What FM station was his favorite?

[Bill Sikes]

I suppose NPR and KUSC were in heavy rotation. Any other Classical stations in LA area?

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Everyone says he listened to Classical on the AM but I remember the FM 105.1. FM always has the cleaner signal so you would logically think he would tune to the FM but did he have an FM radio?

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Buk used a very basic cheap radio, if what I've seen in pictures is representative of what he listened to. Certainly in the earlier days he used whatever he could lay his hands on, but I sense that he didn't really care about the loud guts; he probably just liked the symphonic form in the background to ground his thoughts in an unobtrusive way. Any radio can do that; AM or FM be damned.

Here's a picture of his desk (from this site; thanks, mjp) with what I see as his typical radio. Probably has AM/FM, but little more:

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[Gerard K H Love]

KUSC 91.5 is the station I've heard mentioned as Bukowski's station but in the 70s the best all classical music station was 105.1, in my opinion. If it really matters.

 

[Bill Sikes]

It looks like it still is...

K-Mozart HD2


http://player.streamtheworld.com/liveplayer.php?CALLSIGN=KGILAM1


Thanks!