KKGO as Savior

Thanks for Greg Braxton’s “Classics Jazz KKGO-FM Ratings” (May 12). It is heartening to see printed confirmation of what we knew: that classical music does have a large base in Greater Los Angeles and that one key man--Saul Levine--had the discernment to perceive that and the courage to act on it.

We have been buffeted a lot in the last three years, having seen our sources turn fickle and then one unnecessarily die. The brief resurrection from sodden mediocrity and then the demise of KFAC was an undulation that shocked us. The ensuing programming of KUSC was so bad it was insulting and since has settled into its own mediocrity.

Thanks to Mr. Levine, we are hearing old friends such as Rich Capparela and Tom Dixon hosting unabridged and well-selected classical music of quality.

Whew! We are saved!

E.A. MULVANEY

Pasadena