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The Classical Station is listener-supported Great Classical Music 24 hours a day, always with a live announcer. See what's playing: t.ly/1dJ3v

Listener-supported Great Classical Music 24 hours a day! Online at TheClassicalStation.org, via streaming app, and on 89.7 fm in Central North Carolina. WEEKDAY PROGRAMS

12AM - 5:30AM Sleeper's Awake
5:30AM - 10AM Rise N Shine
10AM - 1PM Classical Cafe
1PM - 4PM As You Like It!
4PM - 7PM Allegro
10PM - 12AM Music In The Night

*Every Monday through Wednesday
7PM - 8PM Concert Hall

*Every Monday
Monday Night at the Symphony
8PM - 10PM

*Every Thursday Night Opera House
7PM - 10PM

*Every Friday All Request Program
9AM - 10PM

SATURDAY PROGRAMS

12AM - 6AM Sleeper's Awake
6AM - 6PM Weekend Classics
6PM - 10PM Saturday Evening Request Program

SUNDAY PROGRAMS

12AM - 6AM Sleeper's Awake
6AM - 7:30AM Weekend Classics
7:30 AM - 8AM Sing For Joy
8AM - 12PM Great Sacred Music
12PM - 6PM Weekend Classics
6PM - 9PM Preview!
9PM - 10PM Wavelengths
10PM - 12AM Peaceful Reflections

10/09/2025

This week’s Classical Conundrum theme is: The Organ.

What is the nickname of the first piece played on WCPE, the Classical Station?

If you know the answer, you can message us. Good Luck!

10/09/2025

On this day in classical music history:
It’s the birthdate of Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, born in Helsinki in 1928, and among the most notable composers of the 20th century. His father was an opera singer and cantor who encouraged the young Rautavaara to pursue music; he began with casual piano lessons until the death of his parents when he was 10, when he began formal piano studies.
Read more about him here: t.ly/FBX8S

10/09/2025

A good day to you all and a very merry Friday Eve!
Join us to celebrate with some wonderful music. t.ly/s32rB

We’ll also celebrate with Dr. Jay Pierson at 7pm ET and Thursday Night Opera House, featuring the 1966 recording of the second opera in Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Die Walküre. Twin siblings Siegmund (James King) and Sieglinde (Regine Crespin) meet and fall in love without realizing that they are related, an act that angers the gods. Sir Georg Solti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

10/08/2025

This week’s Classical Conundrum theme is: The Organ.

What is the largest organ in the world?

If you know the answer, you can message us. Good Luck!

10/08/2025

On this date in the history of classical music:

It’s the birthdate of German flutist and conductor Kurt Redel in Breslau, Silesia (now Wrocław, Poland), in 1918. Redel studied flute, violin, piano, composition, orchestration, music history, and conducting at the Conservatoire of Breslau. When he was 21 (and had already won the Vienna and Geneva International Music Competitions), Redel was appointed professor at the Salzburg Mozarteum. Read more about him here: t.ly/FBX8S

10/07/2025

This week’s Classical Conundrum theme is: The Organ.

What title did Mozart give the organ?

If you know the answer, you can message us. Good Luck!

10/07/2025

On this date in classical music history:

It's the birthdate of Polish pianist, violinist, composer, conductor, musicologist, and Polish Army Second Lieutenant Roman Padlewski in Moscow in 1915. Read more about him here: t.ly/FBX8S

10/06/2025

On this date in classical music history:

It’s the birthdate of Spanish Baroque composer Miguel Gómez Camargo in 1618 in Ávila. (The photo is of the Catedral de Valladolid, where Gómez Camargo was a teacher and founded the College of Musical Children, from 1654 until his death in 1690.
Read more about him here: t.ly/FBX8S

10/06/2025

It’s a new week, Listeners!
The Classical Station is doing what we do best:
Providing great classical music, all the time, everywhere. t.ly/s32rB

Thank you for supporting that endeavor since 1978.
Donate here: t.ly/0KmjO

Join Vince Tillona at 7pm ET for Drop the Needle and the warmth of vinyl. This week’s show highlights recordings of George Gershwin’s An American in Paris and Aaron Copland’s Billy the Kid.
At 8pm ET, Monday Night at the Symphony features recordings of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leif Segerstam, Christopher Hogwood, Thomas Dausgaard, and Gennady Rozhdestvensky. See you at the symphony!

On Tuesday, tune into Classical Café with George Leef for this week’s Legendary Performer:
English violinist and conductor Iona Brown. And on Wednesday (between 11am and noon ET), George will give away tickets to see the North Carolina Opera production of Jules Massenet’s Cinderella.
Tune in to win! More information: t.ly/fEJAy

10/06/2025

This week’s Classical Conundrum theme is: The Organ.

When was the organ invented?

If you know the answer, you can message us. Good Luck!

10/03/2025

This week’s Classical Conundrum Theme is: Writing Music about other Countries.

What piece did Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov compose to conjure images of Spain?

If you know the answer, you message us! Good Luck!

10/02/2025

This week’s Classical Conundrum Theme is: Writing Music about other Countries.

For whom did Gustav Holst compose his Japanese Suite, Op. 33?

If you know the answer, you message us! Good Luck!

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Wake Forest, NC
27588

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+18005565178

Website

https://TheClassicalStation.org/

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