[atlantaprog] WABE

This is something I'd like to bring to your attention regarding music 
and culture in Atlanta. Last week Creative Loafing published an article 
about local "media activists" who are trying to get Atlanta's public 
radio station WABE to severely reduce the number of hours devoted to 
playing classical music and to replace it with NPR talk shows!
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NEWS & VIEWS | FISHWRAPPER 10.23.03
Bach off, you NPR scum
WABE doesn't tune in to what many listeners want
BY JOHN SUGG

http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/fishwrapper.html
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This makes me sick. I'm sure these "media activists" are also trying to 
convince their children's schools to cut out the music and art classes 
in order to try and bolster their kids' standardized test scores.

Even though I listen to a great deal of talk programming on WABE 
(Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Car Talk, A Prairie Home 
Companion) I am very much against the idea of cutting out one minute of 
the music. Where else can you turn on your Atlanta radio dial and hear 
classical music (aside from sporadic programming on WREK)?

The term "classical music" embraces 400 years of musical material from 
all over the world, or at least the parts of the world that come under 
the heading of "western culture". "Classical music" is not one style of 
music. It's  hundreds.

In contrast, 95% of the radio stations in this town play nothing but 
music from only the last 40 years or so, spanning American and British 
popular musical output only.

Now some "activists" are trying to get the 5% of the airwaves that 
represent 99.9% of our musical heritage to blot out that 99.9%.

I encourage everybody here to write WABE. Make a small monetary 
donation and specify that your donation is ONLY to go toward their 
musical programming.

Sincerely,

Wheat Williams
5345 Pinnacle Peak Lane
Norcross, GA 30071-4914

770-448-9734
wheat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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