KUSC

KUSC (91.5 MHz FM) is a listener-supported classical music radio station broadcasting from downtown Los Angeles, California, USA. KUSC is owned and operated by the University of Southern California, which also operates student-run KSCR and San Francisco's classical station KDFC . It is the largest non-profit classical music station in the country and the only classical radio station in the Greater Los Angeles Area (although KDB is a second classical music station for the Santa Barbara area, where KUSC is also available). 
Notable local programminghttp://www.kusc.org/new/Programming/schedule.php includes Dennis Bartel's weekday morning show, Rich Capparela's weekday afternoon program, Jim Svejda's weekday evening show, Duff Murphy's Saturday opera show, and special features by Gail Eichenthal. Other announcers include Alan Chapman, Charles Andrews and Kimberlea Daggy.
The station holds three membership drives annually to help support operational costs. These drives usually last less than ten days. Corporate sponsors include Lexus, Miramax Films, University of Redlands, Universal Music Group, City of Hope National Medical Center and Providence Health & Services.
== Transmitter network ==
Transmitter 	Location 	Power (measured in watts)
KUSC 91.5 	Los Angeles 	39,000
KPSC 88.5 	Palm Springs 	1,250
KDSC 91.1 (†)	Thousand Oaks	4,800
KQSC 88.7 	Santa Barbara	12,000
KESC 99.7 (‡)	Morro Bay 	285
† KDSC is non-directional (fcc.gov). Coverage pattern is not circular due to mountains to the NE which block line-of-sight FM transmissions. Any interference with the 91.1 (XETRA-FM) in Mexico goes both ways and is caused by a phenomenon called 'ducting'. Ducting occurs most often along coastal areas, particularly during spring and fall when temperature inversions occur. Ducting causes VHF signals to travel further than normal. All VHF signals experience periodic interference from this phenomenon. (FM is in the VHF band just above TV channel 6.)
‡ KESC was formerly KXTY.
==See also==
* Abram Chasins
==References==
== External links ==
*KUSC official website
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Category:Classical music radio stations in the United States
Category:College radio stations in California
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