WGBH offers more info about WCRB purchase

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Boston’s WGBH has created an “online resource room” about its purchase of commercial all-classical WCRB. It’s a way to keep up on the latest news about the new station and provides a chance to sign up for e-mail updates as well.

The page also features a letter from WGBH President John Abbott:

In this most classical of cities, we’re fortunate to enjoy many cultural riches, from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New England Conservatory to Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Lyric Opera, and the Longy School of Music, to name just a few. WGBH will build on our ongoing partnerships with these and other New England gems to shine a light on the exciting world of classical music. We’re thrilled to have the expanded stage a full-time WGBH classical station will allow.

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Mike Janssen Served as Scanning The Dial's original co-authors from Mar, 2008 to Jan, 2010 and is a freelance writer, editor and media educator based in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. He has written extensively about radio, mostly for Current, the trade newspaper about public broadcasting, where his articles have appeared since 1999. He has also worked in public radio as a reporter at WFDD-FM in Winston-Salem, N.C., where he began his career in journalism and filed pieces for NPR. Mike's work in radio expanded to include outreach and advocacy in 2007, when he worked with the Future of Music Coalition to recruit applicants for noncommercial radio stations. He has since embarked on writing a series of articles about radio hopefuls for FMC's blog.

Mike also writes regularly for Retail Traffic magazine and teaches workshops about writing, podcasting and radio journalism. In his spare time he enjoys vegetarian food, the outdoors, reading, movies and traveling. You can learn more about Mike and find links to more of his writing and reporting at mikejanssen.net.

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