I have to admit one thing that might make me unpopular. I have Mozart on my Ipod.
My mother is to blame, if you're gonna place blame somewhere. She was a world class concert pianist, and she played Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, and the rest of the gang so much that I got to be on a first name basis with them. The 3 little words that everyone knows was not, I love you, but Get Your Culture. I had no idea what that meant until a few years ago.
When CKLW died, I was lost for a good radio station to listen to, and since I was wholly unpopular with the females of my demographic, I began listening to WQRS, which at the time was the lone out post of classical in Detroit.
Then a few years ago while searching for something good to listen to, I came across WRCJ, a new station that happily is a Public Radio station. Public Radio used to be a choice between WGTE in Toledo, WUOM in Ann Arbor and WDET in Detroit. GTE is the only one that still plays classical, but its a tad hard to drag in when you live in Motown.
The one thing I love about WRCJ is that they do not play the same things over and over again. They mix it up and make it cool to listen to, and when the sun goes down, the format changes from Classical to Jazz, and it's decent as well. Many is the night when I would listen to WRCJ in the cab, and the passengers would comment and give me good tips for playing decent music.
The morning guy, Dave Wagner is both funny and talented. They don't play the news over and over, but they do keep you informed. It's OK to listen during the morning drive and still keep an eye on the inbound Southfield or 696 when it's backed up like a drain with too much hair in it.
As for missing WQRS, I do, but not so much. I like this station and as long as they stay on the air, I'm gonna listen. Oh BTW, if you have a few loose bucks send them a few. Public radio needs every dollar they can get. read more