Radio-Info.com reports that WQUB in Quincy, IL is going to become part of the St. Louis Public Radio group. It acquires the name Quincy Public Radio. Unfortunately for us classical geeks, they plan to replace the midday and evening classical programming with more talkedy-talk. They have been running Classical 24 in the midday hours but will replace those music hours with national talk programming.
St. Louis Public Radio is licensed to the University of Missouri.
St. Louis lost its own classical station KFUO to a religious broadcaster in 2009 after 61 years on the air. KWMU picked up the classical format on an HD frequency. There’s a new classical station in the works that we hope will start broadcasting in St. Louis this summer, but it’s not up and running yet.
You might notice that the Illinois station has a W name and the St. Louis station just across the state line has a K in its name. The Mississippi River is the dividing line between the W’s and the K’s.
Watch this space for more about classical radio in St. Louis …
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I saw the news this morning from radio-info. I live about 110 miles from Quincy. WQUB did not air much Classical music and not enough for me if I lived there. Only 3 hours a day monday – friday 1200 – 1500. I see no classical music in the evening on their schedule. If a Classical station could be added to their HD channels like KWMU has it would be a very positive thing. Currently WQUB airs Jazz on HD2 and WRN news on HD3.