The Sound and the Fury Over KUSC : POINT . . .

“M ore Talk, Less Bach,” last Sunday’s story on KUSC-FM by Patrick Mott, has prompted an outpouring from readers . Those critical of the station’s revamped format outnumbered supporters by more than 2 to 1. A sampling of their views: For all KUSC listeners who are annoyed by the chatty deejays, I have a recommendation. If you don’t already own one, spend an extra $50 or $100 on your next VCR for a hi-fi model and hook it to your stereo system. You can tape KUSC for six hours, from midnight to 6 a.m., when the deejays are sleeping.

For those hours, there is music, blessed music, and the night-shift announcers stay largely out of the way, just as in the old days. Six hours of music, six hours of tape, a perfect match, and it’s usually enough to sustain me during the day.

ARNOLD FEDERBUSH

Los Angeles