Places that lack a classical music station

[KilowattKat]

That's about more than 100 miles away! And given KUSC having significantly less power pointed towards the east and southeast....

It's amazing the distant stations that can be picked up along the coast in San Diego when conditions are just right. Santa Barbara AM and FM's can be heard with good reception. If you draw a straight line from Santa Barbara to San Diego, the entire distance is over the Pacific Ocean. That has a lot to do with it, as well as the right time of year, and weather.

 

[Gregg.]

And speaking of Santa Barbara, KDB-FM is #4 in the latest ratings. It's a straight simulcast now of KUSC Los Angeles. In the ratings both stations combine for #4. But at one time, KDB-FM was one of the last commercial classical stations. So I guess that leaves four commercial classical stations in the U.S.

WFMT Chicago (owned by a non-profit company)
WRR Dallas (owned by the City of Dallas)
KLEF Anchorage
WFCC Cape Cod

In Canada, the CBC Music stations play six hours of classical music in middays. And there are four commercial classical stations:

CFMZ Toronto (always in the top 10 of the ratings)
CFMX Cobourg (serves Ontario between Toronto and Kingston)
CJPX Montreal (in French)
CJSQ Quebec City (in French)

 

[seatownmedia]

KING FM is owned by a non profit called “Beethoven”. This shouldn’t be confused with national public radio.

 

[fybush]

And speaking of Santa Barbara, KDB-FM is #4 in the latest ratings. It's a straight simulcast now of KUSC Los Angeles. In the ratings both stations combine for #4. But at one time, KDB-FM was one of the last commercial classical stations. So I guess that leaves four commercial classical stations in the U.S.

WFMT Chicago (owned by a non-profit company)
WRR Dallas (owned by the City of Dallas)
KLEF Anchorage
WFCC Cape Cod

In Canada, the CBC Music stations play six hours of classical music in middays. And there are four commercial classical stations:

CFMZ Toronto (always in the top 10 of the ratings)
CFMX Cobourg (serves Ontario between Toronto and Kingston)
CJPX Montreal (in French)
CJSQ Quebec City (in French)

CJPX hasn't been classical for two years after being sold.

CFMX/CFMZ also have a third simulcast, CFMO in Collingwood. They only split off for some localized ads and community calendar announcements. The programming for all three is simulcast from Toronto studios.

WCRI Block Island RI is also classical and commercial, using the same music service as WFCC.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Which is interesting, considering that Sacramento, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Albuquerque have classical stations. Same with Tampa (albeit a rimshot), New Orleans, Memphis (though part-time), and the Hampton Roads.

And WIPR-FM in Puerto Rico has yet to give up the ghost.

In the case of Sacramento the local classical music station is co owned with the NPR News/Talk affiliate Cap Radio. It's KXPR Cap Radio Music on 88.9FM.

 

[victorres43]

It's amazing the distant stations that can be picked up along the coast in San Diego when conditions are just right. Santa Barbara AM and FM's can be heard with good reception. If you draw a straight line from Santa Barbara to San Diego, the entire distance is over the Pacific Ocean. That has a lot to do with it, as well as the right time of year, and weather.

And speaking of Santa Barbara, KDB-FM is #4 in the latest ratings. It's a straight simulcast now of KUSC Los Angeles. In the ratings both stations combine for #4.

At KUSC's website, they have a coverage map of all of their signals, including KDB. Interestingly, they consider San Diego to be under 91.5's coverage area. Granted, tropo conditions could help San Diego residents receive the signal, but it's not a local signal in San Diego, and San Diego listeners have to deal with adjacent XHGLX-FM in Tijuana, broadcasting with 30,000 watts of power at 91.7.

 

[semoochie]

All Classical Portland has listeners all over the world, some who were formerly Portland area citizens, and enjoy the music along with the camera above the studio aimed at the Wilamette River Bridge.

For the record, there are 11 bridges inside the city of Portland that go over the Willamette River, eight into downtown! I could name them but that's another thread.

 

[Kelly A]

For the record, there are 11 bridges inside the city of Portland that go over the Willamette River, eight into downtown! I could name them but that's another thread.

Whatever. This bridge has a camera mounted at the All Classical Portland studios looking at one of your eleven bridges, Mr. Portland:

Tili-Cam | All Classical Radio

All Classical Radio’s Tili-Cam provides a 24-hour live view of Portland’s Willamette River and Tilikum Crossing Bridge, paired with the perfect soundtrack for your day and night. The Tili-Cam is sponsored by Armac Construction.

www.allclassical.org

 

[davideduardo]

At KUSC's website, they have a coverage map of all of their signals, including KDB. Interestingly, they consider San Diego to be under 91.5's coverage area.

They also fail to count all the SoCal signals over their power level; they say they are the 10th most powerful... which is wrong. In just LA and SD, I count 13 that are more powerful than them. There are even more if you include Riverside / San Bernardino, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara and Oxnard/Ventura.