Classical (was: Fairbanks WKLB/WCLB & WCRB

[Rob Landry]

Thomas Stearns Eliot was a member of the Harvard ckass of 1910, unless I 
misremember.

David Elliott, who was more than likely the host of that program, plays a 
fair amount of that sort of thing. His annual Christmas show used to 
include a Harvard professor's eloquent defense of Ebenezer Scrooge.

WHRB's normal weeklyblineup is jazz 5AM - 1 PM; ckassical 1PM - 10 PM, 
and rock overnight. During reading and exam periods they have what they 
call Orgies: extended examinations if a particular composer or artist's 
work. Those can last several days.


Rob


On Thu, 19 Jan 2017, A Joseph Ross wrote:

> I have a button on my car radio for WHRB, and I sometimes 
> turn to it when I don't like what WCRB is playing.  I 
> think they still play jazz in the morning, and sometimes 
> they have some other Harvard-oriented programming.
>
> One time several years ago, I turned to WHRB and heard 
> some talk that I liked.  It was a program, apparently 
> circa 1965, in tribute to the poet T. S. Elliot, and the 
> speaker was Groucho Marx.  He and Elliot (whom he called 
> "Tom") were fans of each other, and when they met, it's a 
> tossup who was more thrilled.
>
>
> On 1/19/2017 9:19 PM, Don wrote:
>> Since we have a few classical music aficionados on the 
>> list, I'd be interested in your thoughts...
>> 
>> When I scan, I quite often come across WHRB 95.3 
>> playing Classical music during the day.  They seem to 
>> play some funky stuff and unusual classical 
>> pieces...and some longer pieces.
>> 
>> The stationality and presentation are pretty plain 
>> vanilla...but considering they are non-commercial, I 
>> wondered if it would be a good option for those that 
>> like classical music/radio....
>> 
>> I think WHRB has always been overlooked....in my memory 
>> anyhow.  ;-)
>> 
>> Any opinions ?
>> 
>> D
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