Catching Up

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Hello to all.  I’ve been away for a while.  Many of you know that I lost my husband of 40 years suddenly and unexpectedly at the end of July.  Thank you for your notes and condolences. In Boston, longtime classical broadcaster David MacNeill has passed away at age 80.  MacNeill worked at classical WCRB for 57 years, including many years as the voice of the Boston Pops from Boston and from Tanglewood.  There’s more from the Framingham MA paper here, and an obituary here. ____________ A cautionary tale about maintaining your records: … Continue Reading

Happy Birthday to WCLV, WNMU, and WSCL

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I think there are some 700 U.S. stations that play classical music.  Am I opening a can of worms by sending a birthday card to three of them? Nov. 1, 2012 is the actual birthday of WCLV in Cleveland, long known as one of our legacy stations and as the distributor of many wonderful shows over the years, including Adventures in Good Music with Karl Haas that many of us grew up on.  Robert Conrad manages the station. 2012 is also the birthday of WNMU in Marquette, Michigan, where our colleague Stan Wright … Continue Reading

Gateway City Returns to Civilized World

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Or at least in the suburbs, in small Clayton, a town of 16,000, which will serve greater St. Louis. Things are “still in the works” for the new station, but it looks like the 21st media market will indeed re-gain a primary terrestrial, analogue signal dedicated to the classical format, FCC permits not withstanding. My colleague, Marty Ronish got out ahead of this news back in April. Things are getting finalized and that much closer.  This just in a couple of days ago: “St. Louis’ only classical station, Classic99, went dark last … Continue Reading

WWNO Moves to HD

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Another sad day in radio as WWNO in New Orleans moves off the FM main channel and onto HD today.  We reported on this earlier but had the date wrong.  A note to the listserve from the last man standing, Farrar Hudkins: …today is the last day of daytime classical music on WWNO in New Orleans. Beginning Monday, daytime classical programming will move to WWNO2, our second HD channel, where, as of right now, I am the only announcer. Also, my show, although expanded to six hour from the current five, will … Continue Reading

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