If you live in the Atlanta area and like good music....

kevhed72
kevhed72 Posts: 5,066
edited May 2014 in The Clubhouse
This was a sad week. On Tuesday, the GSU administration announced that WRAS - 88.5 - will now broadcast GPB content from the hours of 5 am to 7 pm....which completely sucks because WRAS is a great station that plays a diverse selection of non-commercial music, including indy, jazz, big band, classical, rock, and everything in between. If you are a fan of the station and would like to support WRAS before the area gets a 3RD GPB-based station, please check out this link:
http://savewras.com/official-statement-from-wras-management-staff-on-gpb-amalgamation/

Thanks...
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited May 2014
    Having grown up in atlanta, wras has been one of my fave music sources, now a govt. propaganda tool.....sad.
    humpty dumpty was pushed
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,865
    edited May 2014
    I'm actually excited about this. GPB hasn't had a broadcast in Atlanta until now. I love NPR programming and WABE fills most of the day with Classical programming. I wouldn't call GPB a propaganda tool. That's Fox News and/or WSB Radio. You can still listen to WRAS during the day on a digital feed (HD Radio and Online) and of course, it will be blasting 100,000 watts analog on all night long.

    Kevhed, Just curious how you think this will be a 3rd GPB broadcast in the area? The nearest GPB broadcast is in Rome and/or Warm Springs. I can't get those, can you?

    I hope you are not confusing GPB with WABE which is run by Atlanta Public Schools. They may share some NPR programming, but they are not the same. WCLK has just a tiny bit of NPR programming.
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