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and I imagine many more as well. Sad day for the area. I wonder if they will give refunds to those who paid to support classical music. Next thing you know they'll pick up Glenn Beck.
At least I still get WRTI, on the car radio anyway.
Neil
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They just kept taking good programs off, Hearts of Space,The Record Shelf.
I was a member. I have two coffee mugs. I should throw them out!
In southwest boonies we still have KNAU classical from Flagstaff, but in many areas of Arizona the signal is so weak that if you breathe on tuner dial you lose the station and are pushed to one of the repent before the apocalypse/liberals are Satan stations. Market forces/business realities pushing most to Squeezebox devices and internet feeds and speaking from years of experience the Radio Swiss classical stations in particular are excellent.
Beck is better than anybody on NPR and he pays his own way.
The NPR stations in the Boston area have been turning themselves into AM radio for a generation.
What was that saying? "If we don't do it, who will?"
PBS/NPR were originally chartered to provide programs that commercial outlets were underserving or not serving at all. Heaven knows, there isn't enough talk radio around.
I stopped donating ages ago. Now it's time to remove them from the government spigot, for they have abandoned their purpose voluntarily.
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Timothy Bailey
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'Still not saluting.'
Agree. Generally, more compressed audio but better choices. The announcers are excellent and you get a pops channel, regular classical, and the Met Opera, all 24-7. I've been a subscriber for about ten years. It came in even more handy when I moved to the boondocks where FM doesn't really reach.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
I feel your pain because the Bay Area lost its last classical a year or two ago. People complained that it was 'tired businessman programming' but they sure missed it when it was gone. Okay, I miss it.
I empathize with you on your loss. We lost a great classical station here in St. Louis a year or so ago. I fought against it for two years but lost in the long run.
Stations have only their bottom line in mind and have forgotten their pledge to serve the public interest. Their only interest is that of their"stockholders." When that happens we see "fair market priorties" at work and not the public good.
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