The SF Chronicle has a roundup report today, by Joshua Kosman and others,
on the status of classical-music stations in the US -

   http://tinyurl.com/o56

 [There is also an interesting interview with Baz (Circus Boy) Luhrmann and
his SF-bound "Boheme" that was "bigger than the Gulf War in Australia" -
http://tinyurl.com/o59.]

Some amazing statistics from the radio report:

The top 20 cities without a classical music radio station, with population
estimates for metropolitan areas according to the Arbitron Market Survey,
based on 2000 census counts.(a)

   City                          Population         Rank
   Detroit                       3,825,600         10
   Miami-Fort Lauderdale         3,360,100         12
   San Diego                     2,384,200         17
   Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.    2,098,600         21
   San Jose                      1,431,000         31
   Providence-Warwick, R.I.      1,342,300         34
   Indianapolis                  1,237,300         40
   Las Vegas                     1,212,500         41
   Nashville                     1,061,800         45
   Memphis                       1,010,800         47
   Birmingham, Ala.                842,900         57
   Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.    781,400         59
   Tulsa, Okla.                    711,000         65
   Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pa.      658,100         67
   Fresno                          645,300         68
   Fort Myers-Naples, Fla.         629,100         70
   Knoxville, Tenn.                600,200         72
   Akron, Ohio                     588,300         73
   Wilmington, Del.                552,500         76
   Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla.        533,700         80

(a) - Philadelphia, the sixth-largest market, does not have a commercial
radio station, but listeners can tune into WWFM, a Mercer County Community
College classical station.

(b) - San Jose is also considered part of the San Francisco market and
receives KDFC [not without cable, it doesn't - JG]

Janos Gereben/SF
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