Just What Sacramento Needs – More Talk, Less Music

The Sacramento Business Journal reports that Classical Public Radio in Sacramento is moving its jazz off of the dual format station KXJZ (JZ, get it?).  Why, you ask?  Here’s why: The changes will allow Capital Public Radio to repeat news and information shows that air during the day in the evening, and free up airtime to provide additional news and information programs. Repeats of talk shows??? They are moving jazz over to the classical music station 88.9 KXPR, displacing some of the classical programming.  But that’s ok, says General Manager Rick Eytcheson, because classical listeners can listen … Continue Reading

Shelf Life

When is the right time to pull the plug on a radio program? When is a good thing, too much of a good thing? If one show goes away, do we revert to format (DJ and great tunes) or do we plug in another program…locally produced or off the shelf from one of the big distributors. National or local, brand new or long in tooth, the answer lies with square one, adequate concept development. If we apply start-up program criteria to existing programs or those we want to acquire, we end up with the same result – relevancy.

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Catching Up on the News

In Florida, station WXEL has been sold but apparently the only thing that will change is the name.  From the Palm Beach Post News:

BOYNTON BEACH — WXEL-FM 90.7 is no more.  The public broadcasting station, a Palm Beach County institution for four decades, changed call letters today to WPBI-FM after its sale to Broward County-based Classical South Florida became official.

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KPBS in San Diego Drops Classical

Thanks to AMPPR President David Duff for pointing out this article on KPBS in San Diego.   From the article:

KPBS is adding a classical music web stream to KPBS.org. Now classical music fans can access their favorite music 24-7 on KPBS.org instead of only during the evening hours on radio. While KPBS’ radio feed of classical is ending, the station will continue to frequently feature local classical music performances on Saturday and Sunday evenings. In addition, KPBS will continue to feature Classical-24 on our HD2 station. HD radio is becoming increasingly popular and more affordable. Many new car models feature HD radio.

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