Boston — A Work in Progress

Thanks, Richard for your comment about Boston.  The changes at WGBH/WCRB are not making Bostonians ecstatic yet, but the new station is a public station, so I hope members of the public will keep weighing in until they get what they want.  To that end, there is a public meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 5th, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Old South Church in Copley Square.  You can read more about it here.

The meeting will be a panel discussion, and they hope to have time for general discussion.  These are the issues, as published in the flyer:

• Friday afternoon broadcasts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra are cancelled.

• In Boston’s Back Bay, Beacon Hill, and areas south of Boston, listeners are unable to receive a clear signal from “all-classical” WCRB.

• Much of the music on WCRB is programed by a Minneapolis syndicate.

• Area listeners have lost fifty hours a week of quality classical music.

• Do we really need more talk radio and duplicative NPR programming?

•Are WGBH contributors pleased with the changes?

•Are WCRB listeners pleased?

•Will the administration at WGBH reconsider?

Bravo to the Boston Musical Intelligencer for facilitating the discussion and for engaging the community in the process.  I think WGBH sincerely wants to get it right, so I hope they’ll come with open ears.  And I hope you can keep the discussion civil and productive.  We at Scanning the Dial are rooting for you.