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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