Low Power FM Bill in Congress

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I apologize to our readers for my absence.  It’s going to be another two weeks before I’m fully back, but I just got this email from MoveOn: There’s a bill in Congress that could put media back in the hands of the Other 98% of us instead.3 Thousands of communities could get their own community-run radio stations—think youth, civic leaders, and local musicians on your FM dial, talking about the real issues facing our country. The low-power FM radio bill has passed the House and has a bipartisan majority in the Senate, but … Continue Reading

Classical Radio in the News

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Some good news and some bad news on the classical radio front:

Peter van de Graaff, the congenial host of the Beethoven Satellite Network, has won the Karl Haas Prize for Music Education from KXMS in southern Missouri.  You can read about it here.  

A practicing classical baritone and a competent linguist, Peter’s command of the complex raw materials of classical music radio hosting has enabled him to fashion a first-rate service imbued with rare, relaxed charm.

The prize is given annually by The Klassix Society/Friends of KXMS to honor and promote music educators who make a difference on the air.

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Bill Kling Stepping Down

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Big news in the radio world: Bill Kling, the man who started American Public Media and who hired Garrison Keillor, is stepping down  in June after 45 years at Minnesota Public Radio.   Kling began a small regional station in Minnesota in 1967.  From that he has created a media conglomerate that now employs 700 radio professionals broadcasting on 44 stations.

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