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A happy beginning to the new WQXR story
Last July I explained Why WQXR is better off as a public radio station. One hundred and twelve comments followed, the last posted in January of this year. Far as I know, that’s a record for this blog. Background: when … Continue reading
Posted in Business, history, music, News, Places, radio
Tagged Elizabeth Jensen, Radio-Info, WNYC, WQXR
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WGBH/WCRB go the way of WNYC/WQXR
The longest thread in the history of this blog belongs to Why WQXR is better off as a public radio station, which I posted on July 26, and still has comments this month. The post followed a complex deal by … Continue reading
Posted in News, radio
Tagged classical, Classical Music, hd, HD Radio, public radio, WBUR, WCRB, WGBH, WNYC, WQXR
19 Comments
Why WQXR is better off as a public radio station
In his comment to my last post about the sale of WQXR to WNYC (and in his own blog post here), Sean Reiser makes an important point: One of the unique things about the QXR was it’s relationship with the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Future, infrastructure, Live Web, News, Places, problems, radio, VRM
Tagged "New York Times", HD Radio, K-Mozart, KCLU, KFAC, KKGO, KUSC, projectvrm, Public Radio Player, RDS, Sean Reiser, VRM, Washington Post, WCPE, WCRB, wdbs, WETA, WFMR, WGMS, WGN, WNYC, WQXR, WTOP
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More on WNYC(s) + WQXR(s)
Edward Rosten and I have been having an interesting dialog in the comment section of my last post, which was mostly about WNYC buying WQXR from the New York Times (which has owned it forever) for $11.5 million — and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Future, Ideas, infrastructure, radio
Tagged hd, HD Radio, KCRW, Minnesota Public Radio, MPR, WNYC, WQXR
24 Comments
WQXR goes to WNYC, WBCN leaves FM dial
Heard this morning on WNYC that the New York Times has unloaded its remaining broadcasting asset, which consists of the channel and facilities of WQXR, which has been a classical music landmark for as long as it’s been around. (One … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Future, infrastructure, music, radio, Sports
Tagged Empire State Building, fybush, Scott Fybush, Times Co. New York Times, Univision, WCAA, Wikipedia, WNYC, WQEW, WQXR
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PBS should become the NPR of TV
I’m sitting at #ima09, at one of the last panels: “Future of Public Media News: A Vision and A Plan.” Leonard Witt is speaking right now, and has a killer proposal: turn PBS into a “news powerhouse.” His case is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Journalism, News, Places
Tagged "Bill Moyers", "Georgia Gazette", "Georgia Public Broadcasting", "News Hour", "Robert Paterson", "Susanna Capelbuto", GPB, ima09, KPCC, KQED, PBS, radio, WBUR, WNYC, WUNC
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