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WGBH Feeling the Squeeze

April 6, 2009 by Marty Ronish

I don’t know if you’re following the brouhaha over the Boston Globe. The paper’s owner, the New York Times, is threatening to close down the paper unless the Globe’s unions agree to $20 million in concessions. There’s plenty of upset in Boston over the news. Another venerable Boston media company is feeling the budget squeeze, too. Dual format station WGBH is owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation. In an all-staff memo dated April 2nd, WGBH’s CEO Jon Abbott cited some grim figures: • A decline in viewer and listener support of 15% … Continue Reading

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Lutheran synod may sell St. Louis’s KFUO

April 3, 2009 by Mike Janssen

It looks as if KFUO-FM, the only classical music station in the St. Louis market, is in danger of being sold. The city’s Post-Dispatch reported recently that the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church, which owns KFUO, may be asking for upwards of $20 million for the commercial station, which has been broadcasting for 61 years.

Performance Rights Redux

March 25, 2009 by Marty Ronish

A blog post last week on the Future of Music Coalition site asks “which side are you on?” when it comes to the Public Performance Rights “Tax.”

There are plenty of places you can read about the issue if you Google around and follow links. There are lots of opinions out there. I’m a member of AFTRA, and my union supports the tax. I work with a lot of radio stations, and most of them don’t.

Mona’s AMPPR takeaway

March 23, 2009 by Mike Janssen

Part 2 of 3 — By Mona Seghatoleslami, West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Spring is in the air, and spring fund drives are on the air on public radio stations around the country. Stations that align their drives with nationally coordinated dates will be starting this Friday (March 28), while others have worked out their own schedules that fall close to these dates.

The Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio conference a few weeks ago dedicated an entire day to topics in fundraising, including how to fundraise in a troubled economy. Here’s a summary of what was discussed in those sessions, along with some of what I plan to do with what I learned.

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