Marty Ronish Wow. It’s a rapidly shifting landscape in Congress, but this is the kind of thing that’s coming out. From the NEA:
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has introduced an amendment to prohibit any funds in the economic stimulus bill from going to museums, theaters, arts centers, for renovations, construction or salaries, in a list of others including casinos, golf courses, stadiums, and aquariums.
I’m nervous about even passing on the rumor, because I don’t think there’s any real information, but various sources are speculating that WQXR is not making enough revenue. Thanks to Mike Dorner in Albuquerque for calling our attention to an article Wednesday in the New York Daily News.
I assume you’re reading ArtsJournal every day. If you’re not, you might as well be missing a body part.
Last week, ArtsJournal Editor Douglas McLennan (a Seattleite — yay!) and his fantastic staff posted an article from a British website that says we’re not as dumb as we think we are. We just don’t want our classical music presented in a stuffy way. If you want to feel great about classical radio, I hope you’ll read the whole article. It’s brief.
Anybody have any money? The Indiana Gazette reports that Northeast Indiana Public Radio (NIPR) is selling its three classical stations.
The organization plans to sell WBNI-FM – 94.1, WCKZ-FM – 91.3 and W204BF-FM – 88.7, [general manager] Joan Brown said.