[Swprograms] Musician, broadcaster Karl Haas dies at 91

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** U S A. Musician, broadcaster Karl Haas dies at 91
Associated Press February 7, 2005, 10:15 AM
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw111311_20050207.htm

DETROIT (AP) -- Karl Haas, who brought classical music to millions of daily 
listeners through his syndicated radio program, "Adventures in Good Music," 
has died, according to the station that produced his program.

Haas was 91 when he died Sunday at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.

A pianist, conductor and musicologist, Haas settled in Detroit after 
fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936. He taught piano and founded the Chamber Music 
Society of Detroit in 1944.

Haas began doing radio commentary in the 1950s. "Adventures in Good Music," 
an hour-long program in which Haas blended music and talk aimed at casual 
listeners, debuted in 1959 on WJR-AM. WCLV-FM in Cleveland began producing 
the program and distributing it more widely in 1970, WCLV President Robert 
Conrad said Monday.

The program eventually was syndicated to hundreds of stations in the United 
States, Australia, México and Panamá and was broadcast by Armed Forces 
Radio. Conrad said an Indiana farmer once told Haas he listened to the show 
every day on his tractor.

Conrad said Haas delighted listeners with his vast knowledge of music and 
his penchant for punny program titles, such as "The Joy of Sax" and 
"Baroque and in Debt."

Conrad said Haas often gave lectures and concerts. When he would walk out 
on stage, he would pause and then say, "Well, I've often wondered what you 
look like, too."

"He had a wicked sense of humor," Conrad said.

Haas stopped doing new shows two years ago, but the program still airs in 
reruns on about 100 stations in the United States and Australia, Conrad 
said. Conrad said WCLV will continue to distribute the show.

"The material is timeless," Conrad said.

Haas received many awards, including two George Foster Peabody Awards for 
excellence in broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Humanities 
Charles Frankel Award in 1991. In 1997, he was inducted into the National 
Radio Hall of Fame and Museum in Chicago.

Haas also served as president of the Interlochen Academy of Arts in 
Interlochen, Mich., from 1967 to 1971.

Survivors include two sons, Jeffrey and Andrew; a daughter, Alyce; and two 
grandchildren. Haas's wife, Trudie, died in 1977. (via Ray T. Mahorney, WA4WGA,
DXLD)


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