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Some Reflections on 20 Years of Service (Blog Menu)
88.7KXMS celebrated 20 years of classical radio service this past April. In 1986 there were no classical radio services in this market. Today we compete with signals from four other university radio stations. But, just like in 1986, our service remains unique in a couple of ways. First, 88.7KXMS is an all-classical station. We aren't spending any time trying to avoid any classical/art music that news/talk listeners might find too challenging. Secondly, our program schedule is almost all non-duplicated, even compared to the most classical of our competitors. Finally, 88.7KXMS uses proprietary software to formulate playlists. There is a lot of time and thought put into our music mix, and at no time do we presume that you don't like vocal music. Afterall, vocal/choral music makes up a good 25% of the body of classical music and we don't clip off the arms and legs of the "corpus musica" in order to play "elevator classics" or "office music." This will become more apparent later this year when we celebrate the centenary of the birth of Dmitri Shostakovich. We invite comparison in the fall with any station when we put together our playlists in tribute to the great Russian composer.
We think you'd be amazed at what we consider in formulating a day's playlist. Just on face value, you can recognize that we coordinate many anniversaries and then go the extra mile to notate those connections in the marginalia on our Web playlist pages. In fact, we are the only classical radio station anywhere with such marginalia. Our program schedule as well as our listings reflect an educational agenda, something one would expect from this university licensee. Two programs, "Exploring Music" and "Adventures in Good Music" are overtly educational, while the rest of the schedule entertains and educates you covertly. However, we hope you enjoy the service overtly. We look forward to hearing from you and please check out those playlists I mentioned by clicking on PLAYLISTS at the top of this page.
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88.7KXMS is an international cultural resource of Missouri Southern State University