NPR dropped by D.C.-area public radio station

Beethoven, Brahms and Shostakovich remain. Korva Coleman and Windsor Johnston do not.

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Dave Levinthal
Oct 05, 2025
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On Wednesday morning at precisely 7:01 a.m., while driving to school drop-off with my son, there was an odd absence on the radio airwaves.

That’s usually when WETA-FM 90.9 — the D.C. area’s public classical music station — broadcasts 3 1/2 minutes worth of NPR News headlines. The voices of newscasters Korva Coleman, Windsor Johnston, Lakshmi Singh, Jack …

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