Two EMFs in SW FLORIDA?

[Larry the radio guy]

I see 88.7 at Naples has been sold. Doesn't EMF own 98.5 in San Carlos Park too?

 

[JayR]

I see 88.7 at Naples has been sold. Doesn't EMF own 98.5 in San Carlos Park too?

Yes; however, EMF will probably affiliate WNPS with Air1.

 

[Gregg.]

When EMF bought 106.9 in Philadelphia recently, a 38,000 watt station, they switched K-Love to that outlet and put Air-1 on the 1000 watt station they already owned at 89.5 in nearby Cherry Hill NJ. So maybe K-Love goes on 75,000 watt WNPS and Air-1 will go on 15,000 watt 98.5 KDEO.

So among non-commercial FM stations in the Fort Myers area, the list is...

88.3 WBIY LaBelle....Spanish Religion
88.7 WNPS Ft. Myers....EMF Religion
89.5 WAVJ Naples....Way-FM
90.1 WGCU Ft. Myers...NPR News/Talk
90.5 WSCR Naples....Moody Bible
91.3 WSEB Englewood...Religion
91.5 WJYO Ft. Myers....Religion
91.7 WMKO Marco....simulcast WGCU
91.9 WMYE Ft. Myers...Religion
98.5 WDEO San Carlos Park...EMF

All these religious stations have enough contributors to make them functional. But one non-commercial Classical station couldn't survive.

 

[drt]

I am totally confused......... when I was in Naples in February of this year 88.7 was Classical South Florida, has Classical South Florida sold 88.7 after a short stint?

drt
saint petersburg,fl

 

[Kent]

Yes. Educational Media Foundation has purchased all Classical South Florida stations and took over within the last 24 hours.

 

[drt]

Thanks for the info, Kent........ I thought Classical South Florida was in it for the long haul.

I checked my Tune-Radio app and see where EMF now programs 90.7 in West Palm as well as 89.7 in Miami; surprised and sad that a classical music station couldn't survive in the Palm Beaches. At least for now, we have WSMR at 89.1 Sarasota (tower in Nokomis) and translator 103.9 in Tampa. (part of WUSF media) and in the last fundraiser they exceeded their goal, which wasn't all that much as they operate on a shoe-string so to speak.

drt

 

[JayR]

When EMF bought 106.9 in Philadelphia recently, a 38,000 watt station, they switched K-Love to that outlet and put Air-1 on the 1000 watt station they already owned at 89.5 in nearby Cherry Hill NJ. So maybe K-Love goes on 75,000 watt WNPS and Air-1 will go on 15,000 watt 98.5 KDEO.

I'm now leaning towards this to happen.

By the way: I think you meant WDEO...it's now WLVO.

 

[Kent]

From what I understand, Classical South Florida is still around online. Pretty sure it used to be available on iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and the Public Radio apps as well.

 

[drt]

Last night I went on the actual Classical South Florida app that I had downloaded last year and on the Classical music side, was about 15 seconds of classical music, then an announcer basically giving the press announcement that the stations had been sold and saying how sad it was etc....... this loop kept repeaating every minute or so........ on the WPBI side of the app was NPR programming.

Out of curiousity I went to the Apple App Store and the Classical South Florida app had already been deleted.

On Tune-Radio on the 90.7 frequency for the West Palm Beach market, it showed the K-Love logo but the programming when I tuned in mid Saturday evening was a talk program that I could not identify offhand as being a NPR offering or a religious talk program..... it was some man talking about his life's trials and tribulations.

Classical South Florida may very well still be online, but I wasn't able to find the url and the recorded loop didn't mention it (or I missed it).

drt

 

[JayR]

Last night I went on the actual Classical South Florida app that I had downloaded last year and on the Classical music side, was about 15 seconds of classical music, then an announcer basically giving the press announcement that the stations had been sold and saying how sad it was, etc...this loop kept repeating every minute or so...on the WPBI side of the app was NPR programming.

What is streaming on the app now?

By the way: You can listen to the recorded loop here.

Classical South Florida may very well still be online, but I wasn't able to find the url and the recorded loop didn't mention it (or I missed it).

The "Listen Live" button at the Classical South Florida website redirected to YourClassical.org. Yes, the recorded loop did mention it.

 

[drt]

Right now, the Classical South Florida app is not working; it just says loading and seems stuck there before reverting back to my home screen and it kept doing this repeatedly. I did hit the link you mentioned in the loop and looking at at least one host, it looks as though it is the Classical 24 stream or at least if it's not ....then Scott Blankenship is on at least two streams at night.

People who like to listen to Classical Music while driving and who don't have unlimited data coverage on their cell plan; better load up the CD's or download some classical music on their MP3's and iPhones/Ipods etc.

 

[Kent]

They're asking Classical South Florida listeners to use Your Classical. Its live streams are available on TuneIn for your smartphone.

 

[Ai4i]

People who like to listen to Classical Music while driving and who don't have unlimited data coverage on their cell plan; better...

...get an HD car radio for under a hundred dollars because Classical 24 or the Beethoven Net is available almost everywhere in the United States.

 

[CTListener]

...get an HD car radio for under a hundred dollars because Classical 24 or the Beethoven Net is available almost everywhere in the United States.

Of course, when EMF buys the lone commercial classical outlet in your area (WCCC 1290, which was running Beethoven) as part of its deal for rocker WCCC-FM 106.9 and promptly abandons HD entirely, and when your state's public radio network eliminates classical on FM and doesn't use HD for anything but its main signal, then that market (Hartford, if you couldn't guess) isn't part of that "almost." Classical fans here depend on blocks on college stations or WFCR in western Massachusetts, which programs both classical and jazz depending on daypart.

 

[Ai4i]

...WCCC 1290, which was running Beethoven...and when your state's public radio network...doesn't use HD for anything but its main signal...

Beethoven.com was never The Beethoven Network.