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The funding of Classical music

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Yeziknoradio

How are Classical music stations funded in the States today?
Are they all listener supported? Tax funded? Both?

OR are there still some that are strictly relying on ad revenue to survive?

In Canada they seem to be fighting to keep their tax funded Classical station alive.
(I believe it's CBC radio two they are fighting for)

Gotta love how the point was made:

http://www.vimeo.com/3595691
 
In Cleveland Ohio U.S.A., our classical music station is a commercial operation, so they primarily get advertising revenue, although they are part of a special organization to help make sure they can remain on-air. During this economic down-turn they've not had to lay-off a bunch of people as far as I know.
 
johnbasalla said:
During this economic down-turn they've not had to lay-off a bunch of people as far as I know.
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That's good to hear, expecially at a time when the radio business seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
 
WCLV is a VERY unusual station. Another would be WFMT in Chicago. And WQXR New York. As for the rest of the country, classical radio is mainly listener-supported. There had been commercial stations in most major cities, but in the last five years, stations in LA, Philly, DC, and Miami were sold and flipped formats to popular music.

In addition, I've heard that orchestras themselves are having a terrible time, due to drops in endowments and corporate donations. Concert halls around the country have been leasing their facilities out for meetings and conventions, as well as pop music concerts, in order to keep cash flowing.
 
Yeziknoradio said:
How are Classical music stations funded in the States today?
Are they all listener supported? Tax funded? Both?
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Usually, it's a combination of listener donations, contributions from businesses/foundations, and tax money.

There are a small number of commercial, advertising-supported stations. They seem to be gradually disappearing. (in Kansas City the classical FM station got moved to 1660 AM...) Even the non-commercial classical stations are disappearing, generally in favor of more spoken-word programming.

From what I've read, CBC Radio 2 has already largely flipped to adult alternative?
 
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