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Grex > Music2 > #101: The Demise of Classical Music Radio, and Other Radio Complaints |  |
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dbratman
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response 100 of 107:
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Jul 25 23:13 UTC 2000 |
The San Francisco Bay Area is an absolute desert for classical music
radio, and even more so for syndicated programs. The new AM station in
San Francisco, which I can't get down here, apparently carries Karl
Haas, whom I had previously heard only in other cities on vacation. The
same is true for any other programs of that kind, though the stations
have been known occasionally to carry ootie symphony or Metropolitan
Opera broadcasts.
Recently, while near Baltimore, I was able to put stations playing
classical music - from Baltimore, Washington, and elsewhere - on all six
places on my car radio. OK, a couple of them were repeater stations on
different frequencies, but still ... What a cornucopia! Nothing like
that could ever happen out here in the boonies.
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rcurl
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response 101 of 107:
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Jul 26 00:00 UTC 2000 |
Good grief. I lived in SF when its FM good music station was a pioneer in
classical music on FM. I can no longer recall its callsign - what was it?
What does it carry now?
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dbratman
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response 102 of 107:
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Jul 26 18:34 UTC 2000 |
When were you in SF?
During my earlier years of listening to classical music - the 70s and
80s, even through to the early 90s - there were two stations here: KDFC
was the highbrow station with serious music and no personality (even the
announcements were pre-recorded, and no human beings were ever named),
and KKHI was the lowbrow station with characters (including an execrable
schmaltz-purveyor named Doug Pledger), which played all Baroque during
commute hours to make more room for commercials, and carried most of the
broadcasts (which KDFC probably wouldn't touch because they had
announcers with names).
A few years ago, both stations were sold, I guess, because they switched
personalities: KDFC hired announcers and went lowbrow (probably the
lowest brow was hit with this statement: "After the break, we'll hear a
symphony by Beethoven. I'll give you a hint: it goes da-da-da-dum."),
and KKHI went highbrow, though not quite as frigid as the old KDFC had
been.
KDFC is still around, as low as ever though at least they haven't hired
Pledger; but the new KKHI lost money and was sold to become yetanother
pop station. But then the ex-owner had second thoughts and opened up
this AM station which, as I said, I haven't heard much: I can't get it
down here and it doesn't play at night, which is when I'm usually in the
City.
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rcurl
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response 103 of 107:
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Jul 26 21:28 UTC 2000 |
Neither of those. I lived in Oakland 1955-61.
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dbratman
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response 104 of 107:
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Jul 28 23:28 UTC 2000 |
Civilization has declined and fallen a great deal since 1961.
(But then, they said the same thing about 1861.)
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rcurl
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response 105 of 107:
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Jul 30 06:21 UTC 2000 |
No, wasn't there then.
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carson
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response 106 of 107:
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Aug 12 22:54 UTC 2000 |
(CBC Radio One has a late-night classical music program entitled
"That Time Of The Night." www.cbc.ca )
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krj
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response 107 of 107:
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Feb 22 00:01 UTC 2001 |
News from Usenet: WNIB, one of two classical music stations in Chicago,
has been bought and is changing formats. We listened to them a couple
of times on recent visits there, they seemed to be a decent station.
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