# Classical music stations that broadcast online **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436 "2011-06-05T21:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/1 "2011-06-05T21:26:37Z")
I’d like to put a list together of classical music stations that broadcast online. I know there are quite a few NPR stations, including the local [KBAQ](http://www.kbaq.org/). Any other suggestions? They don’t have to be in English, but it would be helpful if they at least showed the name of the composer and the title of the work. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/2 "2011-06-05T22:32:32Z")
[ABC Classic FM](http://www.abc.net.au/classic/). All the programme listings are available online. I’ve got Classic Breakfast going in the background at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/3 "2011-06-05T22:39:34Z")
BBC Radio 3. Here’s the home page > **[Radio 3 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_three)** > > Listen live to BBC Radio 3 on BBC Sounds But there’s all sorts, it streams everything live, and there’s lots of downloads and podcasts. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/4 "2011-06-05T22:54:32Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > [ABC Classic FM](http://www.abc.net.au/classic/). All the programme listings are available online. > > I’ve got Classic Breakfast going in the background at the moment. Nice. It is around 4PM here in the Western United States, so I’m enjoying this. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/5 "2011-06-05T22:58:35Z")
[WFMT](http://www.wfmt.com/main.taf?p=4,5,28), Chicago’s classical music station, offers online streaming in a variety of formats. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/6 "2011-06-05T23:08:20Z")
[WQXR](http://www.wqxr.org/), from New York. Formerly, it was owned by the New York Times, but now it’s a non-profit public radio station. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/7 "2011-06-06T01:33:27Z")
Do you mean a list different from the dozens that show up under the Classical category in iTunes? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/8 "2011-06-06T11:47:43Z")
Cleveland’s classical music station, [WCLV](http://tunein.com/radio/WCLV-1049-s1179/) ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/9 "2011-06-06T12:01:33Z")
[WGUC](http://www.wguc.org/listen/streams.asp)from Cincinnati. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/10 "2011-06-06T12:53:43Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > Do you mean a list different from the dozens that show up under the Classical category in iTunes? They don’t have to be different ones that the list in iTunes. Many of the iTunes stations are NPR stations, which is fine, but NPR stations usually have long breaks for news or other programming. If there is a particular station in iTunes that someone likes, sure that would be a nice recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![Gilles\_de\_Rais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@Gilles\_de\_Rais](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilles_de_Rais)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/11 "2011-06-06T13:15:10Z")
I briefly thought about typing up the list of Classical stations that show up on my AppleTV listing – but it is in excess of 200. I have no ideas if this is through iTunes, but I tend to listen to Abacus.fm, sky.fm, radiomozart, radiocello, and RNW out of the Netherlands. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/12 "2011-06-07T15:33:16Z")
[Minnesota Public Radio](http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/cms/streams.shtml). It does show title/composer. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/13 "2011-06-07T21:30:32Z")
I helped this station start up 30 years ago > **[Playlists | The Classical Station](https://theclassicalstation.org/playlists/)** > > PlaylistsWe've organized our playlists in a couple of ways for your listening pleasure. First of all,  you can see what's playing right now. You can also see what we played recently and what's coming up.  Another feature of our playlists is... ---
**Author:** ![santiago42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@santiago42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/santiago42)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-stations-that-broadcast-online/584436/14 "2011-06-13T04:13:44Z")
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