Klarinet Archive - Posting 000597.txt from 2001/03

From: Lacy Schroeder <LacyS@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Classical music on the radio (was: "off the air")
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:35:24 -0500

Wow...That's terrible. We're lucky enough to have a fantastic classical
music station in St. Louis. They won the Marconi Award in 2000 for being the
best classical station in the country. They're very active with our
symphony, and we're always grateful for that and for the great music they
play 24-7. It's a shame that not all large cities have this...

Lacy

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Spiegelthal [mailto:Spiegelthal.Dave@-----.COM]
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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