Classical, anyone?

[bobbybooey]

Unless I've just never been able to find it whilst trolling the lower fringes of the FM dial, it strikes me as odd that a city as large as Houston is without a Classical outlet, either commercial or non-comm. Think there's any chance one might pop up on an HD-2 channel?

 

[purpledevil]

Stroll down to the low end of the band. There you will find KUHF at 88.7. Classical music along with NPR news. The HD2 feed runs exactly opposite of what is broadcast on the regular frequency.

 

[kendro]

It would be nice to have more than just KUHF.
http://129.7.48.201:80/kuhf128k.mp3

 

[Mediafrog+]

Lots of Classical internet streams here: http://www.classicalwebcast.dds.nl/index.html

Home page was somewhat discombobulated last I checked, but click on the Europe/USA/Rest of the World links for station/stream listings.

 

[sdh483]

why does a large city like houston have classical and NPR on one station? Here in the lesser populated San Antonio area, we have a seperate classical and NPR station.

 

[Mediafrog+]

why does a large city like houston have classical and NPR on one station? Here in the lesser populated San Antonio area, we have a seperate classical and NPR station.

Keep in mind that for decades Houston had a 24/7 commercial Classical station. That situation ended in September 2004 with the demise of KRTS. So previously there was no need for a separate non-comm.

San Antonio lost its commercial Classical station (KMFM) in the late 70's, which led to the creation of KPAC. Being a smaller market, there was some space on the non-comm segment of the FM band to accommodate the new signal.

 

[purpledevil]

Houston doesn't have it's own classical station anymore for one simple reason. There is no money left in it. The Stude family saw this and bailed out to the tune of $72.5 mil. Doubtful we will ever see a Classical station re-emerge in Houston in this lifetime.