptcy

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Classical WFCC on Cape Cod is part of a cluster of stations whose parent company, Sandab,  filed for Chapter 11 protection on Wednesday.   We’ll keep you posted. Mike has an inspiring post for Monday called Keeping Classical Radio Vital for the Future, by  Jack Allen, P.D. in Portland OR.  It’s another example of what I consider “serial encouragement” that should help counterbalance all the discouraging news. Have a great weekend.

Must Read: Radio Done Right

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The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is meeting in Philadelphia this week, and with the recession and general media discouragement pervading our field, they decided to put together a positive message — much needed!  The result is a booklet called Radio Done Right, which you can read online by following the link.   I highly recommend it.  It will  remind you of what you already know and will bring you back to some sort of balance if you’ve been making knee-jerk decisions.  We all need help maintaining the courage of our convictions.

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