Yes, although my husband & I have made it a little game, along with some
of our friends, to make a point of tuning in for long enough to figure
out who the "singer(s) du jour" will be. Sounded like the Eagles today (I
think...). We can't figure out why they didn't at least keep playing
classical until they had a new format in place. Snif, snif!
I noticed this morning that WFMT seems to have loosened up a bit. First
time I heard Carl Grapentine laugh & joke like this since he was on WNIB.
Anyway, if you are looking for the old radio show program that NIB used
to play or some other classical music, try WDCB 90.9 FM. They're the real
jazz station in town but they play the radio show on Saturday afternoons
at the same time (but we miss Jean Franks & All Chicago Jazz!) &
classical on Sundays from 6:00 am - 6:00 pm.
Pat
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:32:21 -0600 Ernie Valenzuela <erniev@2...>
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:32:21 -0600 Ernie Valenzuela <erniev@2...>
writes:
> 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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