Portland Tribune: All Classical Radio celebrates 40 years: Its gift is a big new office at KOIN Tower

Portland Tribune
By Jason Vondersmith

The beauty of radio is that great music can come from anywhere. So, as is the case with All Classical Radio, why not broadcast from the center of all the action?

In likely July 2024, All Classical Radio, one of the top independent classical radio stations in the country, known as All Classical Portland before a recent branding change, will relocate to the KOIN Tower, 2225 S.W. Columbia St. It’ll be on the third floor with five studio and recording spaces, and a very large media arts center and community room. Blocks away are Keller Auditorium and Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Oregon Symphony’s home office and plenty of other Portland musical groups.

Suzanne Nance, president and CEO, beams with pride as she stands in the still-under-construction new home for All Classical Radio, donning a hard hat, a lot of enthusiasm and a big smile.

“This is a big deal,” she said — meaning it’s a big move and a big footprint at 15,000 square feet, where 28 employees will do their work, including 11 producers/on-air talent. At a time when media entities, stereotypically and in reality, downsize, All Classical Radio moves across the Willamette River from its location at the Hampton Opera Center on Southeast Caruthers Street and ponies up $10 million (thanks to a lot of donations) for a posh new space.

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