The new Scanning the Dial

This post is a few days late, but welcome to the new Scanning the Dial! All of the Inside the Arts blogs have been moved to a Wordpress platform and template. The new URL for the site, as you might have noticed, is insidethearts.com/scanningthdial/. If you were using a bookmark to visit us at the old site, which was under adaptistration.com, please change your bookmark. Scanningthedial.com, .net and .org have all been set to redirect to this new address, so those will still work as usual.

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Downsizing at American Public Media

In the last couple of weeks American Public Media has tightened its belt and laid off people from several departments and shows, including three from the classical music unit.  Senior Producer/on-air host Melissa Ousley, Producer Karl Gehrke, and Managing Producer Silvester Vicic have all been let go from their classical music jobs.

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What Do You Think About The New CBC2 Programming?

A new article in the Toronto Star gives an upbeat report about the programming that is replacing the old classical format at Canada’s CBC2.  But be sure to read the comments at the end of the article.  Now where should the Canadians go for their classical music?

Our (sort of) big list of classical radio blogs

Reader Mona Seghatoleslami of West Virginia Public Broadcasting was kind enough to pass along her uber-list of blogs about classical music within the world of public radio. Perhaps “uber” is an overstatement, however — of the 150 public stations out there airing classical, nearly all of which probably have websites, more than the 10 listed below ought to have blogs.

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