Sad to say my first blush response would have been "Anything I like", but then I realized that is not totally true. Here in Kansas City we have a few (About 12) hours of classical/week on KCUR (NPR)-via a feed from Minnesota PR! There used to be about 12 hrs. of jazz, but that got reduced to 3 hrs. on Sunday PM, and even that has now been changed to "world" music. The rock stations are pretty much formula stuff-even the "Oldies" one is stuck in the bubble gum vein and never plays anything the least bit adventuresome. Oh, I forgot: We do have a "smooth" (snooze?) jazz station!
What is really discouraging is that when we moved to KC 4 yrs. ago, there was a full time commercial classical station on both FM & AM. Shortly thereafter it was purchased by one of the conglomerates and...do I really have to tell you what happeened?
I know that this post is slightly off topic, since the thread was started by someone talking more about the pop/rock arena. But everyone with an interest in serious music, no matter the genre, should be concerned about the disappearance of quality and the homogenization of radio.
The FCC at one time at least pretended to be concerned about this sort of thing and made some effort to promote diversity. That, of course, is a thing of the past since the de-regulation mania caught on.
What is really discouraging is that when we moved to KC 4 yrs. ago, there was a full time commercial classical station on both FM & AM. Shortly thereafter it was purchased by one of the conglomerates and...do I really have to tell you what happeened?
I know that this post is slightly off topic, since the thread was started by someone talking more about the pop/rock arena. But everyone with an interest in serious music, no matter the genre, should be concerned about the disappearance of quality and the homogenization of radio.
The FCC at one time at least pretended to be concerned about this sort of thing and made some effort to promote diversity. That, of course, is a thing of the past since the de-regulation mania caught on.