This is a form letter that has been sent to everyone that has written
into WGMS. I received mine right after the announcement was made
three weeks ago. I know at least two dozen others (including many
from Opera-l) that have received it as well. I think that in terms
of this station, opera is gone forever. I don't know what their
survey instrument was, or how many people were surveyed but it is
likely that $$$s were the bottom line. They can't advertise during
the 3-5 hours the Met broadcast is on. No revenue for a privately
funded station makes the decision quite easy. It's still not clear
whether the big NPR station in DC, WETA, will pick up the
broadcasts. They already do very little vocal music programing and
one of their night announcers is a choral composer who is quite
ashamed of that fact!! They also don't carry the NPR World of Opera
show.
It's all pretty weird for a community that probably ranks only behind
New York in the number of active (and first rate) choral groups.
Alan
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