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'''KKHI''' was a classical music station in [[San Francisco, California]] operating on both AM and FM. The station took over from a popular rock format on [[KOBY]] in 1962. It relied heavily on local announcers playing recordings, especially by [[Herbert von Karajan]] and the [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]]. The station played primarily orchestral recordings and was known for avoiding chamber music. Unlike its sister station in Los Anglees, [[KFAC]], KKHI tended to play longer selections and never excerpts from symphonies or concertos. The various daily programs each had a specific musical introduction; one of the evening programs, for example, was introduced by the opening bars of the third movement of the second symphony of [[Sergei Rachmaninov]]. |
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When [[Josef Krips]] (1902-1974) became music director of the [[San Francisco Symphony Orchestra]] in 1963, KKHI quickly arranged to broadcast many of the Friday evening concerts in [[multiplex stereo]] from the [[War Memorial Opera House]]. Since Krips refused to make recordings with the San Francisco orchestra, the KKHI broadcasts were the only mass media outlet for the concerts. The broadcasts continued in 1970 when [[Seiji Ozawa]] (1935-) became the orchestra's music director. In the summer of 1973, when the orchestra toured Europe, KKHI made history by broadcasting a Paris concert in stereo via satellite. San Francisco Symphony broadcasts moved to [[KQED-FM]] in the early 1980s and were eventually nationally syndicated. |
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Beginning in 1971, KKHI also broadcast Friday evening performances of the [[San Francisco Opera]]. For a number of years actor/writer [[Scott Beach]] hosted these broadcasts, which were offered in stereo with special encoding for those able to receive matrix quadraphonic signals. Like the famed [[Metropolitan Opera]] broadcasts, also carried on KKHI, there were regular intermission features, including interviews with the conductors and singers in each opera. |
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A regular feature on KKHI was a daily musical quiz program, "Telemusic Quiz," hosted by [[Bill Agee]], one of KKHI's best-known and most popular announcers. Listeners would call in answers to the questions and, if they had the right answer, they would win tickets to various concerts. Agee hosted the San Francisco Symphony broadcasts and made regular appearances at the summer concerts held in San Francisco's [[Sigmund Stern Grove]]. |
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The station operated 24 hours a day and its AM signal, transmitted from [[Belmont, California]] with 10,000 watts of effective radio power, could be received over much of the western United States and Canada at night. The FM transmitter was located on [[San Bruno Mountain]]. |
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Labor disputes, along with declining advertising support, eventually brought an end to the classical music programming. The station was sold and its format was dramatically changed. The AM/FM simulcasts also ended. |
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The Bay Area's main classical music outlet today is [[KDFC]] in [[San Francisco, California]], a station which broadcast on FM with some simulcasts on [[KIBE]] in [[Palo Alto, California]]. KDFC's programs can also be heard over the Internet at www.kdfc.com. |
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Latest revision as of 21:25, 30 January 2022
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