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A 'GOOD' FM station sure helps. In fact it is also probably the cheapest in the long run.

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Timbo in Oz

In Reply to: How do you learn about unfamiliar artists and music? posted by edta on April 4, 2005 at 18:00:42:

See thread below about 'nations' composers eg Copland.
But this is most unlikely these days in the USA by report.
It is worth seeking a colledge or PBS or community music staion on yr dail and maximising their signal with a proper external and dierectional antenna, where yr dometsic situstaion allows. I would recommend spending as much as US$300 on the antenna and cabling, especailly if yr tiuner is worth anything like that amount or more.
A good local library service with CD's for loan is also a good source, be brave and impulsive in your choices. I find heaps of graet music this way and not just in classical, but Blues and Jazz, too, I even post here about 'best' borrows.

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Absolutely. Especially non-profit radio - NPR, CBC... - BaddaBob 03:01:05 04/05/05 (2)
If they don't have to worry about advertisers they are more adventurous.
Otherwise it's the same old top ten over an dover andov er andove r andov....
I'd have a better system if I didn't spend all my money on music!
- Get it while you can . . . - markrohr 03:59:18 04/05/05 (1)
  . . . as NPR stations inexorably, one by one, dump music and go all-talk.
  It won't be politicians wishing to cut subsidies who kill classical and jazz on the radio: they're doing it themselves, voluntarily. To "reach a wider audience."
  At one time the mission of public radio and tv was to broadcast forms of art that the commercial market was not serving, audience size be damned. ("If we don't do it, who will?") No more.
  I will not be surprised to see good music disappear from public radio in my lifetime. Thank goodness for college radio; soon it may be all we have.
  - NPR stations joining "All-Talk" bandwagon - Voltaire 11:29:35 04/06/05 (0)
    Despite public outcry from the local classical music community, the NPR station in Washington DC - WETA 90.9 switched to an all-talk format last month. This is a real shame, considering that they had an outstanding signal and wonderful programming. I've given up on FM for music in the DC area, and have turned to XM radio...which unfortunately does not have much of a classical selection yet.

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