tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post572507415480552838..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Other minds on internet radioUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-32854280243631591972007-08-22T19:01:00.000+01:002007-08-22T19:01:00.000+01:00"I got my musical education by listening to the ra..."I got my musical education by listening to the radio back in the 50's in New York City. Those days with significant classical music programming on the air are long gone." (Richard Friedman)<BR/><BR/>I believe that conservative WETA-FM ["Strauss reduces stress"], in the Nation's Capital, is trying to revive 1950's style classical music programming. They even feature "The Congressional Classics" series, sponsored by Bayer Corporation, which spotlights the listening pleasures of U.S. members of Congress. This Month: Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, who likes Frédéric Chopin's 'Heroic' Polonaise in A flat major, Op.53, and the Monocle Restaurant on Capital Hill. <BR/><BR/>I'm waiting for the upcoming segment on J. Edgar Hoover's classical listening favorites.<BR/><BR/>http://www.weta.org/fm/Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.com