Richard Pennycuick, our ANNZUS ally is needlessly readly to ungirth his sword: >Does this mean (gasp) that they run commercials *between movements*?? And >!!, too. If it does, I'll sharpen the guillotine blade and oil the wheels >on my tumbril. Or I can give you Attila the Hun's e-mail address. No, they are quite traditional and do broadcast the entire piece uninterrupted. In fact, when they have a technical problem, they apologize profusely to those who are recording the work. But imagine if they had a Bruckner festival or broadcast the entire Parsifal between Sloan-Kettering announcement. You could die before you discover who is the best butcher in town! NYC really is a good station. Better with the commercial sponsors then when all it was a NPR outlet. By the way, it is the most-listened public radio station in the country and the first and (only?) founded as a municipal station for Mayor La Guardia to read the funny papers to the kids of New York during a prolonged newspaper strike in the 30s. Its FM signal carries pretty well into the far suburbs, where I am. A. Carlan Keeping a Leg Up for Nielsen