The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73470   Message #1276709
Posted By: GUEST,Folksinger
20-Sep-04 - 05:08 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Folk, bluegrass radio in Detroit
Subject: RE: Obit: Folk, bluegrass radio in Detroit
Talk about "cutting off your nose to spite your face".WDET has really done it this time. It may be a new 'empty suit' or someone at Wayne State University who sponsors WDET, but whoever made this decision was very short-sighted and unaware of the Bottom-line pledge value they cancelled. We had arranged to have Sally Rogers on Matt's show the day of our Paint Creek Folklore Society's Tin Whistle Concert. I just sent her an e-mail stating we'll try to get you an interview with Matt if another station picks him up. Just think of how much $$$ a commercial station could raise with Matt's show! Ads would be Elderly Instruments, Martin and Taylor, and other interests of our grey-bearded generation. But, that would not be PUBLIC RADIO. We have lost all control of this so-called PUBLIC RADIO.         with tears, Jerry