Stan Metzger:
>I'm the furthest from being an activist, but I must say there has been nary
>a peep from the NYC classical music community about the demise of the 77
>year old daytime WNYC classical music schedule. (Perhaps because it came
>during the six month anniversary of 9/11?)
>
>The site http://savewnyc.org has gotten only 200 hits since the
>announcement.
Perhaps the NYC classical community is tired of having to "save" the
station every few years.
In New Orleans, I have a dismal NPR station. To be fair, it hasn't a large
budget to buy CDs, but even so, it's cutting back in favor of chit-chat and
repetitive news stories. What's left behind is music in performances I've
heard several times over. Since I have an adequate collection myself - and
furthermore one which ideally fits my likes and dislikes (coincidence? I
don't think so) - I've given up listening to classical radio.
Steve Schwartz