WARM98 Cancels Sunday AM Music Hall
Classical music lovers won't be waking up to Carmon DeLeone after this Sunday. WRRM-FM (WARM98) has canceled his "
"We hope that 'SMMH' might someday find a new home on the air in
The show was not in the 2008 budget, but DeLeone was allowed to tape a farewell show Thursday night. (He didn't learn about the cancellation until Jan. 1, when he returned home from Chicago.)
"
To read more about DeLeone and the show, my colleague Janelle Gelfand has posted part of her 1997 story about the show on her classical music blog:
I'm not sure which station in town might pick up "SMMH." Any suggestions?
posted by John Kiesewetter at 10:42 AM
13 Comments:
at 1/04/2008 11:31 AM 
Toddy-O said...
-
-
at 1/04/2008 12:32 PM 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 1/04/2008 1:40 PM 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 1/04/2008 1:44 PM 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 1/04/2008 5:56 PM 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 1/05/2008 2:38 PM 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 1/06/2008 6:23 AM 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 1/06/2008 9:05 AM 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 1/06/2008 10:14 AM 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 1/06/2008 7:59 PM 
Anonymous said...
-
-
at 1/07/2008 12:05 PM 
Tom said...
-
-
at 1/07/2008 3:53 PM 
emery_r said...
-
-
at 1/07/2008 5:54 PM 
Tom said...
-
-
Post a Comment*Hello WMKV?
Only problem with WMKV is that its range is so poor. Dont suppose GUC would pick it up?
from the neighbhorhood
It was just a matter of time. Once WRRM dropped Sunday Evening Standards, and after Sunday Morning Music Hall was cut back from 3 hours to only 2, the writing was on the wall. Sad to see that quality radio programming seems to have no place on the commercial dial any longer.
Since Tom Sandman was able to move his EXCELLENT Standards program to WMKV (and I'm so *glad* to be able to pick up WMKV on at least one radio in my Butler County home!), wouldn't this be the most logical refuge for Sunday Morning Music Hall?
WGUC doesn't seem likely to rescue SMMH, given that they're already "all-classical, all the time". The old WVXU, before its purchase by WGUC and Cincinnati Public Radio, would have been a real possibility, of course. Maybe WNKU could be persuaded to take a chance on "Cincinnati's Resident Conductor"!
Let me get this straight. This is a successful, highly rated program that's being canned?
So much for the Rush Limbaugh/GOP B.S. about how the free marketplace selects the programs that live or die. The "free marketplace" spoke, the listeners turned out for Sunday Morning Music Hall, and WARM98 managment proceeds to screw them anyway.
And you wonder why people are leaving "free" radio in droves?
You're right about WVXU not being a likely home. The genuises there paid too much to XU for the station; hell, they can barely pay their own staff.
It's a sad day when the best option for shows like Sunday Morning Music Hall is a station that has a range of what, four city blocks? And they'd probably expect the host to "volunteer his services". Yeah right! What's next for Carmen, WAIF or Great Oaks?
Thank God for my iPod.
This must be the fault of Daryl Parks.
Daryl Parks is the worst...oh, wait. He doesn't have anything to do with Warm98. Never mind.
Bobbie, Randi, Dean, Chris.
Watch your backs...Don't make any major purchases in the near future.
Good Luck.
with all the cut in radio in this town, how about the powers to be be on the air 8 hours a day and really save the money. I can see d parks thinking if I do that I even better than I tell myself.
thanks to carmon for a great show... his knowledge, charm, and positive spirit is only surpassed by the greed, manipulation and lack of concern for their listeners shown by cumulus and the other commercial radio companies. thank goodness for WNKU, WGUC, WVXU, WMKV.. public radio is the last stronghold of creativity and imaginative programming!
I worked with Carmon for 14 years, and am a huge admirer of not only the show but also the man. Carmon utilized the show as a promo vehicle for every Musical Arts organization in the tri-state, including the Cinti Symphony, Pops, Opera & Ballet, as well as CCM, SCPA, N Ky Symphony, Middletown Symphony, etc. It was a labor of love for him. This show made our town stronger.
Carmon’s departure is a reflection of what is happening in commercial radio. It used to be that commercial radio simply ignored the listener in deference to financial considerations. Now they’re vehemently attacking variety, quality, diversity, and local content. They can’t get it off their airwaves fast enough. It’s almost as if they WANT free radio to fail. Sad Sad Sad.
Fare thee well, Carmon. I'll play Ke Mo Ky Mo in your honor.
-Tom Sandman
To Tom Sandman -- Your comments are DEAD ON. Commercial radio is becoming a complete joke in Cincinnati, with quality programming actually being dumped in favor of pre-packaged, repetitive tripe. Thank goodness for public radio in general, and for WMKV in particular. Tom, would it be possible for WMKV to explore piggy-backing onto a secondary digital signal from another (public?) station, allowing listeners with a digital radio who live more than a few miles from WMKV's tower to receive it more clearly?
to Emery R:
I appreciate your kind words about WMKV. We're always exploring ways to increase our service, both via airwaves and the internet. We're locked in by other FM channels who are adjacent to 89.3 and cannot just increase our wattage at will. But your idea about piggybacking onto another HD radio signal has merit! Thanks for listening. - TS
* Our online blogs currently are hosted and operated by a third party, namely, Blogger.com. You are now leaving the Cincinnati.Com website and will be linked to Blogger.com's registration page. The Blogger.com site and its associated services are not controlled by Cincinnati.Com and different terms of use and privacy policy will apply to your use of the Blogger.com site and services.
By proceeding and/or registering with Blogger.com you agree and understand that Cincinnati.Com is not responsible for the Blogger.com site you are about to access or for any service you may use while on the Blogger.com site.
<< Home