Cities up and down the Columbia River Gorge, including White Salmon, Hood River, The Dalles, Cascade Locks, Stevenson, Goldendale and all communities in between, now have a much stronger All Classical FM signal, as it increased from 44 watts to 3,000 watts -- a 6,000 percent increase.
In order to make this vast improvement in signal coverage, the All Classical station in Hood River (previously 90.1 FM) is now located on the FM dial at 88.1.
Additionally, because parts of The Dalles may have trouble receiving clear transmission on 88.1 due to geographic barriers, All Classical transmits another signal at 96.3 FM in The Dalles.
"After months of working on mountaintops in all weather conditions, our great crew of staff, volunteers and specialists got the new Gorge radio stations on the air," said Larry Holtz, All Classical FM's vice president of engineering. "The equipment looks good, sounds stunning and reaches more people than anticipated."
Changes in FCC regulations and cooperation with Oregon Public Broadcasting allowed All Classical FM to obtain the necessary licenses to take advantage of this opportunity.
Additionally, a Corporation for Public Broadcasting digital conversion grant of $75,000 and funding from the Autzen Foundation, Jackson Foundation and Oregon Cultural Trust made it possible to fund this extension of coverage to listeners in several Columbia River Gorge communities.
All Classical FM is Portland, Oregon's 24-hour non-profit classical radio station.
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