Press Coverage
Radio Online: KQAC Receives $20,000 NEA Grant for Access Recording Project
January 15, 2025
By Radio Online
KQAC-FM/Portland, OR, known as All Classical Radio, has received a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support its upcoming Access Recording Project. This initiative is designed to lower financial hurdles to quality recording and performance facilities for artists and groups from diverse backgrounds.
Oregon ArtsWatch: All Classical Radio’s Media Arts Center – Portland’s newest cultural hub
December 25, 2024
By Brett Campbell for Oregon ArtsWatch
Portland’s All Classical Radio, one of the nation’s most successful classical radio stations, is entering a new incarnation. ArtsWatch’s Joe Cantrell was on hand — trusty camera in hand — a couple of weeks ago for the public opening of the station’s gleaming new headquarters on the third floor of downtown Portland’s KOIN Tower.
Oregon ArtsWatch: The legacy of Roger O. Doyle and the new KQAC All Classical choral series that bears his name
December 10, 2024
By Daryl Browne for Oregon ArtsWatch
KQAC has moved to the third floor of the always eye-catching KOIN Tower near the Keller Auditorium. It’s a gorgeous and expanded footprint (about 33% larger than the Hampton Opera Center) with wood, glass, metal, beveled panels and miles of wires and electronic equipment that would have sent the original Benson teenagers back in 1921 into a techno-geek coma.
KGW: Portland’s All Classical Radio moves into downtown space
December 9, 2024
By KGW
KQAC, Portland’s All Classical Radio, has moved into a new studio off of Southwest Columbia in downtown Portland.
Portland Tribune: Home sweet home – All Classical Radio settles in to new space in KOIN Tower
December 5, 2024
By Jason Vondersmith for Portland Tribune
When she walks around the place, Suzanne Nance still can’t believe it happened. The relatively small nonprofit All Classical Radio now calls downtown Portland home on the third floor of the KOIN Tower. And, it’s a wonderful feeling.
KOIN: All Classical Radio to celebrate new home with public grand opening
December 5, 2024
By KOIN AM Extra
A local radio station’s surge in popularity led to a move to a bigger space and its public grand opening is this Sunday. Just a couple weeks ago, All Classical Radio celebrated its new home and media arts center in the KOIN Tower.
OregonLive: Hearing the future – All Classical Radio’s move downtown is a game changer
December 5, 2024
By James Bash for the Oregonian/OregonLive
Downtown Portland has been derided by numerous naysayers in regard to its livability and viability for the future, with some proclaiming that the city has become an “Urban Doom Loop.” But not all have succumbed to that negative message. All Classical Radio (KQAC 89.9 FM), Portland’s international broadcaster of classical music, has relocated to the heart of the city, settling into a versatile, ultra-modern top-notch headquarters that is jaw-dropping optically and technologically.
KOIN: Portland-based All Classical Radio opens new state-of-the-art Media Arts Center
November 22, 2024
By KOIN News
A locally-based radio station grew in popularity so much — it needed a bigger space. On Friday night, KOIN 6 News was there during a celebration of the new home of All Classical Radio and its media arts center.
Symphony Magazine: All Classical Radio’s New Home Helps Bring Fresh Life to Downtown Portland
November 18, 2024
By Symphony Magazine
In the December 5, 2024, Oregonian, James Bash writes, “All Classical Radio (KQAC 89.9 FM), Portland’s international broadcaster of classical music, has relocated to the heart of the city, settling into a versatile, ultra-modern top-notch headquarters that is jaw-dropping optically and technologically.
Oregon ArtsWatch: Welcoming new resident artists, more classical music news
October 17, 2024
By Brett Campbell for Oregon ArtsWatch
Portland’s All Classical Radio has named violinist Emily Cole and clarinetist James Shields as its 2024/2025 Artists in Residence.
