On September 10, 2020, Garrett McQueen, the host of Classical 24's Music Through the Night, was terminated by American Public Media for "not following programming guidelines." According to McQueen, he was "given two warnings — one of which was about his need to improve communication and the other warning was for switching out scheduled music to play pieces he felt were more appropriate to the moment and more diverse." McQueen was the only Black host of American Public Media's Classical 24.