Public Radio Stations in Your Area (shows, NYC, station, music)
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What public radio stations are there in your area? Is there only one news / classical music station, or do a number of stations serve your area?
Outside of Duluth, Minnesota, on my car radio (the "golden standard" in my opinion) I can receive the following public radio stations:
88.9 WOJB (Reserve, Wisconsin) - Native and some standard public radio (All Things Considered) programming
89.1 WGZS (Fond du Lac Indian Reservation, Minnesota) - Almost 100% native programming
89.9 WHSA (Brule, Wisconsin) - Wisconsin Public Radio Ideas and Classical Networks
91.3 KUWS (Superior, Wisconsin) - University of Wisconsin Superior college radio station. A combination of college radio programming and WPR Ideas Network-sourced shows.
92.9 WSCD (Duluth, Minnesota) - MPR Classical Network
100.5 WSCN (Duluth, Minnesota) - MPR News Network
103.3 KUMD (Duluth, Minnesota) - University of Minnesota Duluth college radio station. AMPERS network and college programming.
I consider my count of seven stations, each with different programming, very impressive for an area as sparsely populated as mine. What are your stations and what's your favorite one? I almost always have my car radio set to 100.5.
I guess I'm only aware of one, really: WNYC in New York, which is the local NPR affiliate. It's superb. It's mostly local programming, and I particularly adore Brian Lehrer and Leonard Lopate. I feel so sorry for other people elsewhere in the country who are stuck listening just to Diane Rehm.
Boston only has one classical music station that's 100% classical. It changed from 102.5 FM to 99.5 FM a few years go. I believe it was almost disbanded.
We have 89.7 and 90.9 FM for NPR, with some jazz or classical at night, and BBC overnight on one of them. During evening drive, sometimes their programs overlap, sometimes not. Unsure why. It's confusing.
Serving my little corner of the world here in NEPA:
WVIA 89.9 - Local PBS station
WRTY 91.1 - Another public radio station
WDMT 102.3 - A personal favorite because they play lesser known classic music without a lot of commercials. They often have one hour blocks on one musician too with minimal interruption.
Hey tvdxer, too bad you guys don't get KAXE very well down in Duluth (it's out of Grand Rapids). It's independent public radio and is the best in our region. We do have lots of great options, though, don't we! I also listen to WIRN out of Buhl/Virginia.
I live in Iowa half of the year and Iowa Public Radio just flat smells. In the small city where I work I can't receive ANY public radio station very well, and one I receive best plays just classical music. Sometimes I can get the NPR station out of Iowa Falls, but it has little character or variety. I end up mostly listening to KAXE on-line on my computer when I'm there.
88.5 WFDD - NPR out of Boone
89.5 WETS - East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. Much more of a public radio format.
90.3 WFHE - NPR out of Hickory
90.5 WASU - Appalachian State University, technically public radio but mostly plays college rock as well as sports games.
94.7 WSIF - Wilkes Community College, combination of college radio and public programming.
We have three NPR stations in the area.
-89.3 KCUR in Kansas City - mostly talk/NPR programs, with occasional music programming
-90.9 KTBG in Warrensburg, Mo. - adult album alternative music + NPR morning edition/weekend edition/All Things Considered
-91.5 KANU in Lawrence, Kan. - mostly classical, with some jazz, opera, world music, plus NPR morning/weekend/All Things Considered, and some comedic programming
Under tropospheric enhancement conditions, we can also hear NPR affiliates KXCV 90.5 in Maryville, Mo., KBIA 91.3 in Columbia, Mo., and KRPS 89.9 in Pittsburg, Kan.
We also have some student-run stations, 90.7 KJHK in Lawrence and 90.5 KGSP in Parkville, Mo., and an unaffiliated public radio station, 90.1 KKFI in Kansas City.
What public radio stations are there in your area? Is there only one news / classical music station, or do a number of stations serve your area?
Outside of Duluth, Minnesota, on my car radio (the "golden standard" in my opinion) I can receive the following public radio stations:
88.9 WOJB (Reserve, Wisconsin) - Native and some standard public radio (All Things Considered) programming
89.1 WGZS (Fond du Lac Indian Reservation, Minnesota) - Almost 100% native programming
89.9 WHSA (Brule, Wisconsin) - Wisconsin Public Radio Ideas and Classical Networks
91.3 KUWS (Superior, Wisconsin) - University of Wisconsin Superior college radio station. A combination of college radio programming and WPR Ideas Network-sourced shows.
92.9 WSCD (Duluth, Minnesota) - MPR Classical Network
100.5 WSCN (Duluth, Minnesota) - MPR News Network
103.3 KUMD (Duluth, Minnesota) - University of Minnesota Duluth college radio station. AMPERS network and college programming.
I consider my count of seven stations, each with different programming, very impressive for an area as sparsely populated as mine. What are your stations and what's your favorite one? I almost always have my car radio set to 100.5.
You are one lucky person, here in SE Georgia, I only have 91.1, and 89.9 which gets interference from christan stations overpowering them...
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