At ArtsJournal, Greg Sandow has been writing about social networking and classical music, which I hit on recently when I wrote about why and how classical stations should use Twitter.
Quote of the day
My favorite anecdote had to do with a friend who walked into an auto parts store and heard the show playing on the radio. She looked around and just saw these two geezers in Caterpillar caps behind the counter, and asked, “So do you like classical music?” They said, “That’s not classical music, that’s ‘From the Top.’ “
Update on KHFM
My email is humming with messages from Albuquerque about KHFM. I listened online for a couple of hours today, and though two hours in a week are not necessarily representative of a 24/7 station, I did hear some things worth commenting on.
In the Classical Radio News
A couple of brief news items:
Bravo to WFMT for supporting more live music with its new series, Live from the Morse. You can read about the new Morse Theater (and concert space) in the Chicago Suntimes.
Here’s my favorite quote from the article: