Houston Public Radio, KUHF 88.7 & Classical 91.7

NPR is almost always on in my car and when I’m at home, I listen to it on the app on my phone. I pretty much can’t get ready for work in the morning without NPR.
The staff at this station are great! When you listen to 88.7 as much as I do, you start to know all their voices and feel like they’re an important part of your life.
My favorite show is Houston Matters, which comes on Monday-​Friday at noon. It’s so nice to have a show that is singularly focused on this great city.
If you enjoy news, culture, and wit, you should definitely be listening to 88.7!

Sometimes when you’re on a long drive it’s nice to listen to talk radio, ie: NPR, as opposed to the same 6 – 10 songs being repeated over and over on 6 of the top radio stations in town. But some of the non sense that NPR talks about just gets me annoyed and I have to change stations. I end up having to just switch it to sports talk radio or put on pandora.

I used to enjoy listening to KUHF, but recently they have heavily shifted towards programs about «pop culture» in an obvious attempt to appeal to a younger audience. I don’t know what’s driving these changes, but I assume that as with many things, it comes down to money. The new programs include «Sound Opinions», «Bullseye», and «Ask Me Another». Fortunately they still have Morning Edition and All Things Considered, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the program director is looking for a entertainment magazine style program to replace those. Bottom line: KUHF used to be a great station. Now it’s mediocre. I’ve been listening to KPFT a lot more lately.

Aside from the excessive political news reporting at times (as with all US media), most of the programs are very well researched and go beyond the surface of the story. I especially enjoy the more personal stories of artists, musicians, war veterans and other amazing individuals.
This is an indispensable station, given how much driving is involved in living in Houston…

I get to listen to Steve Inskeep in the the a.m. I love NPR! They have some great shows on this station.
I’ve listened to other stations in the morning, and some are dumb, and offensive. Others are versions of KROQ’s Kevin and Bean, and a little less entertaining.
NPR covers a broad range of topics I like. I just wish they had a music show based in Houston similar to their sister channel KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. Come on David Sadof is a treasure to Houston. Give him a show.
Anyway, It’s cool our fair city has talk programming and classical radio. Simply refreshing. That is all.

KUHF — Please Return Classical Music Station to Houston!!!
KUHF which for 24 years was devoted to classical music was changed to news only station. A very weak station 91.7 FM with limited coverage was designated to broadcast classical music in Houston. Thousands of devoted classical music lovers in Houston are without reception! Every attempt to explain this situation is suppressed, as all classical music lovers are dispersed and unaware of each others plight.

Every town needs NPR, so count on the University of Houston’s radio station to bring you your daily dose. I used to wake up to Car Talk every Saturday morning. The classical programming is usually pretty predictable, but I won’t complain. The station broadcasts classical music on an HD channel when NPR is on, so if you have the appropriate gizmo you can get classical all day long.

I love NPR, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think this station deserves 5 stars. I listen to «Morning Edition,» «All Things Considered,» «Weekend Edition,» «Car Talk,» «Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,» and «A Prairie Home Companion,» which are all fantastic national programming. However, after spending the past year in Boston where there is more than one NPR affiliate, I realized there are other programs that are insightful shows that facilitate more discussion about current events, which the Houston affiliate did not carry until I moved back and only on their HD Channel 2 station. Sometimes, I just don’t want to listen to classical music, but I don’t feel like listening to Houston radio crap (everyone’s getting bought out by Clear Channel).
Also, as a recent UH alumnus, there was always beef about how the station is broadcasted from UH, but allegedly none of our communications students were able to intern there.
All that being said, I love the thoroughly-​researched, fact-​based news coverage with a sense of humor. Oh, yes, they’re funny. Last week, «All Things Considered» hosts were reciting governmental agency theme songs. And they always have April Fool’s Day jokes.

I absolutely love the National Public Radio station the is KUHF 88.7.
I spend a lot of time in the car and the music played in the morning usually helps keep me balanced in the painful Houston traffic snarls. I feel more peaceful listening to this than any of the morning shows on the other stations. It helps me gain an appreciation and more knowledge of classical music — things I’ve loved for a long time and things I’ve never heard.
The news segments also keep me up to date on things going on in the world in a deeper way than just snippets of news thrown in the regular morning shows like a commercial break
Online you can also find out more about the additional things the station is doing, like vacation tours or the random free movie screening.
I am thankful for stations like KUHF and hope more people tune in each day and appreciate all they have to offer.

At 88.7 on your FM dial, KUHF is Houston’s National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate. It broadcasts from the University of Houston.
NPR is one of the last bastions holding out against the complete dumbing-​down of America. Its in-​depth radio journalism doesn’t insult your intelligence like the snippets of tripe found in 90% of news broadcasts. It also supports the «classical» music tradition that has made our civilization great but that 90% of the public doesn’t really understand or appreciate.
Ever since Houston’s last commercial classical music station, KRTS, folded (shame on you, Houston!), KUHF is the sole place to listen to classical music on the radio. It’s much better than KRTS ever was anyway since it doesn’t cater to the «best hits» crowd like KRTS did.
«Morning Edition» and «All Things Considered» are fabulous news magazines to keep you abreast of «real» news during your commute to and from work. Much of the rest of the programming features classical music. With the new HD digital radio streams, you can listen to classical music ²⁴⁄₇.
My favorites are:
— «The Engines of Our Ingenuity» hosted by Dr John Lienhard of the University of Houston: Part philosophy, part engineering, this short segment celebrates the creative process. It is played once in the AM and once in the PM.
— At noon, «Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin»: a brilliant exploration into the music of the last 500 years.
— At 3:00 PM, «The Front Row»: featuring the artists who are performing in Houston. I love this segment because I’m a part of the Houston music scene and I get to hear my friends on the radio.
— On Saturday mornings, «Car Talk»: the funniest thing on FM radio.
— At 7:00 Sunday morning, «With Heart and Voice»: a program of sacred choral and organ music that lifts the spirits of early risers like me.
— On Sunday afternoons, «Live from Festival Hill»: concerts from the Round Top Music Festival (please see my review of the International Festival Institute at Round Top).
…and there is so much more. Just have a brief look at their website. The site also features an outstanding fine arts calendar on which I can rely…