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