New QXR: Old QXR by Day, NYC-FM by Night and New Net/HD-2

[uncamark]

Jeff Spurgeon, Midge Woolsey and Elliott Forrest are still around, daytime seemingly will still be familiar light warhorses, Terrance McKnight and David Garland will move their modernist act from WNYC-FM at night, the Met and Philarmonic will still be on, and some--emphasize some--purists may like the new HD-2/Internet stream of less familiar music, Q2:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/arts/music/01radio.html?hpw

 

[badjef]

This sounds oddly familiar with shades of First Mountain's "'VN-JOY by day, 'VN-JAZZ by night".

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!

 

[DToTheJ]

"Q2"... Hmmm... Isn't that the name of a secondary cable channel from QVC? I smell a lawsuit... West Chester, come in, West Chester...

 

[uncamark]

"Q2"... Hmmm... Isn't that the name of a secondary cable channel from QVC? I smell a lawsuit... West Chester, come in, West Chester...

Q2 went out of business some years ago.

 

[MoldaMania182]

So after reading the article am I correct in getting a sense they are aiming for what Sirius XM does with Sirius XM Pops (new QXR) vs Symphony Hall (Q2)?