maybe not gone totally, but just gone to a new frequency--in a month or so, it looks like. When the news came that Greater Media, owner of WTKK (talk), WROR (classic hits), WKLB
(country), WMJX (soft rock), and WBOS (adult album) was buying WCRB, radio experts knew that under FCC rules (limit of
5 FMs in same city the size of Boston), that one would have to be sold off to make room--and it would probably be the 99.5
where WKLB is.
Sure enough, that seems to be happening now.
In some cities classical disappeared entirely...in others
(Cleveland comes to mind--with WCLV, which origanates
the "Weekend Radio" show that blends classical with
humor), it just moved to other frequencies.
There indeed is a "trust" the owner set into place before his death that promised the station would remain classical
for 99 years or so, and word had it Greater Media was going to try to place the signal on HD-radio--so you'd have to get a special radio to pick it up. Now it looks like there's
a solution, since Nassau Broadcasting won't mind keeping
it classical.
I think WCRB has a tradition of simulcasting the Pops
4th of July concert, don't they? I remember once back in the 70s or 80s when my Dad and I visited a friend of his who had a boat at the Charles Gate Yacht Club--we saw the fireworks
and could hear the music (better) via WCRB.
WCRB usually does live broadcasts of the Pops and the BSO, and they have Kids Classical Hour on the weekends. It's a great station, but at least their just moving it and not getting rid of it entirely, from what I can understand from the article. If they get rid of it entirely, I'll be angry....