KCME

Infobox Radio station
name = KCME


city = Manitou Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
area =
branding = "All Classical"
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 88.7 mHz HD Radio
format = Classical
power = 13 kW
erp = 8.9 kW
class = C1
callsign_meaning = Charles M. Edmunds (initials C.M.E.) was one of the founders of KCME. Also means Keeping Classical Music Everywere
former_callsigns =
owner = Cheyenne Mountain Public Broadcast House, Inc.
webcast = [http://www.kcme.org/Pages/listen.html KMCE webcasts]
website = [http://www.kcme.org KCME]

KCME is an independent Colorado public radio station founded in Manitou Springs, Colorado in 1977 and signed on for the first time on December 24, 1979. It broadcasts on 88.7 FM with classical music. It aired jazz on Saturday mornings and evenings for most of the station's existence, but this has been discontinued. Its studios are now in the Colorado Springs city limits and its main broadcasting tower is now on Cheyenne Mountain, southwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado. KCME recently extended its broadcasting online to bring more listeners into its audience. KCME is also now using HD Radio.

Programming

KCME broadcasts twenty-four hours a day with the following programs:

* "Arts Calendar",
* "As You Like It" (listener requests)
* "Classical Constellations", Peter Van De Graaff. This is a syndicated broadcast of the [http://www.wfmt.com/main.taf?p=12,7,1 Beethoven Satellite Network] .
* "Colorado Springs Philharmonic in Concert", Michael Campion
* "Community Events Calendar"
* "Diversions and Excursions", Michael Campion
* "Early Afternoon Concert",
* "Evening Concert"
* "Grace Notes", Norman Gilliland
* "Classics for Kids", hosted nationally by Naomi Lewin and locally by Michael Campion
* "Late Afternoon Concert", Eric Curtiss
* "Morning Concert", Bill Fodor
* "Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs", Michael Campion
* "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera", Michael Campion
* "Saturday Evening Classical Comfort"
* "Sunday Afternoon Concert", Fred Kormos
* "Sunday Baroque"

Translators

* Cañon City / Florence (91.1 FM)
* Manitou Springs (90.9 FM)
* Salida (89.5 FM)
* Cripple Creek / Victor (89.5 FM)
* Woodland Park (93.5 FM)

External links

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* [http://www.kcme.org KCME]