[raccoonradio]

Note:

—This means that instead of two, well one and a half, classical stations in Boston, now there will be one—with a signal that doesn’t reach as much of the area. Instead of WGBH’s 100,000 watts from Boston it’ll be WCRB’s 27,000 watts from Lowell (Andover actually)

—Loss of long running folk and blues shows on Saturdays.
The blues show was started by the late Mai Cramer in 1978.
Many (over 1,000 people) have joined a facebook group protesting this move. They’re saying they’ll drop their memberships, not leave bequests to WGBH, etc.

—There will be unnecessary duplication of shows that Boston University’s WBUR already carries

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

This is depressing. I don’t mind giving money to ‘CRB but I don’t wanna support those ash hats at ‘GBH.

I’m also afraid that the definition of “classical” is going to expand to include a lot of crap that I can get by listening to any college radio station.

[NonValueAdded]

sorry folks, if you want the blues you gotta sing ’em

[Unam Sanctam]

My complaint about CRB is that it only plays “pop” classical pieces. I wish they would mix up the well known pieces with a few more esoteric things once in a while. I’m not sure if the GBH takeover will change their format in this respect, however.