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Showing posts with label KDFC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KDFC. Show all posts
Friday, January 31, 2025

Words That Should Not Have Been Spoken

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Heard on KDFC, said by different announcers: ".....the McGill boys," following a performance featuring the distinguished musicians...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

"A Little Off Most of Our Radars"

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The post title is how I heard a KDFC announcer describe Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. I mean, it's amazing that one of Shaw's...
Sunday, May 13, 2018

The Opera Hour

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Several years ago, David Gockley, former general manager of San Francisco Opera, succeeded in negotiating the return of opera to the airwave...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Get Out Your Tape Recorders: SF Opera Fall Broadcasts

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From San Francisco Opera comes the fall schedule of broadcasts on KDFC and the WFMT Network . In addition to the June, 2016 operas ( Carmen...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Prepositions are Hard

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Or so you might think, if you listen to KDFC at all. Their announcers have a bizarre new tic: "And next we'll hear music from Claud...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

KDFC: Composer Dates vs. Musical Trivia

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A friend sent email to KDFC asking why they don't announce the dates when works they broadcast were composed. He got a reply. Here it is...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Heard on the Radio

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Diane Nicolini at KDFC: That was the Tchaikowsky violin concerto, one of the most technically difficult  concertos, played absolutely perf...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Mavericks on the Radio

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If you've been reading the Times or various NY bloggers, you know that SFS's American Mavericks programs were a huge hit in NYC. (I ...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

News, Big News, About Bay Area Classical Radio

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KDFC , the "classical music" station everybody loves to hate, has been sold to the University of Southern California, and will be...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

KDFCization of WQXR?

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Today's Times has an article about programming changes expected at New York City's WQXR. Read it and weep: they're keeping the ...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

American Idol, Semi-Operatic Division

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Want to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in front of tens of thousands? KDFC and San Francisco Opera are giving you the chance to t...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Proofreaders Wanted

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Found in email from KDFC: KDFC is the radio home of the San Francisco Opera with a broadcast on the first Sunday of every month at 8pm. The ...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Sublime -> Ridiculous

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I'm on the mailing list of KDFC , the nation's most embarrassing excuse for a classical radio station. In reality, they're an ea...
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