Klarinet Archive - Posting 000616.txt from 2001/03

From: "cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pulling the plug on classical music.
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:10:58 -0500

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From: "cpaok@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Pulling the plug on classical music.

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rezzie Flanders" <mezzrow@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet>
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Pulling the plug on classical music.
>
>
> > I'm sorry to hear that you are receiving the same treatment we have been
> > subjected to here in Jacksonville. After almost thirty years, our local
> NPR
> > affiliate WJCT-FM went to the daytime talk/night-time canned national
feed
> > from NPR or Minnesota Public Radio format about 12 - 18 months ago. I
> don't
> > know what this has meant for the station's bottom line - our only hope
is
> > that after a couple of years the bottom line doesn't look good enough
and
> > they change the format back. They've gotten my last membership dollar,
> for
> > sure.
> >
> > I suspect that no matter what happens, the local content (JSO concerts,
> > music from JU/UNF, other local groups) is gone for good. From a
distance
> it
> > appears that NPR on a national basis is being much more rigorous in
> > requiring stations to follow a programming focus that will return
revenue
> to
> > the mother ship rather than letting local programming/content form a
> > significant portion of the content... Try the links on Mike's Radio
World
> > for internet links to many wonderful stations that are providing the
kind
> of
> > programming we like - too many to name here... If you are fortunate
> enough
> > to have broadband connections or faster, the sound is getting quite
> > acceptable in many places. I will, for the benefit of the list,
withhold
> > the rant about letting the free market provide what we need if the FCC
> > wasn't in the pocket of (strangled silence)...
> >
> > Sadly,
> >
> > Rezzie Flanders
> >
> >
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