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KPAC no longer a local station!

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From All Access: KPAC/San Antonio Cuts Local Staff, Adds Classical 24

TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO Classical KPAC/SAN ANTONIO has dropped its local programming and local air staff in favor of MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO's syndicated CLASSICAL 24 service, reports the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS' JEANNE JAKLE.Five hosts, DEIRDRE SARAVIA, JOHN CLARE, RANDY ANDERSON, JAMES BAKER, and RON MOORE, were let go but offered part-time positions, and SARAVIA, who also hosts a World Music show on sister News-Talk KSTX, has accepted, producing short segments for KPAC.VP/Interim GM WAYNE COBLE told JAKLE that KPAC was "running in the red" for many years and the cuts would save about $200,000 per year and help the organization support KSTX, which he said had been subsidizing the Classical format.
 
B.J. McClain is rolling over in her grave. Mr. and Mrs. Pennington go "tsk Tsk Tsk".
 
grantchester said:
B.J. McClain is rolling over in her grave. Mr. and Mrs. Pennington go "tsk Tsk Tsk".
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You mean the same Pennington's that owned now defunct KMFM 96 off Agarita ave back in the 70's?

Classical is a niche, and must be hard to find sponsors giving San Antonio's changing demographics.

Now with satellite radio, pod casts, and even the music choice on U-Verse and Time Warner it makes it an even tougher sell. A station can only run in the red for so long.
 
KMFM's studios and transmitter were at North Star Mall, with the broadcasting tower on the roof. Mr. Pennington owned it, Mrs Pennington recorded all of the musical introductions in her distinctive voice. BJ McClain was the last PD at KMFM, and was part of the effort to transfer the classical programming to KPAC. She died not long after.
Too bad about KPAC. Hope KSTX can find places for the refugees.
 
At least you'll still have a Classical option in SA. The Classical 24 service is okay, but somewhat bland.

I remember KMFM. IIRC in its last days it was brokering out some dayparts to religious broadcasters in an effort to scrape up more revenue.
 
Indeed 'frog. KPAC came on just as KMFM was winding down. After Harry Pennington Jr. died, his wife sold the station. It became KSLR-FM. The music library was transferred to the newly launched KPAC. B.J. also made the move to the new non-profit.


(A few years later, KSLR purchased the old KMAC 630 and transferred their religious programming to the AM. 96.1 FM was sold to C & W Wireless and became KSAQ-96-FM. Perhaps you know Hal Widsden from KGNB or KWED.)

Again, it's a drag to see local radio positions eliminated. The human connection is the only strength broadcasting has anymore.
 
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