WDAV-FM in Davidson, N.C., reported recently that listenership for its online audio stream grew by 40 percent in four months. How did that happen? Folks at the station say being listed in the iTunes directory may have played a part.
KHFM Assessed And Some Tidbits of Good Cheer
Music critic D. S. Crafts wrote in his year-end review in the Albuquerque Journal:
The biggest news this year on the classical music scene was not in the concert halls, but on the airwaves. After Bob Bishop was laid off from KHFM, many of the on-air personalities resigned in protest, most notably Kip Allen. The station continues to operate, but the essential character that made the station so successful is gone. It is a shame that mere legal ownership (by out-of-state American General Media) allows such insensitive changes to the nature of beauty and companionship, which were at the core of this once-beloved cultural institution.
Gene Parrish dies at 82
The Los Angeles Times reports today that Gene Parrish, a longtime host of classical programs on KUSC in Los Angeles and of an international jazz show, passed away Jan. 2 at the age of 82.
Tech survey should give classical programmers something to chew on
Happy New Year! Let’s start the New Year with a sobering dose of reality. Look no further than the Public Radio Tech Survey 2008.