Much of the news content you hear on public radio is created by independent producers. NPR has always been a primary source of paid work for independents, so the recent layoffs and show cancellations at NPR have seriously impacted a lot of producers who rely on piecework to survive.
Marty Ronish
KHFM Assessed And Some Tidbits of Good Cheer
Music critic D. S. Crafts wrote in his year-end review in the Albuquerque Journal:
The biggest news this year on the classical music scene was not in the concert halls, but on the airwaves. After Bob Bishop was laid off from KHFM, many of the on-air personalities resigned in protest, most notably Kip Allen. The station continues to operate, but the essential character that made the station so successful is gone. It is a shame that mere legal ownership (by out-of-state American General Media) allows such insensitive changes to the nature of beauty and companionship, which were at the core of this once-beloved cultural institution.
“Classical Radio Plays Only to Sweet Tooths”
I have an aunt who sends me clippings — articles about music from all kinds of sources. This week she sent me an article by David Schiff with the title printed above. It was from the New York Times, dated May 31, 1998.
It could have been written today.
It’s Not ALL Bad News
We have lots of news to fill you in on, and plenty of it is bad, but here’s a wonderful report from American Public Media:
Classical South Florida announced … it will use a $250,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to build listener support for its all-classical public radio station in Miami and West Palm Beach…