Little rant here - all of you have heard it at onetime or another -
your favorite (or one of your favorite) radio station's expires
because of financial difficulties; or, on this happy note, sells out
to a big payday ($175 million worth to Bonneville Broadcasting of
Salt lake City, UT). Good for the owners - Mr. & Mrs. Florian!
Their ma & pa operation (small,sole proprietorship) was the No. 1
classical music radio station in a two classical radio station city!
Unusual! What's more unusual - they were consistently No. 1
over the significantly more powerful & (high brow) 98.7 FM WFMT
(& sister TV station to the PBS pioneer WTTW) & the station that
broadcasts the Met matinees & the Lyric Opera of Chicago
(which aren't bad...if someone would just gag Lois Baum)!
With NIB's passing - there's no more: Vocal Scene w/ George
Jellinek, Sunday Evening Opera or Karl Haas! These will be
missed - truly. Even "Zephyr" a daily early evening program
of light classics - kaput!!
And what of the "new" NIB? Until things get settled with the
new owners - they have dedicated one "star" performer per day;
day one brought Barbra Streisand, but prior to her appearance -
the geniuses decided to begin their broadcast day in Chicago by
playing "New York, New York". They sure wanted to endear themeselves
to their new listening audience - the goofs! The following days have
brought C &W, The BeachBoys, The Rolling Stones & Frank Sinatra.
Well, I promised a little rant - I've overrun my limit - I apologize.
Anyone else from Chicago affected by this turn of events?
Rant over...sniff.
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