DC area loses last on-air local folk music show

[acroyear]

With WAMU dropping its folk-bluegrass lineup a few years ago, and WETA's change today, there is now no outlet for folk music on the radio at all.

WETA's Mary Cliff, who had a long-running (over 32 years) show on Saturdays called "Traditions" has been let go, like every other WETA on-air employee, as part of the sudden shift to Classical.

Comments

[fiona64.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing you don't get the "Thistle & Shamrock" show there, either. We get it on a local independent station, but the broadcast signal is about three feet from the transmitter. :-/

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

T&S has been on 88.5 WAMU for years. Its one of the few things that survived WAMU dropping the folk/bluegrass format in the non-rush-hour times.

And 88.5 is one of of those abusive transmitters in the area, bleeding badly into 88.3 and 88.7 even from the 25 mile distance from the transmitter.

[johnbroadfoot.livejournal.com]

There used to be blues program, all day Saturday (I think) on one of your local college stations. Do you know if it's still on, or anything else about it?

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

i know nothing of it at all. blues ain't my thing.