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New Stations in Canada

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I’m moving Michael Dorner’s comments to the main page.  He’s been supplying info about new Canadian stations: Here is more information about classical music, posted on radio-info.com. This is the latest in a thread of postings, and it talks about a new commercial classical station coming on the air soon in Ontario: … if anyone has the vision for a network/string of classical music stations in Canada, it would be Moses Znaimer, with his commercial (Classical 96) format. When you see the numbers, CFMZ/CFMX does well in Toronto (putting the boots to Radio … Continue Reading

Peter Whorf Leaves WFMT for WKAR

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Tom Taylor at Radio-info.com reports that Peter Whorf is leaving his longtime position as Program Director and VP of Content at WFMT in Chicago and will be taking over as General Manager of WKAR at Michigan State University. Peter Whorf departs Chicago for East Lansing, says TimeOut Chicago’s Robert Feder. The program director and VP of Content and Project Management at classical WFMT (98.7) takes over August 27 as station manager of Michigan State University-owned non-coms WKAR (news/talk at 870) and WKAR-FM (news and classical at 90.5). Peter worked at Chicago Public Media’s … Continue Reading

World’s Biggest Online Classical Destination?

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Radio Today  reports that Classic FM in the UK has launched a new website with the claim that it will become the “world’s biggest online classical music destination.” I went to the site here, and got a screen saying they only have rights to air in the UK. This is not the first time I’ve heard that an online station was going to dominate the world.  When NPR dropped most of its own original classical music programming and gathered a coalition of stations to contribute content to NPRmusic.org, they said it was going … Continue Reading

Spring Fundraising – Guilt, Dread, oh yeah, and Gratitude

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It’s that time for many stations.  Spring fundraising time.  There’s a tongue-in-cheek, somewhat uncomfortable op-ed on Chron.com from the Houston Chronicle.  History Professor and KUHF listener Robert Zaretsky writes about his dread of fundraising and guilt for not donating regularly. I confess a sense of guilt plays a role in my reaction. Though I regularly listen to KUHF, I have been an irregular member. Like the rest of us, I suspect, I have a number of strategies for dealing with this form of guilt. There is the “that will show ’em” gambit, … Continue Reading

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