Public radio turns off the music

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | February 26, 2005 | Chris Baker

[LurkedLongEnough]

Chopin is on the chopping block.

Public radio stations in Washington and other cities are dropping classical music from their lineups, replacing it with news and talk shows, especially the increasingly popular offerings from National Public Radio.

In the past five years, between 40 and 50 stations that once featured a mix of classical music and news either dropped it or sharply reduced the amount they play, according to Station Resource Group, a Takoma Park consulting group that helps public broadcasters conduct strategic planning.

The latest station to join the crowd: WETA-FM (90.9) in the Washington area, which will pull classical music off its schedule and switch to an all-news format Monday.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Using NPR will defunct public radio. Bias should not be taxpayer funded.

[WorkingClassFilth]

NPR Ping!

[Drango]

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[Psycho_Bunny]

I literally can't listen to NPR.  It's not so much that I find the content objectionable, it's the pace and inflection with which they deliver it......It's the aural equivalent of softly banging your head against the wall for 20 or 30 minutes.

The smarmy, condescending, sing-songy patter-blather....it drives me crazy.

[Drango]

WETA also has faced a juggernaut in WGMS-FM (103.5), a commercial classical station owned by Bonneville International Corp.

~sigh

[Rhetorical pi2]

All the time wasted on playing quality music reduces the available time to spend spreading their disinformation, and propagandizing the non-thinking, left leaning, pseudo-elite.

[Rhetorical pi2]

All the time wasted on playing quality music reduces the available time to spend spreading their disinformation, and propagandizing the non-thinking, left leaning, pseudo-elite.

[AmishDude]

Actually, my bet is that the NPR stuff isn't more popular. It's probably less. But the drooling lefties contribute more money than the dentist's office that plays public broadcasting classical music.

[Rhetorical pi2]

Okay, I gotta work on that itchy, trigger finger that makes me click on POST twice.

Sorry :-(

[Hank Rearden]

"If PBS doesn't do it, who will?"

how about:

The Internet
Fox News Channel
C-SPAN
C-SPAN2
C-SPAN3
History Channel
A&E
National Geographic Channel
Discovery Channel
The Learning Channel
House&Garden TV
CNN
CNN Headline News
CNBC
MSNBC
CNNfn
Disney Channel
Bravo
Spike
Wings
HBO
Showtime
Starz
IFC
AMC
Turner Classic Movies
Nickelodeon
USA Network
Cartoon Channel
Comedy Central
Sci-Fi Channel
Lifetime
ABC Family
TechTV
ESPN
ESPN2
Fox SportsNet
the lamestream See-B.S., ABS, NBS
crummy local stations
even crap like MTV and VH1

and many more . . . .

[Capriole]

I can't stand NPR, but I've loved having my choice of three (three!) classical music stations in DC. And WETA-FM had one jewel I've been listening to almost every Saturday night for 15 years: Traditions, a showcase for bluegrass, folk and ethnic music, humor, and historic recordings. I'll miss it. What else shall I listen to on Saturday nights? sigh. . .

[Drango]

DC now has two OVERLAPING NPR stations broadcasting much the same thing. You TAX dollars at work.

D.C.'s two mixes of news fare

Duplicated

Produced by station

Monday-Friday	WAMU	WETA's new sked
5 a.m.	Morning Edition (NPR)	World Update (BBC)
6 a.m.		Morning Edition (NPR)
9 a.m.		Newshour (BBC)
10 a.m.	Diane Rehm Show	World Briefing (BBC)
11 a.m.		News & Notes with Ed Gordon (NPR)
Noon	Kojo Nnamdi Show	Day to Day (NPR)
1 p.m.	Metro Connection	Global Report (BBC)
2 p.m.	Talk of the Nation (NPR)	Odyssey (WBEZ)
3 p.m.	The World (PRI/BBC/WGBH)	Fresh Air with Terri Gross (NPR/WHYY)
4 p.m.	All Things Considered (NPR)	All Things Considered (NPR)
6 p.m.	Marketplace (APM)	ATC continues
6:30 p.m.	ATC rebroadcast	Marketplace (APM)
7 p.m.	ATC rebroadcast continues	NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
8 p.m.	Kojo Nnamdi Show rebroadcast	The World (PRI/BBC/WGBH)
9 p.m.	Diane Rehm Show rebroadcast	News & Notes with Ed Gordon (NPR) rebroadcast
10 p.m.	To the Point with Warren Olney (PRI/KCRW)	Day to Day (NPR) rebroadcast
11 p.m.	As It Happens (CBC)	Outlook (BBC)
Midnight	Monday 12: With Good Reason (Virginia universities) plus at 12:30: Soundprint (PRI) Tuesday-Saturday: The World Today (BBC)	BBC news through 5 a.m.
1 a.m.	Monday: Selected Shorts (PRI/WNYC), Tuesday-Saturday: The World Today (BBC)	BBC continues
2 a.m.	News & Notes with Ed Gordon (NPR)	BBC continues
3 a.m.	Fresh Air	BBC continues
4 a.m.	BBC programming through 5 a.m.	BBC continues

[BigSkyFreeper]

I wouldn' listen to hours and hours and hours of elevator music either.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Errrr....IMHO- The women libs should donate more money to L'Oreal and Revlon!! (snip)

[BigSkyFreeper]

DC now has two OVERLAPING NPR stations broadcasting much the same thing.

That's because there are actually two public radio services.

[LurkedLongEnough]

dropping classical music from their lineups, replacing it with news and talk shows...

This is really funny! Maybe they will plug in Rush Limbaugh!

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Doubt it!

[Huntress]

The smarmy, condescending, sing-songy patter-blather....it drives me crazy.

I see you've been listening to "Fresh Air" with Terri Gross. ;-)

[risk]

Rarely, Terri is worthwhile, such as this interview with Indonesia expert Sidney Jones: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4458450

[SandRat]

Yeah that's the only way All FrankinStupid and Jennine GaackBraffalot can get on the radio.