Klarinet Archive - Posting 000528.txt from 2001/03

From: "James Sclater" <Sclater@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Classical music on the radio (was: "off the air")
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:54:29 -0500

Presentation of classical music on the radio is alive and well here in =
Mississippi thanks to PRM. Program director William Fulton does a great =
job of giving a varied menu to the listeners. We have, I think, about =
twelve hours of classical music each Monday through Friday and a more =
varied repetoire on the weekends. In addition to this there are great =
programs of jazz, bluegrass, space music, etc.

I don't bring this up to brag, but simply to say that PRM is one of the =
really good things - one among many - that we have here in Mississippi. I =
hope we are fortunate enough for it to continue for a very long time.=20

Jim Sclater

James Sclater
Professor of Music
Mississippi College

>>> kiritz@-----.net 03/20/01 03:59PM >>>
Be careful about the "member-supported" classical station in Colorado
Springs. In Berkeley California and NYC are two non-commercial stations
which have been around for 40 years. Since the Telecommunications
De-Regulation Act was put in place in 1996 thousands of frequencies have
been bought out by huge conglomarates churning out generic pap and beaming
it across the country, because there are no longer any limits on how many
stations one company can own. In fact, the majority of radio stations in
this country are now owned by I think 2 corporations.

KPFA in Berkeley and WBAI in NYC are run by the Pacifica Foundation.
Somehow the Foundation's board of directors has been taken over by some
marericks who hope to sell the frequency for millions of dollars, ending =
the
existence of the stations. Welcome to the brave new world of de-regulation=

and globalization.

Stewart Kiritz

----- Original Message -----
From: "David C. Kumpf" <dkumpf@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] Re: Classical music on the radio (was: "off the air")

> I'm feeling really fortunate after reading these messages. In Colorado
> Springs, we have a member-supported classical music station (KCME). They
> play mostly classical, with jazz late night and on weekends. Not much
> jabber. And, several programs in different formats, including discussion
of
> music history, et al. They have two fund drives a year, each lasting =
less
> than a week. (Unlike the PBS stations here, who seem to be having a fund
> drive every time I turn to that station, leading to me not watching PBS
very
> much...)
>
> I think they are broadcasting via the Net. Go to www.kcme.org.
>
> David C. Kumpf
> President
> Optimetra, Inc.
> 4420 Red Rock Ranch Road
> Monument, CO 80132
> mailto:dkumpf@-----.com=20
> http://www.optimetra.com=20
> (719) 481-2956 (voice)
> (719) 487-0920 (fax)
> (719) 964-8105 (mobile)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Spiegelthal [mailto:Spiegelthal.Dave@-----.COM]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 2:38 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org=20
> Subject: [kl] Re: Classical music on the radio (was: "off the air")
>
>
>
>
> Here in our Nation's Capital, for years now we've only had one "full-time=
"
> classical music station (WGMS), and they've gotten so bad that (a) =
there's
> maybe
> 4 hours of actual music played in any 24-hr. period, after all the =
blabber
> and
> advertisements; and (b) they are so conservative in their programming =
that
> very
> little post-Mozart is ever played. Occasionally they get as 'modern' as
> Brahms
> and act very proud of themselves for their boldness! It's pathetic and
> discouraging that, in an area as crowded with
> affluent/well-educated/supposedly
> cultured people as the DC metropolitan area, there is only enough market
to
> support one classical music radio station, and a poor excuse for one at
> that!
> David Spiegelthal
> Calverton, VA
>
>
>
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