Programming

Boston’s Classical Shapeshifting – Updated

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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.

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Christmas Music – Bah, Humbug

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You must think I fell into a crevasse while ice-climbing on Mount Rainier, or something.  It’s been a long time since I posted.  I’m working two jobs right now.  I thought I was losing my full time job, so I accepted another position and then didn’t lose the first job — yet.   It’s in flux.  And I still haven’t finished washing all the sheets and towels from wall-to-wall Thanksgiving company.   It goes slowly when I’m busy swearing at the radio.  Honestly… do we have to listen to sixty different arrangements of the same old Christmas carols?  There is fantastic … Continue Reading

Classical goes down on Orlando’s WMFE

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As Mona asked in a tweet yesterday, “Is there something in the water in Florida?” Though the more appropriate question may be, “Is there something in the water in public radio?” Because another dual-format public radio station, WMFE in Orlando, has dumped classical from its schedule.

Well, not entirely. Like Gainesville’s WUFT, which made a similar move in August, WMFE is moving the classical music to an HD channel. The station’s president says “It’s not like we’re eliminating classical music,” but come on — for what’s no doubt the vast majority of the station’s audience, that not true.

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You Are Old, Father William, the Walrus Said

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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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