Category Archives: Administrivia

For Met Fans—More Operas!

Posted on May 22, 2020 by

The Metropolitan Opera is making up for the sudden dearth of live broadcast performances this season by adding archival productions every Saturday from May 23rd through the last weekend of July. You can find the new list of broadcast Met … Continue reading →

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Harvard Gazette Highlights WHRB

Posted on May 8, 2020 by

The Harvard Gazette is “the official news website for Harvard University,” and seems to be updated more-or-less daily.  The May 4th issue featured a story by Jon Chase on WHRB staying on the air (‘WHRB keeps classical connections’), despite the … Continue reading →

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WHRB and HAH Are Still on the Air

Posted on April 16, 2020 by

  Back in early March, when the Presidential Task Force, reacting to the COVID-19 outbreak, issued CDC guidelines recommending no gatherings and staying at home (when possible), Harvard like other major colleges across the nation, sent the students home.  Whether … Continue reading →

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“Coming to You by Recording. . .”

Posted on November 30, 2019 by

Yes, I’m out of town, still in Powhatan, Virginia, visiting with daughter Sarah and family.  Had a full-filling Thanksgiving dinner with her Reilly in-laws, for which Sarah (with Dr Janie’s and her three boys’ help) made “All nine kinds of … Continue reading →

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Here’s the Met Broadcast Schedule for 2019-2020

Posted on November 14, 2019 by

Once again we make room for the Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, in the Boston area exclusively on WHRB.  All but three of the broadcasts start at 1:00 PM, with HAH ending about 15 minutes early for the Prelude … Continue reading →

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Harvard Football vs. HAH: Call It a Draw

Posted on September 16, 2019 by

WHRB Sports is asking for only 15 minutes before the games, so most Saturdays this fall we’ll be going until 12:45 PM.  Can’t complain.  The two games in September will not affect HAH.  The Penn game is scheduled to start … Continue reading →

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Pre-recorded Shows April 6th and 13th

Posted on April 5, 2019 by

I’m in Powhatan, Virginia, with daughter Sarah and family this week; Sarah and husband James are dual-handedly building a new house in the woods. Here is the view of distant maple blossoms from the back of the house, on the … Continue reading →

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Well Met—It’s Opry Time Again!

Posted on November 14, 2018 by

The Metropolitan Opera broadcast season begins December 1st.  Again this year there are seven Saturdays starting earlier than 1:00 PM.  In all cases we subtract about 15 minutes from the Met starting time for WHRB’s Prelude to the Met.  Fans … Continue reading →

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Harvard Football vs. HAH: A Draw!

Posted on September 11, 2018 by

This year the Sports Department has elected to dispense with their customary Pre-game shows, so they won’t be taking as much time away from HAH.  And there are three Friday games, plus two 1:30 Saturday games, so only five games … Continue reading →

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WHRB Updates Web Streaming

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

Here’s new information about the streaming Web addresses for the WHRB Internet stream.  If you just go to WHRB.org, and click on the Listen button, you won’t need to do anything else.  But if you are using an application like … Continue reading →

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