LIVE AIR SHIFT ALERT! I’ve been given my first live shift since being removed from the weekend mornings at the end of March. I’ll be on tomorrow from 1 to 4 p.m., asking for your pledges of support. It may be my last live shift for quite some time. My understanding is that I will still be selecting all my own music.

Because of the pledge drive, “Picture Perfect” will be heard this week on Saturday, at 4 p.m ET. In keeping with the drive’s Americana theme, the focus will be on the film scores of Elmer Bernstein (including “The Magnificent Seven” and “To Kill a Mockingbird”). “The Lost Chord” will air, as usual, Sunday night at 10, and will feature an hour of vintage Gershwin recordings.

Remember, the station really needs the dough. Even if you’re not happy with some of the changes, it’s still 24 hours of classical music. Also, WWFM remains the distributor of specialty shows like “Picture Perfect” and “The Lost Chord.”

Feel free to express your likes and dislikes, but remember a generous pledge will get your opinions taken more seriously. Do not hold out hopes that I will be restored to weekend mornings. Unless a big time patron steps forward by the end of the month to subsidize my chair, it ain’t going to happen.

Your pledges, especially between 1 and 4 tomorrow, but anytime, with perhaps a kind word for your humble host, are greatly appreciated.

Listen and donate here: http://www.wwfm.org.

Thank you for supporting The Classical Network.