Scanning The Dial

Christmas Music – Bah, Humbug

December 9, 2009 by Marty Ronish

You must think I fell into a crevasse while ice-climbing on Mount Rainier, or something. It’s been a long time since I posted. I’m working two jobs right now. I thought I was losing my full time job, so I accepted another position and then didn’t lose the first job — yet. It’s in flux. And I still haven’t finished washing all the sheets and towels from wall-to-wall Thanksgiving company. It goes slowly when I’m busy swearing at the radio. Honestly… do we have to listen to sixty different arrangements of the same old Christmas carols? There is fantastic … Continue Reading

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Classical goes down on Orlando’s WMFE

November 20, 2009 by Mike Janssen

As Mona asked in a tweet yesterday, “Is there something in the water in Florida?” Though the more appropriate question may be, “Is there something in the water in public radio?” Because another dual-format public radio station, WMFE in Orlando, has dumped classical from its schedule.

Well, not entirely. Like Gainesville’s WUFT, which made a similar move in August, WMFE is moving the classical music to an HD channel. The station’s president says “It’s not like we’re eliminating classical music,” but come on — for what’s no doubt the vast majority of the station’s audience, that not true.

You Are Old, Father William, the Walrus Said

November 18, 2009 by Marty Ronish

With apologies to Lewis Carroll for conflating his poems, and thanks to alert reader Dorron Katzin, I’d like to call your attention to a new study by Walrus Research, demonstrating that those of us who like classical music on the radio are aging. In fact, those who don’t like classical music on the radio are aging, too. It reminds me of the announcers who say, “it’s 10 am here on KING-FM.”

Pledge income down at WUFT, and a closer look at the KFUO sale

November 12, 2009 by Mike Janssen

Two updates today on recent station-centric kerfuffles that we’ve been following. The first pertains to WUFT-FM in Gainesville, Fla., which as you might remember decided to drop classical from its primary signal and move all the music to an HD channel.

Well, the station had its first fund drive since the switch, and donations were down — by 37 percent, according to the Gainesville Sun.

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