[atlantaprog] Re: WABE

it makes no sense to emasculate the only outlet for classical music
in town because they dont' cater to the more esoteric tastes. i fail 
to see how further limiting their playlist is going to increase their 
diversity.

lois reitzes has the unenviable task of playing classical music that will
inspire people to pay out of their pockets for the priveldge of listening.
as a long time supporter of public radio, i'm very supportive of the 
station, even though a large percentage of the "classical" that they 
play i already have in my collection. 

as far as activists, well, they're going to have to get the support for it,
because, as "member supported radio" they are going to have to have
people actually pledge to listen to their opinions.  frankly, i wish all 
talk radio was based on "member support" contributions.  they'd 
undoubtedly all go off the air after one year.

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john turner

http://lordonly.net

"What is a poet? An unhappy person who 
conceals profound anguish in his heart but 
whose lips are so formed that as sighs and 
cries pass over them they sound like 
beautiful music." - Soren Kierkegaard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Welty-Green" <agmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 5:03 PM
Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: WABE


> Me again! Some points I forgot to make...
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I don't see how you can make this leap... as I stated earlier, I come 
> down firmly on the side of these "activists", yet I am strongly opposed 
> to cutting out music and art classes, and I think standardized testing 
> is one of the great evils in our public education system. I just don't 
> see how you make this correlation.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Not if you listen to WABE! Czarina Lois seems to only be aware of the 
> "classical" top-40 - I bet she doesn't make it through the day without 
> playing Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc. I'd bet WABE plays the 
> Bradenburgs almost as often as 92.9 plays Stairway to Heaven! 
> Occassionally she'll slip in an accessible Glass or Adams piece, or 
> something from a film soundtrack (she has a thing for John Williams I 
> think). If they truly embraced to diversity of so-called "classical" 
> music, I might think differently.
> 
> AWG
> 
> 
>

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