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Grex > Music2 > #101: The Demise of Classical Music Radio, and Other Radio Complaints |  |
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bmoran
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response 50 of 107:
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Dec 5 15:38 UTC 1997 |
Tonight's 'Midnight Madness' sale in A2, SKR Classical is having the only
sale of the year: 20% off all in stock cds. If you want to stock up on
classical, I guess now's the time to do it.
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krj
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response 51 of 107:
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Dec 18 20:51 UTC 1997 |
Today I saw, at a record store, a clipping from the Detroit News indicating
that WJR is going to pick up some classical music programming in its
non-prime hours, including the Detroit Symphony broadcasts.
Here's an item I found on Usenet:
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An active working group dedicated to the establishment of a successor to
WQRS has email access. If you are interested in participating in this
group, please send mail to
msmiller@umich.edu
If you are outside the WQRS listening area, but wish to be kept informed
of progress, please use the subject heading: WQRS friend
If you are willing to be active in this group (whether now or after
Christmas), please use the subject heading: WQRS worker
If you were a WQRS listener, but don't have time to spare, please do
write, and use the subject heading: WQRS listener
We are assembling an inventory of the listeners. Please let us know
about you, and tell your friends!
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danr
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response 52 of 107:
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Dec 18 23:57 UTC 1997 |
Sign me up...
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mary
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response 53 of 107:
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Dec 19 00:00 UTC 1997 |
What station is 89.9 FM? They are doing a nice job with
classical music programming but I never listen long
enough to hear where the signal is originating.
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headdoc
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response 54 of 107:
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Dec 19 01:08 UTC 1997 |
Thank you ken. I was hoping to do more then complain about the loss of QRS.
I just didn't know where to direct my energies. I also hoped that if I
waited, someone like you on Grex would help point the way. I will write and
pass the word.
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bruin
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response 55 of 107:
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Dec 19 01:54 UTC 1997 |
RE #53 I believe that 89.9 FM is CBC Radio out of Canada. Please correct me
if I am wrong.
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scg
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response 56 of 107:
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Dec 19 07:13 UTC 1997 |
89.9 is CBEC in Windsor. Bruin is right that it's a CBC station.
They've got all sorts of weird rules about having lots of Canadian content,
if I remember correctly.
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tpryan
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response 57 of 107:
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Dec 20 01:54 UTC 1997 |
CBC1; the AM station, 1550 I think, might also be one to play
classical in the afternnon drive times.
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orinoco
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response 58 of 107:
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Dec 20 04:14 UTC 1997 |
Yeah, there are Canadian content rules, which means Canadian stations play
a whole lot of U2... I think they had a Canadian producer at one point...
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raven
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response 59 of 107:
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Dec 23 17:03 UTC 1997 |
re way back the problem isn't the cost of licsence (they are free) the
problem is that all the radio frequency spectrum has been preallocated
by the FCC. Also the FCC bans transmitters under 100 watts from operating
on comercial frequencies (i.e. AM and FM) so in practice you have to buy
an existing station if you want to broadcast. This means a big capital
investment wheich keeps "small players" like stations that would play
classical or perhaps other interesting content off the air. My solution
to the problem is to support "pirate radio," and I think a pirate classical
FM station in Ann Arbor would be very cool. <set rant=off>
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omni
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response 60 of 107:
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Dec 23 18:51 UTC 1997 |
I don't think that's practical. The FCC deals out severe penalties and
jail terms and don't think they won't find you. They have a very sophisticated
sniffer van. I've seen it, and you don't want to be on the wrong end of it.
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carson
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response 61 of 107:
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Dec 23 23:59 UTC 1997 |
(it looked pretty neat in _Pump Up The Volume_, too.)
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raven
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response 62 of 107:
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Dec 24 00:03 UTC 1997 |
Well a) Just because something is illegal doesn't mean you shouldn't do it,
look at the civil rights movement of the 60s laws were broken for the greater
good. There are dozens of pirate radio station operating right now that the
FCC is doing didley about. b) That may all be changing a Federal judge in
I beleive Miami ruled recently that the severity of FCC was an unconstitutional
restriction of 1st amendement rights to free speech. <Now back to your
item on the demise of classical programming on the radio>
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orinoco
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response 63 of 107:
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Dec 24 03:44 UTC 1997 |
'pirate radio' meaning what, exactly?
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aruba
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response 64 of 107:
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Dec 24 06:23 UTC 1997 |
Radio stations which operate without a license from the FCC, I believe.
It seems to me there are some good reasons why the FCC sells licenses; it
keeps two stations from broadcasting on the same frequency and running over
each other. If the FCC didn't step in, the strong stations would bully the
weak staions off the air, right? I guess you could argue that the license
system amounts to the same thing - the rich stations can afford to be on the
air and the weak ones can't.
The license system is like Roberts Rules of Order for radio. :)
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orinoco
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response 65 of 107:
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Dec 24 18:12 UTC 1997 |
Is it just me, or would that be impossible to do surreptitiously?
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lumen
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response 66 of 107:
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Dec 26 02:00 UTC 1997 |
I need a dictionary..surreptitiously?
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orinoco
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response 67 of 107:
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Dec 26 03:36 UTC 1997 |
Without being noticed.
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rcurl
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response 68 of 107:
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Dec 26 04:52 UTC 1997 |
It is noticed alright - but pirate stations generally operate from
off-shore, outside the territorial limits of the USA.
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raven
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response 69 of 107:
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Dec 26 06:08 UTC 1997 |
re # 68 Big irate stations oerate offshore but there many (dozens
of irate stations that oerate in US cities such as Chicago, Miami and
Berkely just to name ones I know of. <one of my keys isnt working, guess which
one>
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omni
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response 70 of 107:
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Dec 26 20:12 UTC 1997 |
Being that I do have a FCC license in my pocket, I'm not going to do anything
to upset the applecart. I like having what I worked my ass off for, and I want
to keep it that way.
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lumen
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response 71 of 107:
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Dec 27 03:29 UTC 1997 |
*shrug* How hard it is to fight against consumerism.
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orinoco
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response 72 of 107:
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Dec 27 03:50 UTC 1997 |
raven - how do those Chicago, Berkely, Miami, etc. stations keep from getting
busted then?
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raven
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response 73 of 107:
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Dec 27 03:59 UTC 1997 |
re #72 They have guts and just keep broadcasting despite FCC harresment.
Stephen Dunifer in Berkley is legendary in free speech circles. Do a search on
the web if you want more info.
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goose
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response 74 of 107:
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Dec 29 17:28 UTC 1997 |
RE#60-61 -- The "sniffer vans" aren't even vans. They are generally
Ford Tarus Wagons, that are so well disguised that even the trained eye
would have diffuculty noticing one. The FCC scares you into thinking they
are big brother. They are part of the problam with broadcasting today.
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