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Dedicated to Great Classical Music Broadcasting

WCPE, The Classical Station, is a non-commercial, independent, listener-supported station serving the North Carolina Piedmont area, including Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, with 100,000 watts of power on 89.7 FM. We have adhered to one philosophy since 1982: to deliver the finest classical music programming and the highest quality broadcast signal around the clock.

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Winter Programming Highlights

This winter, we begin the radio broadcast season of the Met Opera, and we have lots of festive music planned for the end-of-year holidays and celebrations, as well as Beethovenfest, Russian Romantics Weekend, Mozart Madness, and Simply Strings Weekend. (Photo of a scene from The Magic Flute credit to Richard Termine and the Metropolitan Opera.)