The Mozart Effect on Marijuana

Classical radio is great for calming toddlers, helping college students ace tests, and…growing dope? Police in Gisborne, New Zealand discovered 287 thriving cannabis plants in the home of a fellow named Verdun Stargus Kemp. From a report by Tracey Chatterton in The Dominion Post: A radio was set up to play classical music to the plants, Detective Sergeant Wayne Beattie said. Kemp told him the plants responded better to classical music….Beattie told Fairfax Media it was a ‘well-orchestrated growing operation.’ So naturally, now we’d like to hear from Colorado Public Radio: How … Continue Reading

All Classical Gets All New Location

Housewarming is in the plans for All Classical KQAC!  In the three decades classical radio has serenaded Portland, Oregon, KQAC has been a fixture on the campus of Benson Polytechnic School.  Presently, the station operates in very modest quarters, but in May, KQAC will have its own larger, newer space among cultural neighbors in the Hampton Opera Center, located Portland’s Central Eastside area.In an article by Ellen Spitaleri of the Portland Tribune, KQAC President Jack Allen explains, “It is ideally located in proximity to our arts partners and all the people who … Continue Reading

Reinventing Delmarva Public Radio

A lot can happen in a year.  Just ask the staff and supporters of Delmarva Public Radio as they enter the future with new management, new equipment, and new opportunities to serve the classical community on the Eastern Shore. DPR’s stations WSDL and WSCL received their proclamation of doom back in 2012.  Their Licensee, the Salisbury University Foundation had covered a few consecutive years of financial shortfall  before consulting with Public Radio Capital for a solution to keep the stations afloat.  Part of the solution would include converting classical station WSCL to … Continue Reading

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