A report in Tuesday’s (6/12) Naples Daily News (Florida) states, “Classical South Florida, a nonprofit listener-supported public radio organization dedicated to broadcasting classical music, has begun airing its programming in Fort Myers and throughout Southwest Florida on WNPS 88.7-FM. CSF acquired the local frequency earlier this year. Classical South Florida’s programming, which originates from Fort Lauderdale, will include classical listener favorites such as the live Metropolitan Opera Saturday broadcast, Performance Today, Symphony Cast and Pipedreams. There will be some Florida programing as well, such as Backstage with the New World Symphony. The station can be heard on FM radio and can also be streamed online at: classicalsouthflorida.publicradio.org/listen/classical/. The station brings classical music to a radio market that has essentially been without it since WGCU-FM in Fort Myers, also a public broadcasting station, switched to a news and interview program schedule on its FM frequencies in 2008. WGCU radio continues to broadcast classical music in an online format and on HD radio, which requires a format-specific receiver.”
Posted June 14, 2012
