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As available Saturdays at 1pm on WXXO-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, WXXO-FM/HD1 and online at wxxiclassical.org. Thrilling audiences in San Francisco since 1923, the San Francisco Opera is known for commissioning numerous world premieres, training some of opera's greatest young artists and being one of the world’s leading opera companies. Italian ...
Jun 1, 2016 · Top 40 radio came later. By broadcasting a unique format to the entire area, a station could get enough total listeners to be viable. KSMO in San Mateo broadcast classical music full time. KVSM in San Mateo broadcast country music, and KWBR (later KDIA) in Oakland programmed for black listeners. But these stations were the exception.
It’s impossible to predict. But the president of the USC Radio Group — parent company of classical stations KDFC in San Francisco and KUSC in Los Angeles — has one foundational belief. “The experience of listening to classical music as we’re presenting it is not going to go away,” she said. Announcers who establish a connection with ...
Apr 19, 2011 · This month KDFC, the Bay Area’s only full-time classical music radio voice, started Keeping Score: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever. It’s a series focused on Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, based around such seminal dates as April 22, 1723, when Bach was appointed Cantor by the Town Council of Leipzig.
The only full-time FM classical station in SoCal. KUSC became the only full-time FM classical station in Southern California and raised a record $1.3 million during its Fall on-air membership drive. KUSC also produced the first live Los Angeles Opera broadcast since the company's inaugural season.
California Symphony: 'Brahms Obsessions'. Hofmann Theatre, Lesher Center for the Arts. See all. Datebook is the San Francisco Chronicle’s guide to Classical Music in the Bay Area, combining award-winning news coverage with a curated events calendar.
Apr 5, 2024 · February 12, 2024 • On Feb. 12, 1924, a sassy fusion of jazz and classical music debuted in New York, sparking a mutual exchange of ideas still debated today.
