Mona Seghatoleslami

Mona Seghatoleslami is the host and producer of Classical 91.5 FM weekdays from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Before joining WXXI Mona was Classical music announcer for West Virginia Public Radio, where she also produced radio features and wrote the "Classically Speaking" blog. Originally from New Jersey, Mona studied musicology and library science at Indiana University in Bloomington, and Viola Performance at Illinois State University in Normal. While at school in Indiana, she was first introduced to radio work at WFIU Bloomington. In her free time, Mona likes to play music – including viola, electric bass, and ukulele, attend concerts, and read science fiction. Mona appears as a regular guest author on topics that pique her interest. Mona maintains a regular blog at http://interactive.wxxi.org/blogs/mona-seghatoleslami

News Roundup: Classical radio thriving in England, threatened in St. Louis; AMPPR audio, PRPD plans

August 17, 2009 by Mona Seghatoleslami

Welcome to the Monday morning roundup on Scanning the Dial, where we’ve got news from bad to good and ghosts of conferences past and yet to come.

KFUO-FM St. Louis closer to sale, format change

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported yesterday that the sale of KFUO-FM in St. Louis is closer to fruition, with contemporary Christian station Joy FM as the leading candidate. The station is currently owned by the Lutheran Church&#ndash;Missouri Synod, and the sale is before their board of directors in a meeting this week. We posted about the possible sale when the news first broke.

KVNO Omaha’s Sports/Classical Mix

July 22, 2009 by Mona Seghatoleslami

You’ve heard of dual format stations, a combination of music and news, right? And some stations play classical and jazz. But have you ever heard of a classical music station that airs live sports events?

Starting August 27th, Omaha, Neb. station KVNO will add live broadcasts of University of Nebraska sports events to their otherwise all-classical format.

WNYC to buy WQXR, keep it classical

July 14, 2009 by Mona Seghatoleslami

The oldest American commercial classical station is commercial no more, but it will remain classical. WQXR will be sold by The New York Times to public radio station WNYC and Univision.

The call letters and the classical music will move across the dial from 96.3 to a weaker signal at 105.9, while Univision’s Spanish-language WCAA will move to 96.3.

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