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A SERVICE OF OHIO'S PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATIONS
A SERVICE OF OHIO'S PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATIONS
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Robert Conrad, president, WCLV, Northeast Ohio's Classical Music Station
WCLV is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and the man who put the station on the air in 1962 is still at the helm today. The station is a rarity in American radio. It's one of a handful of classical music stations that's commercial - supported by advertising. It's the radio home of the Cleveland Orchestra and is likely to remain so for a long time to come. Conrad refused lucrative offers to sell the station a few years ago to broadcasters who surely would have changed the format.
Guest 2:
Mike Olszewski, veteran broadcaster and historian
Cleveland laid claim in the 50's and 60's as the nation's rock and roll capital. The term was coined here by DJ Alan Freed, many big name artists have found Cleveland an important way station on the road to fame and in the mid-90's, the city landed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum. 2012's induction festivities are unfolding at Public Hall and other sites. Mr. Feagler and Olszewski, the author of several books on local media, take a syncopated walk down rock's memory lane.
April 6, 2012