Classical music accounts for almost 40 percent of public radio's broadcast hours.
In 1981, the station expanded its broadcast hours to 24 hours per day.
A total of 771 cumulative broadcast hours took place during the championship event, 70.3% shown live with the rest being tape-delayed.
Significant restrictions have been placed on the tournament's broadcast hours compared to other major championships.
During the summer of 1996, the station expanded its broadcast hours to 7:00 am-midday daily.
Also during the 1999-2000 school year, it expanded its live broadcast hours from 8am-7pm to 8am-12am.
But, in a broadcast several hours after the agency's report, the national television news did not mention the crash.
During the second half of the 1980s broadcast hours slowly expanded.
In January 2004, the station resumed its regular broadcast hours.
The broadcast hours is 17 hours a day, from 07:00 to midnight.