With apologies to Lewis Carroll for conflating his poems, and thanks to alert reader Dorron Katzin, I’d like to call your attention to a new study by Walrus Research, demonstrating that those of us who like classical music on the radio are aging. In fact, those who don’t like classical music on the radio are aging, too. It reminds me of the announcers who say, “it’s 10 am here on KING-FM.”
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Northern Indiana Classical Stations For Sale
Radio Online reports that Classical WBNI 94.1 in Roanoke IN is on the auction block. It’s being offered for $2.5 million. The owner is Northeast Indiana Public Radio. The station itself is actually classified as a commercial station even though it is treated mostly like a public station. WBNI is a sister station to the NPR affiliate WBOI, which is NOT for sale, and WBNI’s classical programming is also carried on the non-commercial frequency 91.3 WCKZ in Orland. It’s all a little confusing. Both WBNI and WCKZ are for sale, as is … Continue Reading
Music Writing and Classical Radio
The death of classical music is not only an old topic, but broad as well. Looking at a few recent posts on classical music blogs, the discussion appears to be focusing more on specific aspects of classical music’s supposed morbidity.
Anne Midgette (blogging at the Washington Post’s Classical Beat) wonders whether the classical CD business is dying, and in response British music commentator Norman Lebrecht wrote that ways of communicating about classical music are disappearing.
Station Bites: Good News and Bad News
Had an email from Daniel Gilliam today, P.D. of WUOL in Louisville. He reports that Louisville Public Media has achieved its highest listener numbers ever, with the three Louisville public stations up 38% over the spring book. LPM Vice President Todd Mundt credits his staff and the stations’ focus on community: