Boston’s WCRB Sold to WGBH

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Wow!  Just wow. From Radio Info.com: Price: $14 million. Seller Nassau Broadcasting is doing a debt-for-equity swap with lender Goldman Sachs, and the biggest single station in its portfolio is commercial-classical WCRB (99.5), licensed to Lowell, MA. Now Goldman steers it to public radio/TV broadcaster WGBH, which already operates news/classical WGBH-FM (89.7) and WGBH-TV. It’s not yet clear whether WGBH will run it as a non-commercial station, or continue its operation as a commercial station through a subsidiary. Brokers: Patrick Communications for seller Nassau, and Public Radio Capital for buyer WGBH. More … Continue Reading

We Can Do Better: Promoting Classical Music On Your Air

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Below you’ll find the first in a series of articles by professionals involved with classical public radio. These articles were originally posted on the Listserv of the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio, and are being reprinted here with the permission of the authors.

The first article is by Peter Dominowski, a public radio researcher and consultant. He started his company Market Trends Research, Inc., in 1985. Here’s his full bio. Without further ado, his article:

We all love classical music and want other people to enjoy it as much as we do. Unfortunately, our aspirations for increasing listening to classical music on the radio are often not matched by the effectiveness of our promotion of the music on air.

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The Continent’s Only Radio Orchestra Back in Business?

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A year ago we reported on the demise of the CBC Radio Orchestra.  Now it looks as though the orchestra may have new life.  Time will tell, but the orchestra members have reunited with the help of  Montreal venture capitalist Philippe Labelle, and while they may not have their airtime restored (airtime is expensive real estate!) , they are at least collaborating with the CBC for a broadcast or two.  Instead, the old orchestra with a new name ( “National Broadcast Orchestra”) is going to be on YouTube and on its own website.

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Classical Radio Blogs and Tweets

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See that link for Recommended Sites? It’s up at the top of the page, a bit to the left … find it? Or just use this link. Check out that page. We’ve expanded our list of blogs from classical radio stations, updated some broken links, and added a list of classical radio people and stations that are using Twitter. You can find your favorite station, explore what other stations are doing online, and read more about radio, classical music, and public media. Don’t see your classical radio blog or Twitter account on the list? Let … Continue Reading

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