Radio – Still Not Dead

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World Radio Day is coming up next week, and it’s a good time to remember why we love radio so much.  We even love getting mad at the radio.  Today I heard a classical music station offer as a premium a CD of music  they wouldn’t air on the station — Quelle  Horreur!  Choral music! An article today on the blog The Eye by Ravenna Koenig is titled “Internet Killed the Radio Star – The myth behind the decline of radio.” A panel convened at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on January 25 to discuss … Continue Reading

Chicago Listeners Lose on Classical Cruise

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A story today in the Chicago Reader about a classical music cruise is enough to make you very sad.  Listeners of WFMT in Chicago were encouraged to sign up for a wonderful-sounding cruise: It was a classical music ocean cruise, a dreamy January escape to the Caribbean aboard a luxury vessel, with composer Roberto Sierra, rising conductor Eckart Preu, Grammy-winning chamber group the Parker Quartet, and a 50-piece orchestra providing the live soundtrack. That in itself was amazing, Dever says, but here was the corker: Bill McGlaughlin, the genial host of WFMT’s nationally … Continue Reading

Classical in Des Moines Now 24/7

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Great news in Iowa from DesMoinesRegister.com: Iowa Public Radio is now the owner of two new frequencies near Des Moines — 96.3 in Pleasantville and 105.9 in Patterson — that will allow them to increase their classical service. The result: Listeners in greater Des Moines can now tune in to classical music 24/7. The two new channels don’t break for news on “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” unlike IPR’s mostly classical 90.1 FM, which serves central Iowa from a transmission hub in Ames. But 90.1 FM may follow suit. The patching up of … Continue Reading

National Search for KHFM PD

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From the New Mexico Broadcasters Association: Job Description: AGM-Nevada LLC is currently searching for an experienced Program Director for its KHFM – Classical Format Station. Job duties include: Determine type, length, and time of programs, songs and/or features and does so in keeping with station format; Evaluate programming available from distributors, syndicators, and independent producers to recommend acquisitions for broadcast. Develops and maintains relationships with recording companies and distributors. Establishes work schedules for on-air staff and schedules remote broadcasts in conjunction with client requests and staff availability. Auditions and hires talent in conjunction … Continue Reading

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