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Classical KC: A New Music Platform for Kansas City

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Monday, July 6, 2020
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Kansas City, Missouri, July 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At a time when we most need it, classical radio has returned to Kansas City.

Key Points: 
  • Kansas City, Missouri, July 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At a time when we most need it, classical radio has returned to Kansas City.
  • For the past 20 years, Kansas City has been one of the few metropolitan areas of its size without a full-time classical music radio station.
  • But, with the launch of the new music platform, KCUR intends to do more than simply play classical compositions.
  • While most commercial classical stations in the country have gone out of business in the past two decades including KXTR in Kansas City classical music is flourishing on public radio.