Programming

WWNO in New Orleans Dumps Daytime Classical

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Dual-format station WWNO in New Orleans is going all news/talk during weekdays, according to Dave Walker at the Times-Picayune, though the overnights will remain classical.  The change is scheduled to happen July 23rd.  Note the spin: Now carrying a combination of Classical music and news-and-talk, WWNO-2 – available over the air via digital radio and streaming at WWNO.org and on the station’s smart-phone app – will become a full-time home for Classical music, some programmed by WWNO personality Farrar Hudkins. Classical music will still be carried on WWNO’s main over-the-air signal from 8 p.m. … Continue Reading

WITF in Harrisburg PA Drops Classical

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At the end of this month, classical music lovers in Harrisburg and Chambersburg will no longer find 94 hours a week of classical music on their public radio station.  In place of music, the station is switching to nearly all news/talk.  To add insult to injury, Harrisburg listeners are treated like this in the press: WITF is adding a classical music Internet channel to witf.org. Now lovers of classical music will be able to access their favorite music 24-7 on witf.org, via computer, mobile device or Internet radio. I guess they are practicing politics-speak for when they go talkedy-talk on … Continue Reading

West Virginia Public Radio Swapping Opera for News

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Bill Lynch of the West Virginia Gazette reports that WVPR is planning to replace half of its opera time with news/talk when the Met Opera finishes next week.  The change, apparently, is not about dropping classical music per se, but about opera in particular. James Muhammad, director of Radio Services at West Virginia Public Broadcasting, said it’s been a long time coming, but change was almost inevitable. “Looking at the audience over the past 10 years, I’ve noticed a 48 percent decline in the cume and a 57 percent decline in the … Continue Reading

NEA Shows Little Love for Classical Radio

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In what was a surprise to virtually all the major producers of classical radio, the National Endowment for the Arts has taken a hard left turn, and diverted long-standing television and radio funding to gaming, mobile, and web projects. A detailed and scathing article in the New York Times gives examples of organizations that have lost some or all of their funding after years of building partnerships with the NEA.  The MET Opera, PBS, and American Public Media (Performance Today and SymphonyCast) all had their funding decimated.  Some of these organizations regularly received large grants, but … Continue Reading

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