If you haven’t seen the original post about KHFM in Albuquerque, scroll down to Aug. 10th. In the meantime, I’ve talked to various stakeholders, gruntled and disgruntled, and need to make a couple of corrections. First, it was American General Media’s local manager, Tim Gannon who did the actual firing, though the order apparently came down from the owners. More about them in a minute. Second, the reason winter ratings are down so drastically is that the transmitter was hit by lightning, and the station was off the air for six weeks between Feb. and May.
Actor and classical radio host dies at 90
Fred Crane, the last living male actor with a credit in the classic Gone with the Wind, died last week at the age of 90. Though his fame stemmed mainly from his appearance in the famous film, this obituary in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution notes that “his main career was hosting a classical music radio show in Los Angeles for 40 years.” He retired from radio more than two decades ago. The Wikipedia entry about Crane says the station was KFAC-AM/FM, which dumped the classical format in 1989.