| Listen to classical music via your TV
NOTE: Cable access to the WHYY SAP channel is dropping as the cable operators move their systems to digital. The digital cable scheme does not necessarily provide for the SAP channel. If you have digital cable, check with your provider to find out if they carry the SAP channel.
WHYY now broadcasts classical music 24 hours a day, seven days a week
using advanced TV technology. This
new music service is carried on TV12's Second Audio Program (SAP)
channel, a feature found on most stereo television sets and VCRs sold
in the last 10 years.
To enjoy this new service, listeners will essentially turn
their TV sets into radios by tuning their televisions (or connected
videocassette recorders) to WHYY-TV12 and turning on the SAP
audio. (Here's how to do it)
WHYY's broadcasts CLASSICAL 24, a live 24-hour classical
music service hosted by eight of public radio's best classical
announcers. The program, produced by Public Radio International, is
heard on more than 300 stations.
Music selections are drawn from the heart of the Classical and
Romantic repertoires. The hosts carefully craft each broadcast,
illuminating the music they present with well-researched insightful
information, taking care that every program is accessible and
stimulating for novices and aficionados alike. Take a
look at the program schedules.
Of course, we encourage music fans to tune to classical
programming during the day on WRTI-FM (90.1) in addition to using this
new service from WHYY.
WHYY-TV now uses SAP several hours each week for Descriptive
Video Service, which provides descriptions of the action on TV
programs for the visually impaired, and for transmission of some
Delaware lottery results. Classical music will be preempted when the
channel is needed for these uses.
WHYY is planning an extensive campaign to educate the public
about the use of the SAP channel with messages broadcast on TV12 and
91FM. Controls for SAP vary with each brand of TV or VCR. On some, the
controls are accessed from the remote control on others via knobs on
the set. It is most commonly labeled "SAP," although it is also
referred to as "MTS," "Audio Mode," "Second Audio," or "Second
Language."
WHYY's engineering department recommends that consumers check
their instruction manuals if necessary to find out how to change the
settings.
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