Comments on: KERA to Bring Back the Music http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:53:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Leonard Schweitzer http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Leonard Schweitzer Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:14:23 +0000 http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/?p=4466#comment-946 Why no classical music planned? The other station (101.1) is interminable commercials and interminable early early music composers who put you to sleep. Please add some classical music, e.g., chamber music, vocal. Why no classical music planned? The other station (101.1) is interminable commercials and interminable early early music composers who put you to sleep. Please add some classical music, e.g., chamber music, vocal.

]]> By: Miss de Music http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-846 Miss de Music Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:57:03 +0000 http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/?p=4466#comment-846 Looking forward to the enjoyment of paying pledge $$ for programming I used to happily donate to! KERA had a one of a kind music sense. We have lacked that musi-sensibility for more than 13 years (the erosion began well before 1996. I used to willingly hand over dough for the outstanding local music formats. at one point, each time I did, a music program exited only to be filled with something I would not care to pay for.) Welcome back! Hurry! We've been waiting a lifetime to fill this void! While we can certainly listen to 88.1FM, it is not the same tenor of program honed by the former KERA music folks. Global? yes. Local? not as much in the mix. KERA had a unique flair in mixing parts global, parts local, parts extraordinary. Ad astra per aspera.... Looking forward to the enjoyment of paying pledge $$ for programming I used to happily donate to!

KERA had a one of a kind music sense. We have lacked that musi-sensibility for more than 13 years (the erosion began well before 1996. I used to willingly hand over dough for the outstanding local music formats. at one point, each time I did, a music program exited only to be filled with something I would not care to pay for.)

Welcome back! Hurry! We've been waiting a lifetime to fill this void! While we can certainly listen to 88.1FM, it is not the same tenor of program honed by the former KERA music folks. Global? yes. Local? not as much in the mix. KERA had a unique flair in mixing parts global, parts local, parts extraordinary.

Ad astra per aspera….

]]> By: Larry http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Larry Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:45:09 +0000 http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/?p=4466#comment-739 It seems to me that the Metroplex audiences don't deserve another eclectic music radio channel given the fact that they haven't noticed a top-notch show of that kind that has been in the area for almost twenty years now. It's called Global Mix, and it's broadcast on KNTU, 88.1 FM every Saturday night from 9:00 - midnight. A quick glance at the genres and artists on www.kntu.fm/Global Mix reveals that the new KERA channel will be bringing nothing new to this market except for the programing duration - which is a bonus. However, what makes and breaks a music show is not any particular genre or eclecticism but the musical taste of the hosts, which often has nothing to do with their formal music education. My job has taken me across the world, and I always tried to tune in at the local music stations. I have also checked out the internet radio outlets, but I haven't found anything that comes even close quality-wise to Global Mix. If you don't believe me, try to check it out while you're waiting for the new KERA deus ex machina. It seems to me that the Metroplex audiences don't deserve another eclectic music radio channel given the fact that they haven't noticed a top-notch show of that kind that has been in the area for almost twenty years now. It's called Global Mix, and it's broadcast on KNTU, 88.1 FM every Saturday night from 9:00 – midnight. A quick glance at the genres and artists on http://www.kntu.fm/Global Mix reveals that the new KERA channel will be bringing nothing new to this market except for the programing duration – which is a bonus. However, what makes and breaks a music show is not any particular genre or eclecticism but the musical taste of the hosts, which often has nothing to do with their formal music education. My job has taken me across the world, and I always tried to tune in at the local music stations. I have also checked out the internet radio outlets, but I haven't found anything that comes even close quality-wise to Global Mix. If you don't believe me, try to check it out while you're waiting for the new KERA deus ex machina.

]]> By: Mark http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Mark Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:54:51 +0000 http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/?p=4466#comment-725 I live in Louisiana and would come over for the weekends and loved to listen in the hotel room or while riding around town going from place to place. I was sorely disappointed when the switch to talk was made, just like I recently was when I found the Whole Foods on Lower Greenville had closed. :'( And, I'll add David Minor to the above list of 90.1 alumni I'd like to return to the airwaves. And hopefully no voice tracking and/or computer generated playlists. Do "Hand picked music" as they say on KCRW.... I live in Louisiana and would come over for the weekends and loved to listen in the hotel room or while riding around town going from place to place. I was sorely disappointed when the switch to talk was made, just like I recently was when I found the Whole Foods on Lower Greenville had closed. :'(

And, I'll add David Minor to the above list of 90.1 alumni I'd like to return to the airwaves.

And hopefully no voice tracking and/or computer generated playlists. Do "Hand picked music" as they say on KCRW….

]]> By: Leigh Johnson http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Leigh Johnson Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:59:00 +0000 http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/?p=4466#comment-714 Excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent! Please make sure there is a nice big juicy spot carved out for local artists. We have an amazing array of talent around the metroplex (let alone the rest of the state) and I miss having a station dedicated to supporting that talent. Incidentally, does this mean I have to double my annual pledge? Excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent!

Please make sure there is a nice big juicy spot carved out for local artists. We have an amazing array of talent around the metroplex (let alone the rest of the state) and I miss having a station dedicated to supporting that talent.

Incidentally, does this mean I have to double my annual pledge?

]]> By: C.J. http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-709 C.J. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:30:10 +0000 http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/?p=4466#comment-709 I need a show. I need a show.

]]> By: Ed http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-686 Ed Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:38:22 +0000 http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/?p=4466#comment-686 About time for some music here. A great station to model after is WYEP in Pittsburgh, PA. About time for some music here. A great station to model after is WYEP in Pittsburgh, PA.

]]> By: A'int Jemimah http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-683 A'int Jemimah Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:17:31 +0000 http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/?p=4466#comment-683 Are you hiding Abby Goldstein for the big roll-out? Like, is she going to pop out of a cake or something? Are you hiding Abby Goldstein for the big roll-out? Like, is she going to pop out of a cake or something?

]]> By: Brad http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Brad Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:23:05 +0000 http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/?p=4466#comment-680 This is very exciting news. I had discovered many great bands & musicians on the World Café, so when it was no longer broadcast on KERA, I didn't know where to turn for music. Local, profit-driven commercial radio seems more like a money-making machine than a place where great talent is discovered, so it's great to know some of my favorite shows (The World Café & Echoes, especially) might be coming back. Thank you! This is very exciting news. I had discovered many great bands & musicians on the World Café, so when it was no longer broadcast on KERA, I didn't know where to turn for music. Local, profit-driven commercial radio seems more like a money-making machine than a place where great talent is discovered, so it's great to know some of my favorite shows (The World Café & Echoes, especially) might be coming back.

Thank you!

]]> By: Randy Lisbona http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/06/09/kera-to-bring-back-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-674 Randy Lisbona Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:54:27 +0000 http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/?p=4466#comment-674 This is incredible. I saw a small article about it in the paper today. 90.1 used to play great music (now only on Sunday nights.) I'm looking forward to be able to catch up on the news and then switch to music. I think KERA has got to be one of the better public radio stations in the country. When I'm traveling I'm almost always disappointed in the local public radio stations. My favorite day of the week is tinkering in the garage Sunday nights and listening to Paul Slavens. This is incredible. I saw a small article about it in the paper today. 90.1 used to play great music (now only on Sunday nights.) I'm looking forward to be able to catch up on the news and then switch to music. I think KERA has got to be one of the better public radio stations in the country. When I'm traveling I'm almost always disappointed in the local public radio stations. My favorite day of the week is tinkering in the garage Sunday nights and listening to Paul Slavens.

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