To WCRB, he says: J'Accuse!

By adamg on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 3:13pm

WCRB announces its poll-based Boston's Top 100 Classical Pieces and Matthew charges fraud because the list looks pretty much like what was already on the station's only-music-by-dead-people playlist:

... This thing stinks to high heaven, though. No vote counts, no list of nominees, just a corporate fiat with a bunch of very suspiciously familiar characters on it. Thanks to everyone who threw away a vote, if only to prove a point. Pride goeth before a fall, WCRB - you just lost this music lover. Nice work.

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Don't Worry, They Don't Care Anyway

By Ian W. on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 5:50pm.

From what I've heard, if it weren't for a clause in the will of the deceased former owner, WCRB wouldn't even exist anymore. The current owners proved they don't care much for the station or its listeners when they moved it to a weaker frequency last fall. I don't see why Matthew is surprised by this latest half-hearted publicity stunt.

I'm mostly just surprised at

By Matthew on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 8:51pm.

I'm mostly just surprised at how craven the new owners seem to be, and how fast it's translating to the airwaves. If the publicity stunt takes the form of a poll, they should at least go through with some actual polling, which I strongly suspect didn't happen. And not getting composers' names right? That's just embarrassing. (Certainly the on-air talent, who seem to be way ahead of management in knowledge and enthusiasm, deserve better.)

WCRB Is Full-power, Just Farther Away

By Laurence Glavin on Sat, 03/03/2007 - 2:19pm.

Many people are confused by what happened when WCRB moved from 102.5 to 99.5, and the TV commercials don't help. WCRB still operates with full-power, but on an FM channel licensed to Lowell, Mass. Its transmitter moved from the route 128 area in Needham, to a hilltop on Andover. The signal is still fairly strong in parts of Greater Boston, but at least for the Boston Symphony broadcasts, in which there are moments of very quiet music (as well as moments of breathtaking volume), the "noise" threshhold may be inadequate compared to their 102.5 operation.

WCRB makes classical boring

By Gary M on Sat, 03/03/2007 - 7:00am.

WCRB's announcers show all the enthusiasm of a janitor on unpaid overtime. Once someone noted a piece just as "music from Brahms' Third Symphony," not even bothering with which movement it was. Playing whole symphonies, of course, would mean giving up too many commercials. I tune in once every few months to see if it's still just as bad; usually it's gotten worse.