This is the best, happiest, most smile-inducing story I have heard in a long time. The Deseret News of Southern Utah reports that Dixie State College is launching a new classical music station — KXDS — to be run by students.
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New hires in Louisville and Toledo, plus a new jazz show
A few notices of new hirings and assignments worth pointing out today:
WUOL-FM, the classical station in Louisville, Ky., has a new general manager. Daniel Gilliam is described as a “musician, composer and radio host” by the city’s Business First. He replaces Alan Brandt, now a senior staff announcer.
Performance Rights Redux
A blog post last week on the Future of Music Coalition site asks “which side are you on?” when it comes to the Public Performance Rights “Tax.”
There are plenty of places you can read about the issue if you Google around and follow links. There are lots of opinions out there. I’m a member of AFTRA, and my union supports the tax. I work with a lot of radio stations, and most of them don’t.
Notes From the Music Personnel Conference in Fort Worth
I’m at the national conference of the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio, being held in a newly remodeled Fort Worth Sheraton. I’m sorry for those of you who couldn’t make it, because the sessions have been very good, and the food is outstanding.
Mona has taken detailed notes, and I think we’ll ask her to write up the great advice we got on announcing from a morning session by John Dodge, Program Director at KBPS in Portland OR. John had a very lively, engaging list of do’s and don’t’s for classical announcers, based on long experience, a keen ear, and his own personable style.