If your station airs Performance Today from American Public Media, you can hear the piece John Williams wrote for the Inauguration. Don’t you think it’s fantastic that President Obama (I love the sound of that) chose classical music for the featured piece at the Inauguration itself?
Stations
The importance of online streaming for classical stations
WDAV-FM in Davidson, N.C., reported recently that listenership for its online audio stream grew by 40 percent in four months. How did that happen? Folks at the station say being listed in the iTunes directory may have played a part.
Erie station drops classical
Yet another station is dropping classical music from its schedule — this one in Erie, Pa. WMCE-FM, a noncommercial station operated by Mercyhurst College, will drop classical in February in favor of an all-jazz format, reports GoErie.com.
It’s Not ALL Bad News
We have lots of news to fill you in on, and plenty of it is bad, but here’s a wonderful report from American Public Media:
Classical South Florida announced … it will use a $250,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to build listener support for its all-classical public radio station in Miami and West Palm Beach…