Great news from David Duff, President of the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio:
This year’s MPC will be in New York City, in the Greene Performance Space at WNYC/WQXR. Dates for the conference will be April 21-23, 2010.
We’ll be reducing the registration fee this year to assist stations affected by the economy (aren’t we all?). Exact amount will be set soon.
Conference hotel will be the Four Points Soho, with a nightly rate of $179.
We will keep you posted as the agenda develops.
Co-author’s welcome: I don’t want to steal any of Jack’s thunder, so I’m just going to say a few words and then get out of the way. Jack is one of those people I turn to for wisdom and advice. He is on the ground doing the actual work of running a station which makes his perspective invaluable. Besides that, he’s an engaging raconteur, a deep thinker, and exactly the kind of leader who can rescue and reinvent classical music radio. With that, here’s Jack’s opening post, with my gratitude. ~ Marty Ronish
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.
Update 12/18: A new article in the Boston Globe here…
Before I talk about Boston, I want to thank those of you who made suggestions about better Xmas programming. Even without actually hearing the music you suggested, I can hear it in my head and it makes me smile. The wonderful trio from Berlioz’s L’enfance du Christ — wow, gorgeous. If you haven’t played it on your station yet this year, please do. And so many other great suggestions. Sounds like a lot of you are enriching your listeners.
Boston is going through growing pains with the new classical switchover from WCRB to WGBH.