“For a town so passionate about classical music, with arts organizations large and small turning out world-class music, it’s shameful that Kansas City has been without a classical radio since 2012,” writes Patrick Neas in Monday’s (7/6) Kansas City Star (MO). “But now KCUR public radio, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a host of Kansas City’s charitable foundations have come to the rescue. A frequency on the FM dial has been purchased and 91.9 Classical KC is on the air as of Monday. The station has been three years in the making….. For the time being, most of the programming will be provided by various syndicated services, with plans to make the station local by 2022…. Stephen Steigman, the station’s director of broadcast operations, is hoping Classical KC will be able to curate on its website the ever-burgeoning live streams that local arts organizations are producing during the pandemic.… During the weekdays … Classical KC will air … ‘Performance Today,’ [and] ‘Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin.’ … Weeknights from 8 to 10 p.m., various symphony orchestra concerts will be featured…. Weekend programs include … ‘From the Archive,’ hosted by Frank Byrne, former executive director of the Kansas City Symphony.”
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