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"Down Memory Lane" to end on Maine Public Radio after 33 years

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Toby Leboutillier's well-known and well-loved "Down Memory Lane" will be heard for the last time on Maine Public Radio (MPBN) Friday, November 30 from 2 to 4 P.M. (ET). The show is being discontinued after a 33-year run. "Down Memory Lane" features the top songs of the week going back 100 years :eek: , top headlines of the week from the Bangor Daily News (also going back a century), and Toby's comments on the music --- all delivered in his inimitable Down East accent. He actually retired from MPBN in the late '80s, but has kept the program going on a volunteer basis. It has been written about in several prominent newspapers and national magazines. Toby and "Down Memory Lane" are going to be very much missed by many of us in Maine, and we all wish him well.

MPBN has put out a nice press release about this: www.mpbn.net/About/PressRelease/tabid/313/ctl/Viewitcm/mid/1141/itemid/13
 
I suspect that before too much time goes by, Maine Public Radio will have eliminated all their music programming in favor of 24/7 public radio news and information.

Most NPR member stations have already done just that.
 
It might be hard to do. I think Maine Public Radio gets some contributions from listeners in New Brunswick, Canada. Some longer forecasts include Frederickton and Saint John weather, including the temperature in Celcius. The CBC's Radio 2 has cut way back on its Classical music programming.

Maine Public Radio has cut back on its music programming during the afternoon, running a delayed Diane Rehm show, as well as Talk of The Nation. But I don't think they will end musical programming entrirely, especially since the Bach Radio Network also may be gone soon.

Too bad MPBN couldn't have raised the money to buy the three Bach stations and add a couple more in Northern Maine so they could have a Classical network and a News/Talk network as well. Vermont has both.
 
This really belongs in the "Maine" folder rather than in the national "Public Radio" folder, seeing as how this has nothing to do with the national public radio scene.
 
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