WGMS 103.5 gave their CD library to WETA FM, which has somewhat filled the gap in classical music radio in DC, although WETA doesn't have quite the footprint of the old WGMS.
In years past, WAMU and WETA would somewhat duplicate their services, particularly in AM and PM drive. When WETA went all-classical, WAMU went all-"think" (or whatever you want to call the NPR/PRI/APM spoken-word format). The net loss was the bluegrass music that Larry mentioned, which was somewhat of a mainstay on WAMU... There has been a lot of buzz over FM News in Philly...would CBS sacrifice a music FM to move KYW there since Merlin has 106.9? The thinking is that, for now, KYW will stay only AM 1060 (and 94.1 HD2). The shifting sands of the radio dials... Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 7:42 PM, cosmikdebris <[email protected]> wrote: > > The really positive thing about this for music lovers was that Family > Radio operated a 22 watt translator on 93.5 in Frederick, Maryland, > that CBS could not use after the sale of 107.9, so it ended up in the > hands of WAMU who is now using it for "Bluegrass Country" on 93.5 in > addition to their other northern Virginia repeater on 105.5. Bluegrass > Country is an excellent station that is run on one of the digital sub > channels of WAMU 88.5 in Washington. > > As for Bill's earlier comments about news/talk taking over the FM > band, I fear it is an industry trend. WMAL booted classic rock off > their DC outlet on 105.9 last summer and is now simulcasting their 630 > AM station, full of right wing extremist blowhards like Chris Plante, > Limbaugh, etc. > > CBS is trying with WNEW to challenge the news monopoly of WTOP, which > moved from AM 1500 to 103.5 FM some time ago and has been close to the > top of the ratings in the DC area for several years now. 103.5's > transition to all news killed a long standing classical music station. > _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
