[Swprograms] Re: Musician, broadcaster Karl Haas dies at 91

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What a bummer----I remember listening to his program on WJR in the 60's
and 70's.


 
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** 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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