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More Classical – A Tale of Three Cities

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San Francisco: The somewhat convoluted steps that have gone into making commercial classical KDFC into a public station in the crammed Bay area market is starting to resolve with a new ruling by the FCC. Commercial KDFC’s powerful signal was sold 17 months ago, and to keep classical music on the air, the Classical Public Radio Network in LA acquired a group of smaller stations that would cover the Bay area.  KUSF at the University of San Francisco was one of them.   But the students and community listeners of eclectic KUSF were not pleased and they mounted a p.r. offensive against the … Continue Reading

Adding Translators in Eugene OR

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Reader Brian Marchan is on top of the classical radio news.   He reports that KWAX in Eugene OR is adding three translators serving Sutherlin, Roseburg and Tri-City.  He also speculates that this might eventually affect programming in Roseburg. I wonder if the translators could eventually signal a format flip for other Univ of Oregon stations in the area from classical to a news/rythmic format. Specifically classical KSRS 91.5 Roseburg, OR which is Classical except Morning Edition and All things Considered, run by Jefferson Public Radio for the Univ of Oregon. I would add that … Continue Reading

Once Again, KUSC Gets It

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I’ve always maintained that if a classical music radio station wants to be healthy, it needs to be Arts Central for its community.  That means the station should be the first place people turn for info.  For that reason, a good radio station will be the keeper of the community arts calendar.  It’s not rocket science and it’s not a hugely burdensome task, but it IS enormously useful to listeners if it’s done well. Need to find out what time a concert starts?  Where you can get tickets?   Who’s performing in what venue?  It’s a no-brainer.  Stations … Continue Reading

San Francisco Classical Still in Flux

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From Tom Taylor at Radio-Info.com: the classical listening community and the displaced adult alternative community are both unhappy in San Francisco. First of all KUSF listeners are still bummed about the way Entercom and USF dumped their adult alternative programming with no warning and moved KDFC to the KUSF frequency at 90.3.  It’s sort of convoluted. …the new Classical Public Radio Network, associated with L.A.’s KUSC (91.5), would take over the classical franchise from Entercom and run it on 90.3, as well as an FM up in Santa Rosa (Angwin-licensed 89.9). But it’s … Continue Reading

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