Capital Times - Less music, more news ahead on public radio

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Less music, more news ahead on public radio

By Jacob Stockinger
The Capital Times: Front page
Published: June 22, 2006
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There will be 10 hours less per week of classical music, including no more "Symphony at Six" over dinner and one hour less each weekday of "Morning Classics."

But there will be many more hours of public radio news, including an extra hour of "Morning Edition" each weekday morning, and more talk-radio-like shows.

Some changes may provoke yelps from fans of two National Public Radio stars. ...

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Public radio changes spark reactions

By Jacob Stockinger
The Capital Times
Published: July 12, 2006
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The loss of classical music to news has generated the most disapproval among listeners of Wisconsin Public Radio, which recently made numerous changes to its program schedule, said Phil Corriveau, the director of the statewide network with 27 stations.

"I'd say about 90 percent of the comments so far are about the classical music-news mix," Corriveau said. "It is pretty much what I anticipated."

Corriveau said so far about 350 listeners have sent e-mails or made telephone calls about the program changes that started on the FM "Classical Music and News" network July 3 and on the AM "Ideas" network this past Saturday. ...

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