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I think there's little danger of classical representing more than a tiny fraction of the music that actually gets played at AM, regardless of how much or how little is in the library.
So it's no different than anything else that gets played here. Either you like it or you don't. If you do, cool, and if you don't, it'll be over soon. It's all music. Moreover, even if you don't like it, if you have an open mind and know how to listen, you're liable to find something of interest somewhere in it. I'm not a classical kinda guy myself, though I've picked up a few classical albums along the way. Ditto jazz. But I think diversity makes for a much better radio experience, esp. with prog. If homogeneity is your thing, check out your "local" Clear Channel stations.
To me, it boils down to priorities and economics. Given that AM's mission is prog and its funds are limited, most of it needs to go into prog. But that doesn't preclude supplementing it with one or two well-chosen selections from other genres in each album upload.
Idea: Perhaps programming preferences could be collected from subscribers when a donation is made, and weighted at a dollar a vote, or something along those lines. Not sure I'd go along with that if it was "my" station, but perhaps Avian & ProgDirJim are more democratic than I am.
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