WCRB/Bryant

[Blackroc]

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/06/03/wjmf-losing-spot-on-fm-making-room-for-classical-wcrb/
I missed this, WCRB goes south: 'Acquiring' a college station freq?

These are very exciting times for WJMF radio, Bryant University, and WGBH. As you may have heard, WJMF will no longer be 88.7, but rather be an HD-2 channel off of 88.7

Bryant University also has a construction permit for a new station (no call sign assigned yet) at Danielson, CT on 90.7 FM. They are certainly wheeling and dealing.

 

[notlob]

Read related postings from June at http://keeppublicradiopublic.com/?s=bryant

Collegiate Claptrap
Posted on June 18, 2011 by admin |
The suits are wildly spinning for ‘GBH in Boston, in wake of the takeover of the student station at Bryant University. Bean counters at Bryant — acting the good industrialist as ‘GBH honchos did in busting up their union — have now begun to put that most favorable light on this latest acquisition, to wit: [...]


The Boston Borg
Posted on June 5, 2011 by admin |
The ‘GBH borg in Boston keeps gobbling up stations in the region. WGBH is taking over the Bryant University station WJMF in Smithfield, RI, and facilitating a power increase from 225 to 1200 watts for WJMF, which, as of August, will become a simulcast of WCRB “99.5 All Classical,” the

 

[4CX1000A]

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/06/03/wjmf-losing-spot-on-fm-making-room-for-classical-wcrb/
I missed this, WCRB goes south: 'Acquiring' a college station freq?

This is old news, and not entirely accurate. WGBH didn't acquire WJMF, which continues to be operated by Bryant. But WGBH is programming WJMF as a simulcast of its 99.5 All-Classical service. The simulcast has been on the air for about three weeks now.

The signal seems to cover Providence fairly well and is audible well into MA on I-95. The audio sounds like they might be feeding it from 89.7's HD-2.

 

[spinningindie]

I wrote more about this deal between WJMF and Bryant here. Indeed, it's not a sale, but some sort of revenue-sharing arrangement:

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/0...ation-makes-way-for-wgbhs-99-5-all-classical/

 

[robotique]

this is still wack. its the death of creativity and the end of an opportunity to hear music you wouldnt normally hear on the radio. I listen to so many bands that i was exposed to only by chance when a dj at a college station decided to play them.

i used to catch the old WJMF on their fringe in the franklin, MA area.

public radio going from local to regional clusters bothers me.

 

[Laurence Glavin]

this is still wack. its the death of creativity and the end of an opportunity to hear music you wouldnt normally hear on the radio. I listen to so many bands that i was exposed to only by chance when a dj at a college station decided to play them.

i used to catch the old WJMF on their fringe in the franklin, MA area.

public radio going from local to regional clusters bothers me.

You mean like Mahler's Symphony #3? (On right now). And no, it's not a staple of the symphonic repertory. Of the Mahler symphonies, #1 and #4 come close to staples in concert or on the radio because they're under one-hour in playing time. The first is all-orchestral; the fourth requires one vocal soloist (a soprano). Several of the others require multiple singers and a chorus.