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WETA (90.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to serve Washington, D.C., broadcasting a classical music format. Its studios are located in Arlington, Virginia and its broadcast tower is located near Arlington at ( 38°53′30.0″N 77°7′54.0″W / 38.891667°N 77.131667°W / 38.891667; -77.131667
Radio stations in the United States broadcasting classical music — either entirely or primarily in their programming. Some are part of the Classical Public Radio Network and are Public radio stations in the United States .
(WETA had carried classical music and NPR programming until February 2005, when it switched exclusively to a news-and-talk format.) On January 22, 2007, at 3 p.m. EST, WGMS ceased operations. The final classical selection played on the station was the closing chorus, "With Tears of Grief," from Bach's St. Matthew Passion.
WETA logo used from 1997 until 2022. In 1952, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated 242 channels for non-commercial use across the United States; channel 26 was allocated for use in Washington, D.C. [6] In 1953, the Greater Washington Educational Television Association (GWETA) was formed to file for a channel 26 construction permit, joining the D.C. Board of Education. [7]
The Met broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical music program in radio history, [1] and the series has won several Peabody Awards for excellence in broadcasting. The series is currently broadcast on over 300 stations in the United States, and stations in 40 countries on 5 continents.
Late night/early morning broadcasts are provided by Classical 24. WBJC's primary competition for classical music listeners is WETA 90.9 FM in Washington, D.C. Although WETA-FM is a Washington metropolitan area station, its service contour covers portions of the Baltimore metropolitan area. [8] WBJC 5th Anniversary Program Guide September 1957
KUSC (91.5 FM; "Classical California™ KUSC") is a listener-supported classical music radio station broadcasting from downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. [2] KUSC is owned and operated by the University of Southern California, which also operates student-run Internet station KXSC (AM) and San Francisco's classical station KDFC. It ...
Martin Julian Goldsmith (born August 18, 1952) is an American radio personality and an author, best known as a classical music host on National Public Radio and Sirius XM, and for a book about his parents' experiences as Jewish musicians in Nazi Germany.