Classical music has had a roller-coaster existence on the radio in recent decades, when stations in many cities have changed formats or gone out of business. But not in Cleveland, where WCLV FM/104.9 ...

As Robert Conrad received the Great Idea Award from ideastream Oct. 30, loyal WCLV 104.9FM classical radio listeners realized how much his distinctive voice has been a part of their lives — for some, ...

Cleveland's classical music station, WCLV-FM, 104.9, is planning to join ideastream, the umbrella organization that oversees public broadcast stations WCPN-FM, 90.3, and WVIZ-TV, Channel 25. Under an ...

Under a license transfer agreement announced this week, Cleveland’s commercial classical music station WCLV will become a subsidiary of ideastream, the Northern Ohio pubcaster that operates WVIZ-TV ...

With RIAA’s effort to make radio stations pay a performance royalty to record labels and artists for music broadcasts again being debated on Capitol Hill, Classical WCLV-FM Cleveland is asking its ...

Classical music station WCLV-FM, 104.9, will begin operating as a noncommercial radio station starting Jan. 1. With the transition, WCLV said, it is following commercial classical music radio stations ...

Conrad, president and co-founder of the 50-year-old Cleveland-based classical music station, received ideastream’s “Great Idea Award” for his service as a leading classical musical broadcaster, ...

The Cleveland Orchestra, in partnership with WCLV / Ideastream Public Media and WFMT, Chicago’s classical music station, announced plans for a 13-week international radio broadcast series. The series ...

Which is not to say I handled my duties all alone. Despite the fact that our format was designed for an older demographic — we played big-band music, which we trumpeted as “the sounds of your life” — ...

Detroit doesn’t have a classical music station anymore anymore. Neither does Philadelphia, or San Diego, or Tulsa. Cleveland could have gone the same way. Its commercial classical station, WCLV(FM), ...