Back to American Routes and Traditions. It is not an either/or question. It just looks that way because the WAMU program staff was in a hurry.

Before the recent WETA format change, WAMU added some weak syndicated programs. Now that WAMU has the heavy hitters WETA gave up, those weak programs can go. It will just take more work on the part of programmers.

American Routes is unique. It is as much a program about music as a music program. WAMU would not have carried American Routes for nine years if it did not have a string Washington audience. The current WAMU programming staff just needs a reminder.