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.

$1 Million to KDFC

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Now that Classical KDFC in San Francisco is publicly supported rather than commercial, the station actively seeks funding from listeners and foundations.  That makes this news from bizjournals.com a very positive development: With the recent infusion of a $1 million gift from USC alumnus Kevin Klein — CEO of Alameda-based software company Wind River — and his wife, Natalie, the radio station’s future is nearly secured. “When it went off the air as a commercial station, there was a collective sigh of sadness,” said Natalie Klein, who now co-chairs KDFC’s advisory board. “It had … Continue Reading

Arts Reporter Jobs in Denver

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Chloe Veltman, VoiceBox Producer and Arts Editor at Colorado Public Radio, is looking to hire two out-of-the-box-thinking arts reporters to join her team: Arts Reporter Colorado Public Radio is seeking an experienced Arts Reporter to join its Arts Bureau. The Arts Reporter covers all aspects of the CPR arts and culture community and produces content via the mediums of radio and the online arts hub (text, video, social media, still images etc). As a member of the CPR Arts Bureau, the Arts Reporter will work across all three of CPR’s programing services — News, … Continue Reading

Who Needs Live Local Announcers Anyway?

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The title of this post is snark, in case you don’t know me! There’s been an interesting discussion going on at the AMPPR Listserv about KPAC in San Antonio dumping its five local announcers in favor of C-24 (also live announcers) and diverting their salaries to the news division. Some management types seem resigned.  They’re running local stations on super tight budgets and understand the issues.  But one comment by Joe Goetz from Vermont Public Radio really got to me because I remember my on-air days, putting in herculean effort, running interviews and … Continue Reading

Classical in Galesburg, IL

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From Tom Taylor NOW: Student-run WVKC, Galesburg, Illinois (90.7) shifts to NPR-based news/talk and classical, in a deal between Knox College and the regional Tri-States Public Radio. The student-produced variety programming will be diverted to an HD2 channel and online, as of mid-September. In fact, the Galesburg Register-Mail says that Western Illinois University-based Tri-States Public Radio will buy and install the HD Radio and webcasting gear. It appears that Tri-States is already simulcasting its programming on Class A WVKC during the “Morning Edition” hours of 5-9am, but soon it will occupy all … Continue Reading

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