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T.D.

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I still have bad memories dealing with that arrogant organization when we carried their broadcasts on our non-classical station, because the classical station's religious beliefs took precedence over airing opera.

Their longer operas would pre-empt part of Whad'Ya Know and run over the Saturday All Things Considered. Stations were not allowed to tape delay the broadcast or interrupt any part of it for underwriting or pledge breaks. The broadcast couldn't be shut off during their overly long curtain calls until the final outcue was given. The Arbitron ratings continuously showed that no significant audience below 65 tuned into the series. 

We dropped it once in the early 1990s and forced to carry it again a few years later because of a major donor to the university (but not the station) leaned on the chancellor. The last straw was when the Met sent an email to stations informing them that since they couldn't get the copyright for webstreaming a modern opera, so stations would have to turn off webstreaming during its broadcast. We dropped the damned series for good at the end of the season. Good riddance!

 

Edited by Ken Dryden
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