After four days at the PRPD I’m trying to process the many voices competing in my head. The big, overarching question we radio types ask ourselves every year is How do we increase our audience?
New media
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.
WPRB upgrades Web stream
Our devoted reader Richard points out that WPRB, the student-run radio station at Princeton University, has upgraded its online stream to stereo (it was previously mono). Here’s Richard’s take on WPRB:
WPRB presents the very best in Classical Music programming from 6:00AM (or, when someone gets there to turn on the lights) to 11:00AM, Eastern time, Monday through Friday. The highlight for me is Marvin Rosen, “Classical Discoveries.” But, in truth, everyone at this station is extremely knowledgeable and very good.
The Evansville Philharmonic, engaging listeners online
An article in Sunday’s Evansville Courier & Press highlights the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra’s embrace of Web tools to reach out to its audience. The orchestra’s music director, Alfred Savia, has launched a blog, for example, and the orchestra now has a Facebook page. It also plans to offer MP3 downloads of some of its performances.