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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Boston’s Classical Shapeshifting

By Marty Ronish, Scanning The Dial
Posted December 17, 2009
Before I talk about Boston, I want to thank those of you who made suggestions about better Xmas programming. Even without actually hearing the music you suggested, I can hear it in my head and it makes me smile. The wonderful trio from Berlioz’s L’enfance [...]

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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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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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Funding runs low at public broadcasters

From the April 11, 2009 edition of The Charlotte Observer
By Mark Washburn
Things have never been worse in that stretch of imagination from Sesame Street to Lake Wobegon.
Public broadcasters, supported largely by donations from “viewers like you,” are facing the biggest cash crunch in their six decades of existence.
In the Carolinas:
WTVI (Channel 42) laid off four employees [...]

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The Sirius XM Bailout – Good Timing or Good Money after Bad?

Don Bartell passed this article from Fortune magazine along that is worth a read from several perspectives. Don’s comments: There is a pretty interesting article on the sustainability of this model in the current issue of Fortune magazine. There was also an interesting quote by the CEO Mel Karmazin which I thought is surely applicable [...]

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