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Fuse Commentary: The Demise of Arts and Culture on WGBH — Hypocrisy in Plain Sight

July 28, 2012
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Discard the empty rhetoric about “amplifying the arts,” follow the money and you will eventually find, winding your way through all the obfuscation and spin, WGBH’s thrifty corporate character.

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Arts Interview: Jazz DJ Steve Schwartz Signs Off . . . But Swings On

July 23, 2012
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According to former WGBH Jazz DJ Steve Schwartz, “In retrospect, the writing was on the wall. About a year and a half ago, our shows were cut by an hour; before that, we were told we could no longer use the names of our shows or our theme songs.”

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Fuse Commentary: WGBH — No Excuses

July 9, 2012
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WGBH is not even attempting to make any excuses, not bothering to put in the energy to explain why the station isn’t using funding from its supporters to hire first-class journalists or to create news programming that builds community and educates because it challenges, investigates, and digs deeper.

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Fuse Update: Sunset for Weeknight Jazz at WGBH

July 8, 2012
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July 11 update.The New Orleans-style funeral for jazz on WGBH radio was an amazing coming-together of musicians from across the spectrum of styles. It was an occasion for mourning the loss of Steve Schwartz and the diminution of Eric Jackson, to be sure, but it was also an occasion for celebrating with more than a little wonderment the recognition that we all are, indeed, a community.

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Jazz News Update: Herding the Jazz Cats

July 5, 2012
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Updated. Reeling from the impending cutbacks to WGBH’s programming, the Boston jazz community is beginning to find its footing in organizing a response. First up, a jazz funeral on the 5th of July.

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Fuse Commentary: What Does WGBH Do When It Cuts Back On The Arts? It Celebrates, Of Course.

July 2, 2012
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Jazz is dying on WGBH — long live the arts, and let us all eat cake financed by Citizens Bank at the upcoming Arts Weekend, created by WGBH and The Boston Globe

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Fuse Update: The Gathering Storm

June 23, 2012
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Updated. The year 1962, the terminus of Richard Vacca’s new history of Boston jazz, marked an end to an era. Fifty years later, with the cutbacks in jazz programming at WGBH, are we approaching a similar inflection point?

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Fuse Commentary: WGBH’s Radio Theater of the Absurd

June 22, 2012
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WGBH is exploring an interesting question — how little can you invest in arts coverage and still have the chutzpah to ask for money from supporters who mistake crumbs for a loaf?

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Music Commentary: Radio Silence for Boston Jazz?

June 20, 2012
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Updated.As many Boston listeners feared, WGBH has put its jazz programming on the road to extinction. What is to be done?

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