WDAV to Produce NPR World of Opera

December 18, 2009 | DAVIDSON, NC – WDAV 89.9 Classical Public Radio announced today that as of January 18, 2010, the station will take over production of National Public Radio’s World of Opera, keeping in place NPR’s successful creative team of host Lisa Simeone and producer Bruce Scott. WDAV General Manager Benjamin K. Roe is the new [...]

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Never Listen to Céline? Radio Meter Begs to Differ

By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Published: December 15, 2009
American men have a naughty little secret. Sometimes, they like to relax with a little Céline Dion. Professed classical music fans have one, too: as it turns out, they don’t tune into classical radio nearly as much as they claim.
These are two of many findings shaking up the radio industry [...]

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How many people are really listening?

By Mike Janssen, Scanning The Dial
Posted December 16, 2009
Hello, readers of my poor neglected blog. Apologies for not having posted for some time, but the usual deadlines have kept me away. Let’s jump right back in, though, with a look at a new way of measuring radio’s audience that is affecting all formats, including classical.
People [...]

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Web audience grows for arts groups

By Jacqueline Trescott
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Americans are increasingly choosing the Internet and other new media to enjoy the arts, a new national survey has found.
While many adults still like the intimacy of live theater, particularly musical theater, over the past year an estimated 47 million of them chose to watch or listen [...]

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Washington Times Features WDAV

Mark A. Kellner, Technology Writer for The Washington Times, posted a reviewon November 25, 2009 of the Sonos ZonePlayer, a wireless internet music system. And what long-distance classical music station did Mr. Kellner tune to when he tested this new music gadget? WDAV, naturally!
Minutes before the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys were to square off [...]

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North Carolina Station Prepares Spanish Classical Music Station

Here’s the English translation of an article that appeared in Yahoo News, produced by the EFE News Agency.
November 10, 2009
Charlotte, NC: Next year a FM radio station in North Carolina will launch the first classical music station in Spanish in the country, reported its promoters today.
Under the name “Concierto,” the station will be broadcast on [...]

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Meanwhile, over in Satellite Radio land…

Sirius XM reports its second consecutive quarterly DROP in subscribers…can it survive? thoughts from bkr

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WDAV STAFF APPOINTMENTS

WDAV appoints Lisa Gray as Director of Marketing and Communications; Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr as Multi Media Producer

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WDAV to air more local flair

From the May 16, 2009 edition of The Charlotte Observer
By Mark Washburn
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/413/story/726682.html
Stations looking to cut costs are turning increasingly toward syndicated shows.
But WDAV-FM (89.9), the classical music voice of Davidson College, is turning the other way.
Beginning July 1, WDAV will drop its overnight service “Music Through the Night,” which originates from Minnesota Public Radio, and [...]

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Charlotte Symphony gets donation

From the May 10, 2009 edition of The Charlotte Observer
By Mark Price
Posted : May 11, 2009
The Leon Levine Foundation has committed to giving $25,000 to the financially strapped Charlotte Symphony.
Foundation board members learned of the symphony’s urgent cost-cutting in a story in Friday’s Observer, including a request that players renegotiate the contract governing their pay and [...]

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