Public radio

Classical Stations Rock, So to Speak

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Tom Taylor of Radio-Info.com reports from the Arbitron Conference in Baltimore that Classical public radio stations lead the pack in TSL (time spent listening).  He is quoting Research Director Inc.: #1, The average non-commercial classical station has an age 6+ total week time spent listening of three hours and 19 minutes. That’s “higher than 15 of the 18 commercial format groups we analyzed.” The report is called How is my station really doing? Public Radio Edition  and you can find it here.  The report says we listen longer because we’re smarter and more loyal.  Well, it doesn’t … Continue Reading

Classical Expands In South Florida

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Classical South Florida, owned and operated by American Public Media is acquiring WAYJ 88.7 FM in Fort Myers, Florida. “We’re tremendously excited to have the opportunity to bring classical music back to the Southwest Florida airwaves,” said CSF president and general manager Douglas C. Evans. “Classical South Florida was launched in Southeast Florida in the fall of 2007, and its programming can now be heard from the upper Keys to the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast. Soon our programming will reach Southwest Florida as well, from Fort Myers to Naples and Marco … Continue Reading

Oh, Kansas. Not Again…

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Poor Kansas has an anti-intellectual, anti-arts governor, Sam Brownback, who defied even the GOP legislature to eliminate the state arts commission.  He has the distinction of making Kansas unique.  It’s the only state in the country without a state-funded arts commission. Now Brownback has fired another shot by drastically cutting the state’s public broadcasting appropriation.  Current state funding for public broadcasting is about $2 million in Kansas, but Brownback’s budget proposal cut that to $600,000.  LJWorld.com reports that some in the state legislature tried unsuccessfully to restore $800,000 of the cuts to the budget. The … Continue Reading

Radio – Still Not Dead

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World Radio Day is coming up next week, and it’s a good time to remember why we love radio so much.  We even love getting mad at the radio.  Today I heard a classical music station offer as a premium a CD of music  they wouldn’t air on the station — Quelle  Horreur!  Choral music! An article today on the blog The Eye by Ravenna Koenig is titled “Internet Killed the Radio Star – The myth behind the decline of radio.” A panel convened at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on January 25 to discuss … Continue Reading

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