K-Mozart is back on 1260

[ted chittenden]

One of the side effects of the President's executive order last night to demolish the CPB will be the loss of classical music outlets in many markets, including many classical broadcaster simulcasters. There are a couple of reasons for this:

1) There are no more commercial classical stations in the U.S. (Per posts from above, KMZT-AM will now be using one of the two non-commercial classical networks.)

2) Many of the radio stations playing classical music, either part- or full-time are public and do receive money from CPB for their programming; in addition (as I pointed out on another thread), CPB has been paying the fees for these stations to stream their signals over the Internet. There is only one non-commercial classical station I know of (it's in Wisconsin Dells, WI) that (most likely) does not receive money from the CPB and that station carries a fair amount of Christian religious programming, probably to assist in funding the classical music it plays.

 

[TheBigA]

1) There are no more commercial classical stations in the U.S.

WFMT Chicago is a commercial classical station.

 

[fybush]

WFMT Chicago is a commercial classical station.

As are WFCC on Cape Cod and WCRI in Rhode Island.

 

[30james]

Go country gold is on 105.1 hd4 channel it can be heard online at gold country gold.com

 

[34james]

Go country gold is on 105.1 hd4 channel it can be heard online at gold country gold.com

So saul has not gotten rid of classic country entirely

 

[Michael Rivers Kramer]

Both sound better online.

 

[TomásEstefan]

WFMT Chicago is a commercial classical station.

The finest in the US.

 

[semoochie]

The finest in the US.

Is that still on cable? You used to be able to run a cable into your FM receiver and get all the local FMs and other things including WFMT.

 

[K.M. Richards]

Is that still on cable? You used to be able to run a cable into your FM receiver and get all the local FMs and other things including WFMT.

I'm not even sure cable still has FM service, but I do know that WFMT still has a satellite feed. It's very popular with private dish owners.

 

[TomásEstefan]

Even after all these years, they get the legal ids scrambled between the two in their automatic rotation tables.

I do remember in the distant past that at least once I heard the 104.7 facility literally identified as "Camarillo-LA" after they established their 2 kW SFV booster station.

I'm not even sure cable still has FM service, but I do know that WFMT still has a satellite feed. It's very popular with private dish owners.

WFMT has a free app for your phone which you can connect or Bluetooth to your hi-fi, amp or whatever system you use. WFMT's long time presenter/personality, Lisa Flynn is absolutely first rate.

 

[K.M. Richards]

I do remember in the distant past that at least once I heard the 104.7 facility literally identified as "Camarillo-LA" after they established their 2 kW SFV booster station.

1. Everyone wants to be an "L.A." station. Compared to the stations that are, the "Old School" format is nothing special, and has (IMO) lower production value than the real locals.
2. The danger in flipping calls between co-owned stations is that the wrong IDs, if not purged at the time, will eventually play. And sooner or later, someone will complain ... probably one of the real locals who don't feel they need the competition.

 

[TomásEstefan]

1. Everyone wants to be an "L.A." station. Compared to the stations that are, the "Old School" format is nothing special, and has (IMO) lower production value than the real locals.
2. The danger in flipping calls between co-owned stations is that the wrong IDs, if not purged at the time, will eventually play. And sooner or later, someone will complain ... probably one of the real locals who don't feel they need the competition.

Indeed, Ventura-Oxnard is, of course, a separate market. But somebody at 104.7 probably thought that "Camarillo" being "closer in" sounds more like an LA suburb.

 

[K.M. Richards]

OTOH, under current regulations, "KOCP Oxnard-Ventura-Los Angeles" would be legal for 104.7 to use.

As I recall, channel 57 has identified as "KJLA Ventura-Los Angeles" for a couple of decades now. I think 63 used to use "Oxnard-Los Angeles" as well before they somehow managed a COL change to Garden Grove.

 

[Mark Roberts]

The finest in the US.

Meh. When I lived in Chicago, WNIB was still around, and I much preferred that (especially Obie Yadgar doing morning drive and blues with "Mister A" overnight). I always felt a tone of condescension from WFMT's programming and presentation.

 

[HighStandards]

I have never heard of a commercial license running Classical 24 before.
I did like the locally programed music that Kmozart had offered in the past. I always thought it was well done.
C24 isn't cheap. I find it very interesting that the decision was made to pay for the programing and carry it. They do a good job at C24, they're live 24/7 and many of their hosts are fantastic. They have a few that aren't so great too but that's like any station /service.

I'm guessing Saul wanted it hosted and this was the best option? I'm surprised / impressed that they are spending the money on it. I'm sure MPR is glad to have the revenue, as they are likely bracing for a loss soon as stations scramble for what to do, which is a shame on so many levels.

 

[Mediafrog+]

I'm not even sure cable still has FM service

Cable FM has pretty much disappeared, replaced with Music Choice and other digital services. Would be curious if anyone knows of any cable systems still running analog FM stations, as the 88-108 MHz specteum is generally needed as part of broadband connectivity.g

but I do know that WFMT still has a satellite feed. It's very popular with private dish owners.

AFAIK the WFMT satellite distribution ended in 2004, due to the aforementioned rise of digital music services for cable, as well as streaming taking hold at that time. Are you thinking of the Beethoven Network?

Meh. When I lived in Chicago, WNIB was still around, and I much preferred that (especially Obie Yadgar doing morning drive and blues with "Mister A" overnight). I always felt a tone of condescension from WFMT's programming and presentation.

I never got to hear much of WNIB when in Chicago, but I do remember it was beating WFMT in the ratings in the 1980s and 90s. I did however listen to a lot of WFMT during that period on cable FM, and never considered it as condescending, but rather, respectful of the listener’s intelligence.

 

[ILOVERADIO]

I do remember in the distant past that at least once I heard the 104.7 facility literally identified as "Camarillo-LA" after they established their 2 kW SFV booster station.

WFMT has a free app for your phone which you can connect or Bluetooth to your hi-fi, amp or whatever system you use. WFMT's long time presenter/personality, Lisa Flynn is absolutely first rate.

WFMT boots right up on Alexa ( Amazon Echo}.

 

[K.M. Richards]

AFAIK the WFMT satellite distribution ended in 2004, due to the aforementioned rise of digital music services for cable, as well as streaming taking hold at that time. Are you thinking of the Beethoven Network?

No, but I will admit that I didn't do a lot of research before I said that. (It's only a message board post, not a Wikipedia edit.)

 

[Signal Geek]

Because he trademarked K Mozart:



Why did he trademark Mozart? Maybe he likes Mozart.

BTW the classical station in Phoenix is K-Bach.

While we're on the subject of classical stations branding themselves as K-Mozart, K-Bach or whatever, it's interesting to note that one of San Diego-Tijuana's previous classical stations (XLNC-1) went to extreme lengths NOT to mention the word "classical" or famous composers in their ads. IIRC, one of their campaigns just said the station played "the greatest hits of the last 300 years."

 

[Mediafrog+]

While we're on the subject of classical stations branding themselves as K-Mozart, K-Bach or whatever, it's interesting to note that one of San Diego-Tijuana's previous classical stations (XLNC-1) went to extreme lengths NOT to mention the word "classical" or famous composers in their ads. IIRC, one of their campaigns just said the station played "the greatest hits of the last 300 years."

I remember the XHLNC liner being “The greatest hits of the last 400 years.”