classical music

Chicago Broadcaster Norm Pellegrini Dies

July 2, 2009 by Marty Ronish

Venerable classical broadcaster Norman Pellegrini passed away early this morning in Chicago. He was 79 years old.

Pellegrini started at Chicago’s legacy station WFMT at its founding in 1951, and served as the station’s Program Director for an amazing 43 years. He was responsible for the station’s eclectic mix of classical music by day, plus comedy and folk music on The Midnight Special. Norm hated the loud advertising and ubiquitous jingles on most commercial classical stations, and he is revered for sticking to his principles and keeping the advertising on WFMT quiet and dignified.

Confessions of a Newbie Classical Announcer

June 30, 2009 by Marty Ronish

Chloe Veltman is a blogger on ArtsJournal.com and at VoiceBox – The Radio Show, but she’s also a new classical radio announcer on KALW in San Francisco. She agreed to be a guinea pig on this blog and reveal her innermost fears and joys at this new experience.

Americans for the Arts and the Obama Administration

June 23, 2009 by Marty Ronish

Do you hear that rumbling sound? That’s the sound of the creative class locomotive beginning to roar.

1200 of the nation’s arts leaders came to Seattle last week for the Americans for the Arts (AFTA) national conference. I thought you might like to hear some of the voices that are leading the national dialogue.

Ten ways to increase traffic to your classical music blog

June 3, 2009 by Mike Janssen

Thanks to Mona Seghatoleslami at WV Public Broadcasting for this guest post.

At WV Public Broadcasting, I’m responsible for the blog Classically Speaking. We started the blog in April 2008, and we’ve gradually been increasing our traffic. In March, we had 1006 page views and 789 unique views, according to Google Analytics.

These numbers aren’t just a way to feel good knowing that a lot of people are interested in reading what we have to say. Eventually enough Web traffic can also be turned into online advertising and underwriting, justification for grants, and other good things.

I was given a mission: with the help of fearless Operations Assistant Bob Powell, double the blog’s monthly traffic by the end of the summer. We did it in two months — here’s how.

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