Re: New NPR national Jewish Music Radio program

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Mayer,

Do you have any more information on the nature of the program, for
example, contents?

Do you have an email address to write to?


Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Mayer Pasternak <mayer (at) jewishmusic(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:25 PM
Subject: New NPR national Jewish Music Radio program


We have just been contacted about the possibility of NPR creating a
nationally syndicated Jewish Radio program ... stay tuned for details.
The powers that be were concerned that the Jewish genre did not have
sufficient depth to sustain a program. If you all will voice your
opinions so that they can hear it, it might get pushed through.



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From: JSU @ Western[SMTP:ljfjsu (at) info(dot)london(dot)on(dot)ca]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 6:29 PM
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: Re: Magazine...Good idea

Ari,

after doing some research the I have found that very few stations
offer Jewish
music on their airwaves. You have lsited the few shows that are on the
air on
your website.
Their are few stations willing to give air time to one-dimensional
(only
Orthodox music, only Klezmer, only CDs with Troy Dexter associated
with them
{there are tons})
But there are so many stations listed as "religios" on the air today
in centres
where Jews live.  These stations could be used to promote Jewish
music. Think
of the good PR...Christain radio station hosts Jewish music show.
Who has money to buy blocks of air-time? Bronfman Jr are you
listening?
I think Phil Finks Shalom America if it was broader based would be a
great
vehicle to continue promoting Jewish music available on the radio 24
hours a
day.

I know it would be a hard pitch to get air-time and then get jews to
tune into
WJSUS but..
I don't see PBS doing a weekly syndicated Jewish music show. Please
correct me
if they are doing one somewhere.

Arye

Ari Davidow wrote:

> Sure, on any general purpose radio station. But one dedicated
> to proselytizing Christianity? I don't get why such stations
> are even in anyone's sights--surely there are other opportunities
> for airplay, and surely there are other stations that sells blocks
> of time to speciality (or "vanity") radio shows?
>
> ari
>
> >The idea is to get the music promoted and publicized.
> >
> >Arye
> >
> >Ari Davidow wrote:
> >
> >> >Would Jews
> >> >tune into a known predominatly Christian station to hear their
own
> >> >spiritual music?
> >>
> >> No.
> >>
> >> "Yes, Jesus saves, and now, following the god squad's stunning
rendition
> >> of "what a friend I have in the lord," we'll play this debbie
friedman
> >> number...."
> >>
> >> I'm having trouble visualizing this as having any relevance to a
> >> Jewish context.
> >>
> >> And, of course, for many of us, "Jewish" music has cultural
roots,
> >> but doesn't speak (and may not have been written) to any
religious
> >> context in the first place. I'd sooner expect to hear Statman's
> >> "Flatbush Waltz" or an excellent Freilachmaker's number on a
> >> bluegrass show.
> >>
> >> ari
> >>
> >> Ari Davidow
> >> ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
> >> list owner, jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >> the klezmer shack: http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/
> >>
> >
> >--
> >Arye Berk
> >Director Jewish Students' Union
> >Phone # 519-679-2111 Ext. 2634
> >LISTEN TO KOSHER KORNER EVERY FRIDAY
> >FROM 11:00 - 1:00PM LIVE ON THE JSU WEBSITE
> >Http://www.usc.uwo.ca/clubs/jsu
> >
> >
> >
>

--
Arye Berk
Director Jewish Students' Union
Phone # 519-679-2111 Ext. 2634
LISTEN TO KOSHER KORNER EVERY FRIDAY
FROM 11:00 - 1:00PM LIVE ON THE JSU WEBSITE
Http://www.usc.uwo.ca/clubs/jsu






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