Re: [Internetradio] Fwd: [WOR] RNZ guts Concert radio as it plans appeal to youth

2020-02-05 Thread Mike Wolfson
The station I was thinking of is Radio Swiss Classic. Also listen to WKSU..it was my local NPR station when I was in college, DR P2 Klassisk out of Denmark and Concertzender. On Wed, Feb 5, 2020, 2:59 PM Richard Cuff wrote: > It's a good one. Mostly local, with overnights from the Beethoven >

Re: [Internetradio] Fwd: [WOR] RNZ guts Concert radio as it plans appeal to youth

2020-02-05 Thread Mike Wolfson
I've had the best luck streaming classical music from Europe. Don't remember specific stations, but I think I often listen to one from Austria, sometimes BBC overnight. My preference is music with no chit chat. I use TuneIn. Sometimes will do a random search and just stream what comes up. On W

Re: [Internetradio] Fwd: [WOR] RNZ guts Concert radio as it plans appeal to youth

2020-02-05 Thread Richard Cuff
It's a good one. Mostly local, with overnights from the Beethoven Satellite Network. I do stream it on occasion. My own favorite for streaming is KUSC out of Los Angeles. RC On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 5:57 PM Mike Wolfson wrote: > > All Classical Portland is pretty good. Don't know if it's sourc

Re: [Internetradio] Fwd: [WOR] RNZ guts Concert radio as it plans appeal to youth

2020-02-05 Thread Mike Wolfson
All Classical Portland is pretty good. Don't know if it's sourced here or not though. On Wed, Feb 5, 2020, 1:50 PM Richard Cuff wrote: > Bummer. "Curated" -- i.e. hosted -- classical music radio has been on the > general decline for years. This reminds me of the re-positioning that CBC > Radi

Re: [Internetradio] Fwd: [WOR] RNZ guts Concert radio as it plans appeal to youth

2020-02-05 Thread Richard Cuff
Bummer. "Curated" -- i.e. hosted -- classical music radio has been on the general decline for years. This reminds me of the re-positioning that CBC Radio 2 has done. To some extent, classical music radio can be voice-tracked more easily than other formats since the durations of individual select

[Internetradio] Fwd: [WOR] RNZ guts Concert radio as it plans appeal to youth

2020-02-05 Thread John A. Figliozzi
Big changes appear to be coming to both RNZ and RTE. This one is understandable but regrettable — especially if the plan is to replace Concert with a automated impersonal service online. Online is fine but the curated classical programming now on Concert is some of the best available anywhere.