Classical KDFC 90.3 FM live

Classical KDFC is the San Francisco Bay Area's classical music station. It broadcasts on 90.3 FM in San Francisco as part of the Classical California network and is owned by the University of Southern California. On this page you can listen to KDFC live online, free.

Classical music

KDFC plays classical music around the clock.

Bay Area partners

The station is affiliated with the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera.

The KDFC name

The call letters come from the founders of the original KDFC on 102.1 FM: Ed Davis, Herbert Florence and Bill Crocker.

History of 90.3

The 90.3 frequency has its own story. It was KCMA, then KUSF from 1973 — from 1963 until 2011, KUSF was a student-run station owned by the University of San Francisco, broadcasting from the basement of Phelan Hall on campus. It became KOSC in 2012 and took the KDFC call letters in 2017.

Sister station

KUSF College Radio is a sister station.

Classical, anywhere

Press play and KDFC starts in seconds — on the Bay Bridge, at work or far from California. The stream on this page carries the same music you hear on 90.3 FM.

Why listeners tune in

For Bay Area music lovers, KDFC is a calm companion — great music for work, study and the drive.

How to listen

You can hear KDFC on the radio on 90.3 FM across the Bay Area, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for a workday or a quiet evening, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find KDFC's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

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• Live stream, 24 hours a day
• Listen from anywhere
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