Protests Over Plans To Kill New Zealand’s Only Classical Radio Station

The station draws about 170,000 listeners a week in New Zealand,heavily skewed towards those aged 65 and older, according to thebroadcaster. But fans mobilised last week when Radio New Zealand proposed to throw outits classical arm’s FM station in May, replacing it with a youth radiochannel in August. Some 18 jobs would be eliminated, with new rolescreated at the youth station, RNZ said. – The Guardian