Yesterday's Feb 2 Washington Post carried an article saying that WETA Radio (the station Mary Cliff's TRADITONS is on) is strongly considering dropping its whole classical music format in favor of all talk. The article doesn't say anything about the status of specialty programs like Mary's, but is still worisome. The decision is immanent. "Although WETA officials say they have not finalized their plans, the station's management intends to present a proposal to overhaul daily programming to the board of directors next week" [on Feb 9]. The link to the article is WETA Considers Switch to All-News From Classical

WETA's website doesn't mention this issue at all. Station "members" receive a ton of mail from them, but I have not seen a word on this. Anyone know anything about it? According to the article, members are supporting as firmly as ever- the overall dollar amount hasn't decreased, it's just that there are fewer individuals. Whenever I communicate with the WETA, I always stress why I support the station, but they give every indication that they are not listening. Anyone have any ideas for action?