RadioBanter - View Single Post - Houston commercial classical station is no more

September 18th 04, 07:42 PM

(WShoots1) wrote in message ...
It finally happened. Houston's only commercial classical music station, KRTS
92.1, is dark. Well, not exactly. It is now KROI, with a format of the worst
music of the Nam era -- the whiny, twangy crap.

Strange, though. The FCC's data base still shows KRTS on 92.1 with the owner as
KRTS, LP. KROI is shown as unassigned.

I recall that Clear Cut was to buy this station.

This station in Seabrook, TX, southeast of Houston, had changed formats and
call signs several times in its 25-30 year life, but KRTS with classical music
had lasted for at least ten years.

An NPR station is now the only classical music station in the Houston area.

Bill in SE Texas

Yes really sad.
Lived in Houston for nearly 40 years now,..., for the 4th largest city
in the U.S. this town has the worst radio line up on AM or FM.
On FM except for KUHT , the Pacifica station and a little Jazz
station, all the rest is cookie cutter clones.
On the AM dial there are only two large stations, and one of them is
'reactionary radio', lord! I don't see how they keep their advertising
base with endless elaboration of closed box thinking!