Adding Translators in Eugene OR

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Reader Brian Marchan is on top of the classical radio news.   He reports that KWAX in Eugene OR is adding three translators serving Sutherlin, Roseburg and Tri-City.  He also speculates that this might eventually affect programming in Roseburg.

I wonder if the translators could eventually signal a format flip for other Univ of Oregon stations in the area from classical to a news/rythmic format. Specifically classical KSRS 91.5 Roseburg, OR which is Classical except Morning Edition and All things Considered, run by Jefferson Public Radio for the Univ of Oregon.

I would add that stations across the board are disenchanted with the dual format, so everybody is looking to consolidate classical on one frequency and news/talk on a separate frequency.  Maybe these entities are in cahoots on this.  Is Roseburg going to have competing classical stations?  Wouldn’t that be a nice problem to have?!

Brian also reminds me that KNCL in San Jose CA and WAYJ 88.7 in Fort Myers FL should be flipping to classical soon.

And the other side of wind power:

KPSC in Palm Springs, the translator for KUSC, lost its tower Wednesday afternoon in a wind storm.  Now if you could only harness all that wind to power the generator.  The station was working to get a temporary transmitter installed last I heard.

 

 

 

 

 

About Marty Ronish

Marty Ronish is an independent producer of classical music radio programs. She currently produces the Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcasts that air 52 weeks a year on more than 400 stations and online at www.cso.org. She also produces a radio series called "America's Music Festivals," which presents live music from some of the country's most dynamic festivals. She is a former Fulbright scholar and co-author of a catalogue of Handel's autograph manuscripts.

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  1. There are some growing pains but I think its a very good thing when classical music gets there own full-time stations be it analog FM or HD. I do not like part-time stations.

    I had not heard about KPSC in Palm Springs. But from their website it says they are back on a reduced power and saw it will take months to get back to full power.

    I read on a San Francisco radio at radio-info.com that KNCL in San Jose was on with classical music on Friday 5/25/2012 testing. So they have taken over the station it looks like. But it will be a couple weeks before they are technically ready to start simulcasting KDFC.

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