Music Choice to drop bluegrass channel
Bad news for bluegrass fans who enjoy listening to bluegrass on one of the Music Choice networks. They have announced that their bluegrass music channel will be discontinued as of April 15, 2009.
Music Choice provides the music channels for most cable television systems in the US, as well as many business applications. If you have multiple music channels available through digital cable TV, chances are the service is from Music Choice.
A total of nine music channels are being discontinued this month.
It seems safe to presume that this decision is final, but it can’t hurt to leave them a comment about the move to drop bluegrass from Music Choice.
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