Portland Tribune: All Classical Radio celebrates 40 years: Its gift is a big new office at KOIN Tower
The beauty of radio is that great music can come from anywhere. So, as is the case with All Classical Radio, why not broadcast from the center of all the action?
In likely July 2024, All Classical Radio, one of the top independent classical radio stations in the country, known as All Classical Portland before a recent branding change, will relocate to the KOIN Tower, 2225 S.W. Columbia St. It’ll be on the third floor with five studio and recording spaces, and a very large media arts center and community room. Blocks away are Keller Auditorium and Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Oregon Symphony’s home office and plenty of other Portland musical groups.
Suzanne Nance, president and CEO, beams with pride as she stands in the still-under-construction new home for All Classical Radio, donning a hard hat, a lot of enthusiasm and a big smile.
“This is a big deal,” she said — meaning it’s a big move and a big footprint at 15,000 square feet, where 28 employees will do their work, including 11 producers/on-air talent. At a time when media entities, stereotypically and in reality, downsize, All Classical Radio moves across the Willamette River from its location at the Hampton Opera Center on Southeast Caruthers Street and ponies up $10 million (thanks to a lot of donations) for a posh new space.
Portland Tribune: Bang on a man: A night at the symphony like no other
Andy Akiho, the Oregon Symphony's composer-in-residence, plays 'Sculptures: Concert for Orchestra and Video' in response to Jun Kaneko’s art
Bashing away on a giant head is one way to get butts in seats at any American symphony, as the appetite for another night of Mahler in tuxedoes wanes. The Oregon Symphony is working hard to make its concerts more edgy, more postmodern and even a little more diverse.
A member of the Oregon Symphony’s Creative Alliance, Andy Akiho is the Oregon Symphony’s Composer-in-Residence. The Nov. 4-6 show at first glance looks like a night of old chestnuts such as Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” and Dvořák’s “Othello Overture,” but it also contains Akiho’s “Sculptures: Concert for Orchestra and Video.”
Portland Tribune: All Classical Portland becomes All Classical Radio
At 40, station embarks on rebranding program, gets ready to move to KOIN TowerAll Classical Portland has reached middle age. The Portland radio station will observe 40 years of community-focused programming by reintroducing itself as All Classical Radio, unveiling a new logo as part of a comprehensive brand alignment effort.