Classical music

I have been listening to public radio's classical programming for several decades.I would never consider living in an area where I could not hear Public Radio's classical music. For the past 7 years I have lived in Alachua County and have immensely enjoyed WUFT's classical music. I was quite distressed to learn via the Gainesville Sun that the classical music would be dropped so that listeners can listen to more "talk" radio.
I found it very unfortunate that listeners were given 3 weeks' notice that the music would be silenced.
And Dean Wright's pompous comment about listeners, if they were serious about their classical music, would have to pay $70 for an HD radio were equally distressing and revealing.
Now we find that Dean Wright has hired UF alumna at the tune of $10,000 a month, and $69,000 a year to consult with on programming and other issues.
Now we have more talking heads with not much vital information to impart. And sigh, we have more of the unskilled journalism students slaughtering the English language daily.
This is not what I have contributed money to WUFT to hear. I was told my contributions were tied into programming but that was a lie.
I will contribute no more money to WUFT until after classical music is restored.
I live 30 minutes from downtown Gainesvile. HD radio does not work in my home for picking up WUFT's classical channel. I have talked with neighbors who report the same blackout of programming. The HD channel is also not received on an HD radio in my neighborhood or during the commute. And the HD channel is not available at work either, so I guess I am expected to do without classical programming if I want to remain in the Gainesville area.
That raises the very serious question; do I want to remain in the area?
Sigh, maybe not. Enjoying classical music on the radio is a simple but valuable pleasure to me and I have enjoyed it for decades. To have it vanish overnight with no notice (I don't think 3 weeks is adequate notice)and for no good reason is unacceptable.
I will be active within this community to restore classical music programming. Should that goal fail to materialize, it will be time to move on and leave this cow town with a University.
Dean Wright should be ashamed to have violated so many listeners' desires. Instead he seems to express a rather condescending, ignorant and heartless attitude. Perhaps his fate will be akin to the fate of the former Medical School Dean.