| KUSC KPSC, KDSC, KQSC & KESC |
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| Broadcast area | Los Angeles, California Palm Springs, California Thousand Oaks, California Santa Barbara, California Morro Bay, California |
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| Frequency | KUSC: 91.5 MHz (Also on HD Radio) |
| Repeaters | KPSC: 88.5 MHz (Also on HD Radio) |
| Format | Classical music |
| ERP | KUSC: 39,000 watts KPSC: 1,250 watts KDSC: 4,800 watts KQSC: 12,000 watts KESC: 285 watts |
| HAAT | KUSC: 891 meters KPSC: 179 meters KDSC: 390 meters KQSC: 264 meters KESC: 454 meters |
| Class | KUSC: B KPSC: A KDSC: B KQSC: B KESC: A |
| Facility ID | KUSC: 69318 KPSC: 69394 KDSC: 69116 KQSC: 69085 KESC: 58653 |
| Callsign meaning | K University of Southern California |
| Owner | University of Southern California |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.kusc.org |
KUSC (91.5 MHz FM) is a listener-supported classical music radio station broadcasting from downtown Los Angeles, California, USA.[1] KUSC is owned and operated by the University of Southern California, which also operates student-run KSCR. It is the largest non-profit classical music station in the country and the only classical radio station in the Greater Los Angeles Area (following K-Mozart's conversion to talk radio on October 29, 2007) (although KDB (FM) is a second classical music station for the Santa Barbara area, where KUSC is also available).
Notable local programming[2] includes Dennis Bartel's weekday morning show, Rich Capparela's weekday afternoon program, Jim Svejda's weekday evening show, Duff Murphy's Saturday opera show, and special features by Gail Eichenthal. Other announcers include Alan Chapman, Charles Andrews and Kimberlea Daggy.
The station holds three membership drives annually to help support operational costs. These drives usually last less than ten days. Corporate sponsors include Lexus, Miramax Films, University of Redlands, Universal Music Group, City of Hope National Medical Center and Providence Health & Services.
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Transmitter network
| Transmitter | Location | Power (measured in watts) |
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| KUSC 91.5 | Los Angeles | 39,000 |
| KPSC 88.5 | Palm Springs | 1,250 |
| KDSC 91.1 (†) | Thousand Oaks | 4,800 |
| KQSC 88.7 | Santa Barbara | 12,000 |
| KESC 99.7 (‡) | Morro Bay | 285 |
† KDSC is non-directional (fcc.gov). Coverage pattern is not circular due to mountains to the NE which block line-of-sight FM transmissions. Any interference with the 91.1 (XETRA-FM) in Mexico goes both ways and is caused by a phenomenon called 'ducting'. Ducting occurs most often along coastal areas, particularly during spring and fall when temperature inversions occur. Ducting causes VHF signals to travel further than normal. All VHF signals experience periodic interference from this phenomenon. (FM is in the VHF band just above TV channel 6.)
‡ KESC was formerly KXTY.
See also
References
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ http://www.kusc.org/new/Programming/schedule.php
External links
- KUSC official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KUSC
- Radio Locator information on KUSC
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KUSC
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KDSC
- Radio Locator information on KDSC
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KDSC
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KESC
- Radio Locator information on KESC
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KESC
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KPSC
- Radio Locator information on KPSC
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KPSC
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KQSC
- Radio Locator information on KQSC
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KQSC
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