Classical California to cut workforce due to funding cuts

[Signal Geek]

You forgot the new 89.9 in Livermore.

Dave B.

You're right. I think I mentally skipped Livermore, because it's just 80 watts & on the same frequency as Angwin.

 

[Mark Roberts]

Here's what I remember, for whatever that's worth: KUSF was ostensibly a student-run station, but in reality it was run mostly by former students and non-student community volunteers, some of whom had been holding down shifts at the station for many years. Some of that programming was acceptable, some was controversial, some was music that the Jesuit fathers and administration felt didn't reflect well on the (a) university, (b) Jesuits, or (c) RC Church. They finally exhausted their patience and decided to move the operation online, accepting USC's offer to acquire KUSF's license and transmitter assets. The studios, music library, et al stayed at the college for use in the online operation. Most of the volunteers stomped away when their toy store got repossessed.

Actually some of them went on to put an LPFM on the air: KXSF-LP (102.5). Two watts, but it's on the Sutro tower. That's theoretically enough to cover the city. For what it's worth, it didn't reach my former neighborhood in Oakland well. It shares time with another LPFM, using the same facilities.

Link from 2018: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/KXSF-a-new-radio-station-with-a-familiar-13057184.php (it's SFGate, so be prepared to clear fifty cookies out of your browser)

KXSF appears to be separate from the online "KUSF".

 

[KilowattKat]

Almost one year to the date of the announcement.of KDFC and KUSC combining operations, they have ended their separate feeds and are now simulcasting. A new lineup of hosts from both outlets is in place.

KUSC & KDFC Complete Combination Into Classical California

University of Southern California has completed the combination of its Los Angeles based KUSC and San Francisco based KDFC networks

radioinsight.com

Wanted to add that Lance included a complete list of all the Classical California frequencies, there are more than I thought.

 

[cc333]

Wanted to add that Lance included a complete list of all the Classical California frequencies, there are more than I thought.

Indeed. There's even one in Lakeport (92.5 K223AJ), of all places. Granted, it also serves Ukiah, where there is a more sizable listener base for this type of music (and home prices that rival San Francisco's!)

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[TomásEstefan]

Indeed. There's even one in Lakeport (92.5 K223AJ), of all places. Granted, it also serves Ukiah, where there is a more sizable listener base for this type of music (and home prices that rival San Francisco's!)

c

Just think, at one time way back when, you could rent a small house in Ukiah for $150 a month!

 

[cc333]

Just think, at one time way back when, you could rent a small house in Ukiah for $150 a month!

It actually wasn't all that long ago – 15 years, maybe – when rents that low weren't uncommon in Lakeport (post-COVID, like so many other places, most rents there have increased at least an order of magnitude, along with virtually everything else it seems).

c