FOR RELEASE
Monday, Feb. 27, 2012
CONTACTS:
Phil Wilke, Kansas Public
Radio Media Manager, (785) 864-5016, pwilke@ku.edu
KPR gets donation
of classical music CD library
LAWRENCE – Kansas
Public Radio’s classical music playlist will be expanding a little – by 3700
CDs.
The donation comes from Kansas
City’s Radio Bach, Classical 1660AM, which will be changing its format to an
all-business news station on March 5. Radio Bach, known for many years as KXTR, is
owned by Entercom, which also owns eight other Kansas City radio stations.
“Kansas Public Radio is the perfect partner for this. They will be terrific stewards of classical
music in our area. When it came to
making the decision where to donate our classical music library, it wasn’t a
very difficult decision. Kansas Public
radio has seven stations and a HD station at KPR2 they have a broad and modern
platform. We know classical music fans
will be in good hands with Kansas Public Radio.” stated
Dave Alpert, Vice President and General Manager of Entercom Kansas City
KPR’s classical music
director said the donation will be a great addition to
the KPR music library.
“We're thrilled
that the people at Entercom so generously thought to donate the KXTR music
library to Kansas Public Radio,” Mark Edwards said. “The addition of these
classics to our library will help us in some small way keep the spirit of KXTR
alive here at KPR.”
KPR, licensed to the
University of Kansas, broadcasts on 91.5 FM in Lawrence, 89.7 FM in Emporia,
91.3 FM in Olsburg-Junction City, 89.9 FM in Atchison, 90.3 FM in Chanute, and
99.5 FM and 97.9 FM in Manhattan. KPR can be heard on the Internet at
kpr.ku.edu. KPR also operates KPR2, a news-talk channel on HD Radio. Those
broadcasts can be heard on an HD receiver or on KPR’s website.
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