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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

Nashville Loses Daytime Classical

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As of today, residents of Nashville will no longer hear classical music on the radio during the day.  Nashville Public Radio (WPLN) is replacing its classical music from 9am-3pm with On Point, Fresh Air, Here and Now, and Talk of the Nation.

These programs previously aired at different times and on WPLN’s AM station. You can find more details of the programming changes and Nashville Public Radio’s program schedules here.

WPLN will air classical on an HD Radio channel. It will also keep classical music on its main channel in the evenings and overnight on a mix of local and syndicated programs and on some weekend shows (Harmonia, Saint Paul Sunday, and SymphonyCast). And it will continue to broadcast the Nashville Symphony and Nashville Opera.

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