Public radio

Full-Time Classical Coming in Wilmington?

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Our friend Cleve Callison at WHQR in Wilmington was interviewed in the Greater Wilmington Business Journal about the station’s potential good news: WHQR-FM is in talks to buy a second radio station in the market, station manager Cleve Callison said Tuesday during a fundraising event. If the deal goes through, the second station would be an all-classical music format, allowing the existing public radio station at 91.3 FM to expand its offerings of news and information shows, Callison said. …Callison said station officials were in talks with an unnamed company about the acquisition. He said the … Continue Reading

Exploring Music to Make Archive Available — For $$

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It’s a pretty incredible archive — more than 500 hours of Music Education as taught by the inimitable Bill McLaughlin.  The site goes live on Monday May 6.  If you want to check it out  before it goes behind a paywall, here’s the press release: WFMT Radio Network to Launch ‘Exploring Music’ Website May 6 Subscribers Can Search and Stream More Than 500 Hours of Syndicated Classical Music and Commentary Hosted By Bill McGlaughlin Broadcast Archive Configured for Online Music Education at ExploringMusic.org ‘Music appreciation, $2 a week’ Editors: Complimentary press previews of ExploringMusic.org, with full access … Continue Reading

General Manager Search – KCME in Colorado Springs

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From Livingston Associates, here’s the job description.  (Applications are due Jan. 18th.): Our client seeks a General Manager for an all Classical public radio station in the Western United States, whose current GM is retiring, and who is likely to have an ongoing role at the station. The ideal candidate will be energetic, entrepreneurial and externally focused, including being a highly effective advocate and spokesperson for the organization in the community. The GM will be the lead fundraiser for the organization, with commitment to and demonstrated success in relationship centered fundraising, including … Continue Reading

Congrats to WCLV

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… and Happy New Year to all of our friends in classical radio! From Robert Conrad: Well, WCLV has crossed the Rubicon and is now the nation’s newest public radio station. It happened at Midnight on New Year’s Day, on which we re-broadcast the eleven hour November 1st WCLV at 50 live broadcasts of performances by area musical groups, utilizing all three of the ideastream studios in a round robin sequence. Informal fund raising has been steady and above expectations. And we do our first official extended fund raiser in February. My … Continue Reading

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