Re: Fwd: Fwd: Re: Non-comm rankings

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>]

On 4 Mar 2003 at 18:18, Aaron Read wrote:

> And FWIW, I long ago stopped listening to anyone trying to critique a
> classical station...there is no such thing as an impartial classical
> critic - either they will lay down in traffic for the station or they're
> planning on firebombing it.  Never once heard anyone inbetween.
 
Funny, I thought I was a fairly moderate critic of WCRB.  I listen to it most of the time in my 
office.  I've tried at times to listen to WHRB, but while they often play good music, they also 
have a tendence to play an hour of Gregorian chants or some modern stuff that is 
unlistenable.  I don't object to WCRB's policy of playing popular classical music.  It's popular 
for a reason.  What I object to is their habit of playing the same few pieces over and over.  
The classical repetoire is large, and the pop stations' practice of playing the same 10 
records over and over is not appropriate to a classical format.

I also wish WCRB could or would refrain from running certain ads that clash badly with the 
classical format.

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