Reinstate Gregg Whiteside
We the undersigned wish to express our outrage over WQXR's treatment of your radio host Gregg Whiteside, who served WQXR and the metropolitan arts community with loyalty and devotion for a quarter of... continue reading »
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"I am appalled that the powers that be would have fired him and if something isn't done about it, I will never listen to your radio station again --I have had it with this infringement of our rights--I have had it with this business that everything you say"
"Whiteside's managers feared the fate of Howell Raines. The Times is toilet paper."
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"Gregg Whiteside brought the morning program to life in a manner that was truly exceptional. His signature opening theme and the name of his program reflect his upbeat quality and astute awareness. His radio presence unfailingly lead the listener to an app"
"I have listened to Gregg Whiteside for years in the morning and have enjoyed his enthusiastic spirit about music and life in general. I was recently away from New York for a long period and did not listen to WQXR....when I returned, I found a new "morning"
"It has been years but I consider this one of the greatest travesties I have ever heard of in my life. It reminds me of Jesus saying: Let him who is among you who is without sin cast the first stone ..."
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"Bring him back NOW."
"Gregg Whiteside has brought us 25 years of spiritually uplifting mornings. One privately uttered remark should not be cause to silence this wonderful voice of classical music.."
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"reinstate Greg Whiteside"
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"Predictable that QXR would go under after Gregg left. In tough times, he could have kept it going. I was one of many listeners who left the station when Gregg was gone. If this new WQXR/WNYC enterprise wants to hit a home run, they should hire back Gregg "
"To now hear Bright and Early going on as if Gregg never existed is repulsive."
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"great broadcaster and human being"
"Greg is the most musically astute person I haverd"
"he was witty, well informed, cultured"
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"BRING BACK GREGG!!!"
"Rather than listen to WQXR any longer, I have decided to subscribe to XM satellite radio. This is in response to your termination of Gregg Whiteside, whom I revere."
"The dismissal of Gregg Whiteside is most disconcerting. I have been an avid listener of WQXR for years. As music director of the Bergen Youth Orchestra (NJ), conductor of the Concert Orchestra of the Inter School Orchestras of NY and Associate Conductor o"