the list of NOT WANTED also includes organ music. WCRB here in Boston
absolutely refuses to play it at all, except for the 20-minute AGO broadcast
which is now 7 a.m. on Sunday mornings!!! they mainly play just their "top
40". you hardly ever hear it on WGBH either anymore, and they do play some
eclectic stuff.
Merry Foxworth
In a message dated 01-05-05 01:16:47 EDT, you write:
>
> But even with the tremendous interest in vocal music at St. Olaf
> College and in the state of Minnesota, these stations have been
> listening to the public opinion polls that have been conducted by NPR
> and NPR claims that these polls strongly indicate that the public
> does NOT want to listen to any kind of vocal music during the
> broadcast. The list of NOT WANTED music includes, opera, choral
> music, solo singing, small group singing etc. in the Classical music
> genre.
>
> ,,,
>
> I have argued with the station manager repeatedly that this policy
> will develop an audience that does not know vocal music and it is the
> responsibility of all NPR stations to develop audiences for all forms
> of Classical Music. I make the point that it is the NPR stations
> that have been one of the primary venues to promote the playing of
> early music. 20 years ago little early music was heard on any
> broadcast media. Now it is common. It is also NPR stations thathave
> been the primary promoters of Historically Informed Performances
> because they continuously play the multitude of new recording done in
> this "HIP" medium.
>
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