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In the Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston

Post Subject: The new FM Classical scene in BostonPosted by Romy the Cat on: 11/26/2009

Well, that sucks here in Boston. WHRB is still in business but if you do not call them and explain to them that they are playing records backward they would not acknowledge it. The WCRB is gone, that is good but the WHRB move to the WCRB frequency slot. That sucks – the higher frequency is worse sound. The transmutation antenna for new WHRB classical is locater very far from Boston, the power of the transmitter is much lower. Initially the WHRB engineers promised that they will fine way to deal with the problem of Boston coverage but today WHRB begin to make announcements “not all of you will receive out new WHRB but there are other way to listen radio – the internet”. Thank what a fucking revelation!

The program of the new WHRB also does not make me too exiting.

Monday-Friday
5am-9am: Classical music with Laura Carlo includes leading stories and weather from the WGBH newsroom
9am-2pm: Classical music with Cathy Fuller includes 1pm-2pm In Performance (daily spotlight on WGBH live recordings)
2pm-6pm: Classical music with Ray Brown includes leading stories and weather from the WGBH newsroom
6pm-5am: Classical music Thursday, 7pm-8pm: Performances from WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio

Saturday
7am-11am: Classical music with Brian McCreath includes Kid’s Classical Hour, 9am-10am
11am-noon: From the Top (featuring the nation’s best young classical musicians)
Noon-8pm: Classical music
8pm-11pm: BSO Live
11pm-7am: Classical music

Sunday
7am-11am: Classical music with Brian McCreath
11am-2pm: Sunday Baroque with Suzanne Bona (shown, left)
2pm-5pm: The BSO on Record and Sunday Concerts, including Tanglewood
5pm-6pm: From the Top
6pm-8pm: Classical music
8pm-9pm: The Bach Hour, produced and hosted by Brian McCreath
9pm-5am: Classical music

The dally 1pm-2pm In Performance live-tape broadcast are good. The Thursday’s Fraser Performance Studio live even are good, I hope it will not overlap with Amsterdam Radio broadcasts by WHRB. However the Friday and Sunday’s evening BSO broadcasts are gone – very sad. Also, it looks like Brain Bell did not get an extended programming at WHRB – I was hopping as his material was always very good. Anyhow, the classical FM scene in Boston is changing and is look like to worse…

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