WFMT OPERA SERIES
BROADCAST STATIONS
2009 BROADCAST SEASON

 

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WFMT Opera Series Broadcast Schedule

Links are given for the highest speed/quality audio stream and to
available high-fidelity alternative audio streams.
For more information about any station on this list, visit our
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LINKS CORRECTED AS OF 12/10/2010

Durations for these broadcasts generally last 3 1/2 hours, but some stations may cut
intermission features to fit the opera into a 3 hour slot, while other stations add
filler material after the opera or during intermissions to make a slot as long as 5 hours

STATION
(Link in this column is to station home page)

BEST STREAM
(Link in this column is to the preferred stream link - stereo unless otherwise noted)

ALTERNATE STREAMS
(Links in this column are to alternative stream links - stereo unless otherwise noted)

NOTES
(current Stream Status/
program variations)

KEY TO STREAM INFORMATION: RP = Real Player | WMP = Windows Media Player
MP3 = MP3 file format (Use WINAMP to play this file type)
| M = Mono stream
Blue Lake Public Radio
Twin Lake, Michigan, USA
64K MP3
(use WINAMP) for 112k Dual ISDN & higher
none

(5 hrs.)

KAMU
College Station/Bryan, Texas, USA

192K MP3
(use WINAMP) for 256k DSL/Cable & higher

48K MP3 M
(use WINAMP) for 112k Dual ISDN & higher

(4 hrs.)

This station sometimes cuts away before the end of operas that last longer than 3 1/2 hours (beware of Tristan & Isolde, Meistersinger, Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung).

KBYU
Provo, Utah, USA

 

128K MP3
256k DSL/Cable & higher & scaled

none

zNOW W'CASTING TRITTICO 9/18 -- whole series back by one week

KCSC
Edmond/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

96k WMP
for 112k Dual ISDN & higher & scaled for 56k, 28.8K & 19.2K
96k RP
for
112k Dual ISDN & higher
(5 hrs.) -- (TOSCA on 6/19 starts at GMT 1630/EDT 12:30PM)
KSUI
Iowa City, Iowa, USA

128K MP3
(use WINAMP) for 256k DSL/Cable & higher
none

KUAT
Tucson, Arizona, USA
192K MP3
(use WINAMP)
for 256K DSL/Cable connections and higher
128K MP3
(use WINAMP) for 256K DSL/Cable connections and higher
48K MP3
(use WINAMP)
for 64k Single ISDN connections & higher

(ON 10/30 - NOT BROADCASTING LOHENGRIN)

11/6 DON GIOVANNI starts at GMT 1900/EDT/3:00PM

11/10 QUEEN OF SPADES starts at GMT 1900/EST/2:00PM

11/27 XERXES starts at GMT 1900/EST/2:00PM

12/4 BILLY BUDD starts at GMT 1900/EST/2:00PM

KUHF
Houston, Texas, USA
128K MP3
(use WINAMP) for 256k DSL/Cable & higher
24K MP3 M
(use WINAMP) for 33.6k & higher

(5 hrs.)

KVNO
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
___K Quicktime

96K RP SP
for 112k Dual ISDN & higher & scaled

(3 hrs., 30 min.)

WMP stream has hiss and clicking

KWAX
Eugene, Oregon, USA

128K MP3
(use WINAMP)
for 256k DSL/Cable & higher

none

Maine Public Radio
Portland, Maine, USA

64K MP3 M
(use WINAMP) for
112k Dual ISDN & higher

 

 

(4 hrs.)

32K WMP 8: Stream intro runs @ 128K

WBAA
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

128K WMP 9
for 256k DSL/Cable & higher & scaled

256K G2 RP 10
for 256k DSL/Cable & higher & scaled for 56k & 28.8k

256K G2 RP 10
for 256k DSL/Cable & higher & scaled for 56k & 28.8k

(3 hrs.)

The second 256 G2 RP 10 stream will only run properly when Protocol is set for UDP (see our techies page for more details)

WCLV
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

48K WMP 9
for 56k & higher & scaled

64K OGG VORBIS
(use WINAMP) for 112K Single ISDN & higher

32K OGG VORBIS
(use WINAMP)
for 56k & higher

(ON 10/30 - NOT BROADCASTING LOHENGRIN)

NOW BROADCASTING WFMT OPERA SERIES ONE WEEK BEHIND

WCNY
Syracuse, New York, USA

32K WMP
for 28.8k & higher
none

(5 hrs.)

NO WFMT SERIES IN NOVEMBER!

with station membership comes unlimited access to higher quality streams

WCRI-FM
Exeter, Rhode Island, USA
64K MP3
for 112k Dual ISDN & higher
nonez
WFCR
Amherst Massachusetts, USA
56K MP3 M
for 112k Dual ISDN & higher
none

(3 hrs., 30 min.)

WFMT
Chicago, Illinois, USA

128K aaC
(use WINAMP) for 256k DSL/Cable & higher --
If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page

48K MP3
(Use WINAMP) for 112k Dual ISDN & higher

(KATYA KABANOVA on 5/22 starts at GMT 1730/EDT 1:30PM)

(NOZZE DI FIGARO on 7/3 starts at GMT 2000/EDT 4:00PM)

(SALOME INSTEAD OF FANCIULLA DEL WEST ON 10/9)

NO SAN FRANCISCO B'CAST 10/16; LYRIC OPERATHON 2010 THE WHOLE DAY

WGCU-Classical
Fort Myers, Florida, USA
56K FLASH
for 112k Dual ISDN & higher - once one is in the window, one must manually click to activate stream
32K MP3 M
(use WINAMP) for 56k & higher
(duration varies)
WHRO
Hampton Roads, Virginia

128K MP3
(use WINAMP) for 256K DSL/Cable & higher

128K Quicktime
for 256K DSL/Cable & higher
64K MP3

(use WINAMP) for Dual ISDN 112K & higher

(3 hrs.)

WICR
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
64K MP3
(use WINAMP) 112k Dual ISDN
& higher & scaled for 28.8k

none

(4 hrs.)
WMNU
Marquette, Michigan, USA
24K MP3 M
(Use WINAMP) for 33.6k & higher
none

(4 hrs.)z

WMUK-HD1
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

128K MP3
(use WINAMP) for 256k DSL/Cable & higher
none(4 hrs.)5
WOI-FM
Ames, Iowa, USA

48K WMP 9
for 64k single ISDN & higher & scaled

 

176.4K G2 RP 8
for DSL/Cable & higher & scaled for 112k Dual ISDN, 56k, 28.8k & 19.2k

(4 hrs.)

WQXR
New York, New York, USA

32K Flash Player
suitable for broadband & higher

32K WMP M
suitable for 56k & higher

32K MP3 M
(use WINAMP) suitable for 56k & higher

(4 hrs.)

 

 

WUOL
Louisville, Kentucky, USA

128K MP3
(use WINAMP) for 112k Dual ISDN & higher
none

(3 hrs.)

WUOT
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

192K WMP 9
for 256k & higher & scaled

64K MP3
for 112k Dual ISDN & higher & scaled

44.1K Quicktime 6 MP4
for 56k & higher

(3 hrs., 30 min.)

WXXI
Rochester, New York, USA

140K MP3
(use WINAMP) for 256k DSL/Cable & higher

none

(2 hrs., 30 min.)

 

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