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WETA makeover    [ News ]

WETA radio has been broadcasting classical music for at least 2 decades, but it's stopped now in favor of an all-news lineup.   Current also has an interesting piece on the decline of classical music on public radio.

WETA isn't even my favorite NPR station in the area - I prefer WAMU [listen to their MP3 feed] - but with them backing out of the classical music market, that leaves WGMS in the DC area, which is basically top 40 baroque, thanks to its ownership by Bonneville, which incidentally has snapped up the radio broadcast rights to the Nationals [DC's newish baseball team] first season.   Wa-hoo, go media moguls:   Bonneville also owns WTOP, DC's premier news radio channel, plus other assorted mass-market stations on the local airwaves.