Klarinet Archive - Posting 000813.txt from 1997/11

From: jensmore@-----.net (Moren, Jennifer)
Subj: Re: A sad day in Detroit
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 00:47:56 -0500

The same happened here in Philadelphia... The classical station sold out
to rock, but fortunately combined with a university jazz station. They
play classical from 6:00 am to 6:00 PM and jazz the rest of the time. I am
happy to get both of my favorites but miss the choice of which one I want
to listen to. I also didn't remember the day that the station was going
to switch over, but after leaving some previous nights Beethoven cranked up
on my car stereo, I was blown away the next morning when I turned on the
car and a horrid guitar solo plastered my ears to the rear windshield. If
a classical station can't make it in a big city like Philly, what's next?!!

Jennifer

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> From: Fred <fsheim@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: A sad day in Detroit
> Date: Friday, November 21, 1997 6:47 PM
>
> It happened to WNCN in New York a few years back. I know the feeling.
It
> hurts to hear the acid rock playing where culture used to reside.
>
> Fred (fsheim@-----.com)
>
>
>
> At 05:12 PM 11/21/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >I am listening at this moment to the final few minutes of WQRS as
> >a classical station. Detroit, one of the 10 largest radio
> >audiences in the U.S., is now without a classical radio station.
> >The reason was lack of a long-term advertisers. The station was
> >making money, just not enough. It is now (2 minutes after I started
> >this letter) yet another rock station.
> >
> >If you are at all in a position to influence advertisers, please do
> >so or your local classical station may be next.
> >
> >My hat's off to Dave Wagner, Charles Greenwell, and all the other
> >staff at what was WQRS in Detroit. My house is strangely silent
> >now, my teachers taken off the air, tears welling in my eyes.
> >
> >I'm lucky enough to be close to the Canadian border, where I'll be
> >able to hear classical music broadcast from Windsor, Ontario. Thank
> >you, my Canadian friends. May your radio stations be my new tutor,
> >your announcers my close friends, even though I may never meet them.
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