It’s true!
It’s true!
I decided after struggling with programming the station was sounding stale and repetitive. After some serious thought I decided it would be better to offer up something this area has never heard before.
Classical Music!
Sure there are a few translators for the London,Ky area and I am sure people listen to the NPR stations served up by the folks at WEKU Eastern Kentucky University.
But NPR is a bit stuffy and they are not especially fond of Part 15 radio stations carrying their programming even though they are non-commercial.
WCPE on the other hand allows anyone to re-transmit their signals over cable, internet, satellite and terrestrial radio stations.
WCNE receives the signal from WCPE’s online streaming and re-transmits the signal over 1680 am & 106.7 fm using light processing to preserve the great sound quality offered by WCPE.
Some of the shows we offer on WCNE will remain however the times they are aired will change to accommodate the new format. Shows affected by the format change are Electromaticradio, Pirates Week and The Shortwave Report.
The programs mentioned above will be moved to the over-night hours or early mornings before 5 am.
I hope listeners will enjoy this new format and take the time to thank WCPE for doing such a great job. This is classical radio without the stuffy feel of NPR.
WPCE Link: http://theclassicalstation.org
Enjoy!
Good Move!
I am very proud of you rock95seven, for bring classical music to the audience. There are so many fantastic and great compositions and it’s about time for a big come back. I wish you the best of luck with this choice.
Classical Music Format
Rock,
Very interesting decision but why would your listeners tune to your station when they can get it over the air? I am not trying to be confrontational but I am curious.
Here, during the waking hours, I run classical from our second cable box into the FM transmitter since my most loyal (and only) listener demands this. When our local public station went to talk and news and dumped most of the classical stuff my wife insisted that her hero (usually me) fix this. So, classical it is and she wanders around the house tuned to my humble station and is happy. (That’s just one of the reasons we have been married 43 years.)
So, what do I say to you? “Rock on” or “Roll Over Beethoven”?
Neil
This rock(er) still rolls
But lately I have been exploring other forms of music.
Growing up i can remember my parents always listened to a wide variety of music. From Celtic tunes for the holidays, classical music when mom was relaxing and jazz when my dad wanted a change from talk radio.
Believe it or not, as a teenager I listened to music from Doris Day and Frank Sinatra.
My wife likes classical music too Neil. 🙂
I have been listening to my station more and more lately and frankly it was sounding redundant . There really isn’t a lot of hard rock bands on the indie scene that don’t include the colorful words i would rather not repeat on here and i respect musicians enough not to edit their works.
I guess what i am getting at is I wanted a safe format for my station and i like the way WCPE presents the music they play, perhaps i will learn a thing or two along the way.
WEKU Eastern Kentucky University operates several translators around Ky along with their main station operating with 100 kw out of Richmond. One of their sister stations, WEKF serves the London-Corbin Areas with 21,000 watts on 88.5 fm.
They are NPR and I don’t much care for the way npr sounds.
WCPE is friendly and has a sound all of their own.
I feel pretty good about re-broadcasting WCPE and feel like I am somehow helping their station out by relaying their signal to Kentucky.
Besides, someone had to be the first to fill in the map for Ky on the WCPE Website. It might as well be my flea powered station.
How about this? “Keep Rockin’ with a touch of Class?”
*shrugs* lol
It All Depends
If re-transmitting the same material already available on another channel, one is competing against exact replication.
However, here in our town we have a fine classical station which happens to stand alone. Because classical programming is part of my quiver (I don’t mean I’m trembling; I’m talking about my arrow case), I would be able to run them for their money if given an equal 100 kw. They program the “hits,” the “favorites,” like Bolero and Rhapsody in Blue. Why? They believe those are popular and they naturally want the most possible listeners. But what they DON’T include makes the stuff for a whole other station! The symphonies of Prokofiev, Gliere, Mahler, Schmidt, Shostakovitch and Atterberg. Then the late quartets of Beethoven and thousands of splendid but neglected works. Competing classical stations is a very rich idea.