WCPE, a public radio station based in Raleigh, NC and heard nationwide by satellite on other stations and by streaming that calls itself "The Classical Station," put out a survey to listeners indicating that they may not air this year Metropolitan Opera broadcasts that contain what they consider "inappropriate content," all of them contemporary works, two written by Blacks and one by a Mexican, all of which contain either violence or LGBTQ material (and one, John Adams' "El Nino," which they claim is "non-Biblical")--meanwhile, they are carrying warhorses with rape plots, but hey, they're singing in Italian, so...:
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1202425600/met-opera-wcpe-north-carolina When interviewed by NPR in the above (the station is an NPR member but doesn't carry any news programs, not even the hourly newscasts--they don't have a program grid on their website but I suspect the only NPR program they carry is the network's last remaining classical program "From the Top"), general manager Deborah Proctor burst into tears and said "What if one child hears this? When I stand before Jesus Christ on Judgment Day, what I am going to say?" As if kids are going to voluntarily listen to Beethoven. Needless to say, lots of social media and other response has been negative and the station defended itself by calling the media coverage "misrepresentations" and posting on their website the survey letter Proctor sent out. Make up your own mind (but it looks like WCPE is gaming the results their way): https://theclassicalstation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Opera_Survey_scan.pdf May I note that the station's stand on their programming does match some classical music lovers who want the station to be a refuge from modern life, which is why it looks like WCPE doesn't carry any general information beyond weather reports. And some of the operas will be available in theaters as Fathom Events, on PBS North Carolina (unless they refuse to carry them) or by streaming other stations on the Met network or the Met channel on SiriusXM. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1495337e-96fa-4cbc-bcba-5733db61c3c9n%40googlegroups.com.
