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.

WKSU Bumps Daytime Classical

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WKSU, Cleveland’s dual-format station based in Kent, Ohio has decided to fill up the daytimes with talkety-talk and bump classical to the evenings and overnights.  I always love the euphemisms when stations make these changes: The Kent-based public radio station still will emphasize classical music, but that emphasis will shift totally to 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. From 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, the station will focus on  news. The new schedule goes into effect Monday, Aug. 5. Aside from the strange writing, the substance of the report is just … Continue Reading

Arbitron: Classical Radio Alive and Well

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Arbitron released its 2013 Public Radio report today and classical is looking good.  Here’s a link to the Executive Summary.  I haven’t had a chance to read the fine print yet, but it all seems encouraging to me. Anybody want to report on this for us??

New Voices at WFMT

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Chicago audiences get to hear two new voices on flagship station WFMT. Candice Agree was formerly on the air at WQXR in New York, WETA in Washington DC, Sirius-XM, and WDAV in Davidson NC, and is a well-known off-camera voice on CBS news in the mornings. She’s taking the 3-7 pm slot on WFMT, in place of George Preston, who is the new GM at KCME in Colorado Springs. Suzanne Nance is is leaving her job as Director of Music, Performance and Cultural Affairs at Maine Public Broadcasting and host of Morning Classical Music.  She starts her new gig at WFMT in September.  However, her departure … Continue Reading

Catching Up on Some News Bits

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KCME in Colorado Springs welcomes George Preston as its new General Manager.  If you’ve been in the radio biz for a while, you know George as a presence on WFMT in Chicago and producer/host of the Chicago Lyric Opera broadcasts.  Before that he was Music Director and overnight host at WNYC in New York.  He is replacing Jeanna Wearing, who ran the station for 18 years and is staying on to help with development. In Kansas City, defunct classical station KXTR is coming back as an internet station.  Radio Bach is streaming classical … Continue Reading

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