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Phoenix's longtime classical music station had been KONC at 101.5 MHz. On March 31, 1986, that station left the classical format. [3] In July, another commercial radio station stepped into the format, a station at 106.3 which adopted the KONC call sign; [4] Tucson's KUAT-FM also established a translator in Phoenix on 105.5 MHz. [5]
Founded in 1947, the orchestra began as an occasional group of amateur musicians performing four concerts each year, with John Manley Barnett as its first music director, from 1947 to 1948. In subsequent years, music faculty from Arizona State University joined the ensemble, which attained part-time status.
A concert for the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris features the cathedral's four organistes titulaires, Olivier Latry, Vincent Dubois, Thierry Escaich and Thibault Fajoles, and such classical music artists as Benjamin Bernheim, Khatia Buniatishvili, Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Lang Lang, Daniel Lozakovich, Yo-Yo Ma, Nadine Sierra, and ...
Best Phoenix concerts include Gladys Knight at Celebrity Theatre, Dominic Fike at Marquee Theatre, Lindsey Stirling at Mesa Arts. How to get tickets.
The Orpheum Theatre of Phoenix was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.. In 1997, the Orpheum became home of the newly-formed Phoenix Opera. [6]In addition to the Phoenix Opera, the Orpheum presents concerts, Broadway musicals, performances of Ballet Arizona and special events.
In 1985, KHEP-FM was sold to the owners of the Boston Globe and took the call sign KONC ("Concert 101"). On March 31, 1986, the station abandoned classical music for satellite-delivered soft rock as KAMJ ("Magic 101"), using the Transtar Radio Networks' 'Format 41' service, with a local morning show anchored by Mike Del Rosso. [4] [5] [6]
KJZZ (91.5 FM) is a National Public Radio member station in Phoenix, Arizona. Owned by Rio Salado College, it operates from studios on the college's campus in Tempe. KJZZ airs a format of NPR, and blues and airs jazz on its HD2 subchannel. KJZZ is sister station to the area's main classical music station, KBAQ.
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