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In the Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston

Post Subject: Let them know you know the factsPosted by RichardMitnick on: 1/2/2010

Hey Cat-

First, sorry about the second post. I did not realize that I had already left a message.

The best advice is to let them know you know. I have been reading abouot the WCRB take over all over the place, Doc Searle, Scannng the Dial, boston.com.

Any place that I found people commenting on the station, no one seemed to know WBGH's little secret. They just commented on content. Many PubRadio outlets that subscriv=be to Classical 24 are quite up front about it.

So, members and listeners alike should be telling WGBH that they want, expect, demand better. I mean, you know, the station has a budget. But at Scanning the Dial, I found a link to http://classical-scene.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/poster.pdf :

The Boston
Musical Intelligencer
presents
WHAT CAN WE DO FOR
CLASSICAL MUSIC RADIO IN BOSTON?
Panel discussion at Old South Church, Copley Square
Tuesday, January 5 at 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Recent articles in the Boston Musical Intelligencer and elsewhere evoked widespread
dismay over the changes in WGBH and WCRB programming and the lack of signal
strength from the recently-designated station for classical music, WCRB. Come hear
what the experts think, ask your questions and have your say.
Moderator:
William M. Bulger, formerly President of the Massachusetts Senate,
president of University of Massachusetts, and trustee of the Boston
Public Library and Boston Symphony Orchestra
Panelists:
Richard Dyer, former classical music critic of the Boston Globe
Christopher Lydon, broadcast journalist on WBUR and WGBH
Dave MacNeill, announcer & fomer general manager of WCRB
John Voci, general manager of WGBH radio
Respondents:
Boston Musical Intelligencer reviewers Mark DeVoto, John W. Ehrlich,
Brian Jones, Peter Van Zandt Lane, and Tom Schnauber
The Issues:
• Friday afternoon broadcasts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra are cancelled.
• In Boston’s Back Bay, Beacon Hill, and areas south of Boston, listeners are
unable to receive a clear signal from “all-classical” WCRB.
• Much of the music on WCRB is programed by a Minneapolis syndicate.
• Area listeners have lost fifty hours a week of quality classical music.
• Do we really need more talk radio and duplicative NPR programming?
•Are WGBH contributors pleased with the changes?
•Are WCRB listeners pleased?
•Will the administration at WGBH reconsider?
The Boston Musical Intelligencer is at www.classical-scene.com

I really like that "Minneapolis syndicate" thing. Sort of sounds like The Mob

Anyway, it sounds like with you guys things are in good hands. Best of luck.

Hey, if you get bored, try our new WQXR web streams, traditional Classical music at the 105.9 web stream or our eclectic music stream, Q2, all at
http://www.wqxr.org/. Both streams are at 128k stereo. All of the hosts at the 105.9 stream are live. The Q2 stream is not hosted.

Please visit my weblog "Whither Public Radio and serious music" at http://richardmitnick.wordpress.com

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