Peter Whorf Leaves WFMT for WKAR

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Tom Taylor at Radio-info.com reports that Peter Whorf is leaving his longtime position as Program Director and VP of Content at WFMT in Chicago and will be taking over as General Manager of WKAR at Michigan State University. Peter Whorf departs Chicago for East Lansing, says TimeOut Chicago’s Robert Feder. The program director and VP of Content and Project Management at classical WFMT (98.7) takes over August 27 as station manager of Michigan State University-owned non-coms WKAR (news/talk at 870) and WKAR-FM (news and classical at 90.5). Peter worked at Chicago Public Media’s … Continue Reading

Angst Over Classical in Nashville

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We reported back in June 2011 about Nashville Public Radio taking over Vanderbilt University station WRVU and making it classical. They changed the call letters to WFCL and almost immediately began to operate the new format under an LMA.  Now the former friends of WRVU are filing a petition to deny WFCL renewal of the license. Radio Survivor has the story: Supporters of the old college radio station WRVU have rallied under the non-profit organization WRVU Friends and Family and have been arguing against the sale since last year. Although the terrestrial signal is being utilized … Continue Reading

Job Posting in Atlanta

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From our friend Sarah Zaslaw at GPB: Radio Director Candidate Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Communications, Journalism, Media Arts or related field required. Seven years of progressively responsible management experience in broadcasting, public radio, programming and production, communications, or a related field required. Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Job Responsibilities Include: Assesses the needs, allocates the resources, and coordinates the activities surrounding the personnel, production, and programming components of a multi-station public radio network. Develops on-air talent, manages on-air sound and productions Manages special … Continue Reading

WITF in Harrisburg – Update

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We told you about the switch from classical to news/talk in Harrisburg PA on WITF a while back.  Well, the change happened this morning.  A few interesting observations from the Pennlive.com blog post today: 1. The rationale for changing formats was that there were twice as many news listeners as classical listeners. I hear this a lot.  It assumes that because more people listen to news/talk than classical, that those people want talk all the time.  In 2004 the PRPD did an audience segmentation study, separating listeners in “NPR Activists” and “Classical Monks” and concluded there was limited overlap in the two … Continue Reading

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