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WFMT may be great station, but it's too stuffy
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Better stand back; the city's literati are working themselves
into a heat over the assault on Chicago's fine-arts radio station,
WFMT-FM, by demon forces.
Friends of WFMT has called for a "massive" petition drive to
keep WFMT's owner, Chicago Educational Television Association from
"tampering" with the station's "character." Never mind that WFMT is
losing listeners, advertisers and money, Friends is apoplectic over
CETA's trimming of a fat staff and shift to more profitable recorde...
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Friends of WFMT should start listening to facts
Chicago Sun-Times
; Those in the band of angry WFMT fans who took pen in hand obviously are smarter than I am, so it had to be my fault they didn't catch my drift in last week's column about the station's financial problems. So here it is again: I often listen to WFMT. But I prefer WNIB, the other Chicago fine arts
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WFMT's shakeup leads to beg-a-thon
Chicago Sun-Times
; A A fter years of bad management and gallons of red ink, WFMT-FM (98.7) is passing the silk hat among its listeners. Starting Saturday, the financially troubled classical-music station will conduct a nine-day marathon fund-raiser in hopes of wiping out a $289,000 budget deficit. Although such
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WFMT radio fires 7 staffers; critics fear `dismantling'
Chicago Sun-Times
; After posting its lowest audience ratings in nearly two years, WFMT-FM (98.7) has fired seven staffers and was expected to fire at least two more tomorrow. Officials of the financially troubled classical music outlet cited economic reasons for the Friday dismissals, but a citizens' watchdog group
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WFMT `friends' sue to bar format shift
Chicago Sun-Times
; Listeners of WFMT-FM (98.7), Chicago's oldest classical music station, went to court Tuesday because they fear screaming disc jockeys and tacky commercials may invade their airwaves. Friends of WFMT, which filed the suit to block any format change or sale, say they don't want their classical
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Protect WFMT, a cultural jewel
Chicago Sun-Times
; In the latest in a series of bizarre moves, the Chicago Educational Television Association (CETA), owner of public television station WTTW-Channel 11, has fired eight top production, engineering and sales personnel associated with its nationally acclaimed classical music and fine arts radio
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