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Station With Music Considered "Caviar" Hires Roe

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Laurence Glavin

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According to Scott Fybush's "Northeast Radio Watch", classical-music formatted WCRB-FM in an exurb of Boston has hired someone named Ben Roe to be their new capo di tutti capi. Some people consider classical music to be akin to caviar (the Earl of Oxford used the phrase "caviar to the general" in one of his plays to denote something esoteric to the masses), the roe of the fish known as sturgeon. (I've read that roe from any other fish CANNOT be called "caviar"). The human Roe hails from WDAV somewhere in North Carolina. By the time he gets here, the weather should have warmed up a little.
 
WCRB has vastly improved since it was bought by WGBH. When it was a top 40 classical station, it was unlistenable.
They recently put Naomi Arenberg on weekdays 4:00-8:00 pm. The smoothest voice in radio. I hope they keep her on at that time.
 
Listo Fisher has a great radio voice, especially for classical. He was on WCRB Sunday mornings. I remember him doing newscasts for WBZ when it was a rock station, and later on WRKO when it was a rock station, also doing newscasts, so he's been around for a long time. I don't know if he's on the radio now.
 
With a new station manager at WCRB, I hope that they use their HD2 channel and put on jazz. WGBH knows how to program jazz.
Over at WMJX HD2 they have a "smooth jazz" a.k.a. Kenny G's Greatest Hits and it's awful. Very corporate sounding.
 
Jimmy128 said:
Over at WMJX HD2 they have a "smooth jazz" a.k.a. Kenny G's Greatest Hits and it's awful. Very corporate sounding.
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look who the owner is.....probably something corperate clear channel puts together for several stations
 
Audi is currently running a commercial showing Kenny G playing his sax while wearing gloves! Pourquoi?
 
I would love to hear a full time jazz station in Boston even if it's on HD2.
I remember when WBUR was a great music station although not full time jazz.
When they did play jazz, they were great, Tony Cennamo, Steve Ellman.
I don't know why we need two full time NPR news stations. Often duplicating.
 
Mainedude2007 said:
Jimmy128 said:
Over at WMJX HD2 they have a "smooth jazz" a.k.a. Kenny G's Greatest Hits and it's awful. Very corporate sounding.
Click to expand...

look who the owner is.....probably something corperate clear channel puts together for several stations
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WMJX is owned by Greater Media, not Clear Channel.
 
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