Tag: Classical music
Drop the stuffy presentation style for classical radio and the format will thrive
To the Editors, I read Ben Mook’s Feb. 11 piece about the de-commercialization of classical radio with a mixture of sadness and muted ...Ideastream recognizes WCLV’s Robert Conrad for ‘innovative and generous acts.’
Conrad, president and co-founder of the 50-year-old Cleveland-based classical music station, received ideastream’s “Great Idea Award” for his service as a leading ...Fine of $50,000 settle transfer of San Francisco’s KUSF
The FCC closed its investigation of a management agreement between the University of San Francisco and the Los Angeles–based Classical Public Radio ...Output: Open-source Bach, eyes on Venus, videos from Louisville pubradio, and more
On the afternoon of June 24, Wisconsin Public Radio will air a new recording of the great composer’s Goldberg Variations. The broadcast ...“Live from Lincoln Center” creator retiring after more than 30 years
John Goberman, who created Live From Lincoln Center more than three decades ago, is departing as executive producer on June 30 after more than ...Vince Gardino bound for orchestra post after NY Public Radio departure in July
Vince Gardino, New York Public Radio’s executive director of underwriting, is departing the station after 14 years to become executive director of ...APMG’s Florida classical station grows west with new FM
Miami-based Classical South Florida, an affiliate of American Public Media Group, is expanding its service to the state’s western coast with the ...The ears have it: classical that’s upbeat, melodic, forward-moving
Looking to lift up your midday radio audience? Try some uplifting music. That’s a lesson from 10 classical radio stations that have been ...As media finally converge, it’s coming down to this
So what will journalism and, for that matter, all content look like in five years and how will it be delivered? It ...Online symphony, 2 consecutive movements max
Stations that stream all four movements of the entire symphony could be seen as violating the law’s detailed rules — the “performance ...Casual, serious listeners agree on sounds of music: some you love to hear
Most listeners to classical music radio decide whether or not to listen based primarily on the sound and the emotional impact of ...Study’s answers are questionable — and the question aims too low
The Midday Classical Music Testing Project, presented by Public Radio Program Directors at its conference in September [2007], is fundamentally flawed in ...Media veteran brings wary revolution to a fortress of tradition
In the 1980s, Peter Gelb produced 25 Metropolitan Opera broadcasts for PBS. Now, as the Met’s general manager, he runs the red-carpeted ...Weak audience and income blamed in classical fade
For lovers of classical music, these are difficult times. Once pubradio’s dominant format, classical music is still widespread on the airwaves. As of ...Finale for music as WETA goes all-news
To stop a long slide in audience, WETA-FM in Washington, D.C., will adopt an all-news format Feb. 28. With almost unanimous approval ...
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