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Classical Public Radio Network's South Bay Expansion Plans

Classical Public Radio Network’s South Bay Expansion Plans

Amid all of the changes taking place after the January 18 announcement that University of San Francisco’s college radio station KUSF would be sold to Classical Public Radio Network, was commercial classical radio station KDFC‘s move (on January 24) to KUSF’s frequency of 90.3 FM. KDFC’s owner, Entercom, opted to hand its station’s brand and […]

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KUSF DJs and Fans Gear Up to Fight Proposed College Radio Station Sale, While Ownership Details for Classical Public Radio Emerge

KUSF DJs and Fans Gear Up to Fight Proposed College Radio Station Sale, While Ownership Details for Classical Public Radio Emerge

KUSF fans are still reeling after the sudden shut-down of University of San Francisco (USF)’s college radio station on Tuesday, January 18th at 10am. USF announced that it plans to sell KUSF to Classical Public Radio Network. The non-profit Classical Public Radio Network has already begun airing programming from the formerly commercial classical station KDFC […]

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Huge Outpouring of Support for KUSF at Meeting Regarding its Future

Huge Outpouring of Support for KUSF at Meeting Regarding its Future

Last night KUSF DJs, staff members, alumni and listeners (including students, University of San Francisco faculty, and DJs from other local college radio stations) came out to University of San Francisco in an attempt to get some answers from USF about the sudden shut-down of the college radio station on Tuesday at 10am during DJ […]

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What’s going to happen to KUSF’s 90.3 now? Ask Brenda Barnes

By now all Radio Survivor readers know the news—treasured college radio station KUSF-FM in San Francisco has been sold. Its frequency will broadcast Entercom owned classical radio station KDFC-FM, soon to go public in a partnership with the University of Southern California, parent of classical station KUSC. It appears that KUSF’s 90.3 signal is already […]

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Thanksgiving Radio: Alice’s Restaurant, the Beatles, and Radio Drama

Catch Alice’s Restaurant on the 2023 radio dial. See our latest listening guide. Every year on Thanksgiving a number of stations all over the United States air the 18 minute plus song “Alice’s Restaurant” by Arlo Guthrie. Here in San Francisco, KFOG (104.5FM San Francisco/97.7FM San Jose) has been honoring that tradition for many years […]

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Bill would legalize extra-long music sets online for public radio

Bill would legalize extra-long music sets online for public radio

Under the provisions of the Digital Milennium Copyright Act (DMCA) there are several restrictions on streaming radio that don’t exist for terrestrial broadcast. One of the most vexing for a lot of noncommerical stations is the limitation that an online station may not play more than three songs from the same artist, album or compilation […]

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Music on AM: Rebel Radio

I’ve known about this station for well over a decade now. As a metalhead living in Central Illinois I’d occasionally travel north to the Chicago area or Milwaukee to see concerts and encounter banners and fliers for an all heavy metal station on the AM band called Rebel Radio. However, I can only recall hearing […]

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