Classical 887

Classical 887

Check what's playing on WRHV 88.7 FM (Classical WMHT) — the classical music station in the Hudson Valley. Queries the NPR Composer API for real-time playlist data and provides clickable links to listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, IMSLP, IDAGIO, Internet Archive, and Musopen.

When to Use

• Checking what's playing right now on 88.7
• Getting recent tracks with links to listen again
• Building a Markdown playlist report
• Finding a specific piece heard on the radio
• Creating Spotify playlists from radio tracks
• Renaming Spotify playlists
• Auditing owned Spotify playlists (list, search, sort)
• Cleaning up accumulated Spotify playlists (safe bulk removal)
• Exporting playlist track data to JSON before cleanup
• Reviewing playlist operation history

Prerequisites

• requests Python package (uv pip install --system requests)
• No API key required — uses NPR's public Composer API
• Spotify integration (optional): spotipy package (uv pip install --system spotipy) + Spotify Developer App credentials

Usage

# What's playing right now (default)
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py

# Last 10 tracks
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --recent 10

# Today's full playlist (pages through all tracks for today)
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --period today

# Last week as Markdown report
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --period week --markdown ~/Desktop/classical-week.md

# Last month as Markdown report
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --period month --markdown ~/Desktop/classical-month.md

# Specific date (Valentine's Day)
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --date 2026-02-14

# Search for a composer across a date range
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --period week --search bach

# Full performer details (album, label, catalog number)
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --recent 5 --verbose

# Raw JSON output
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --now --json

# Create Spotify playlist from today's tracks
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --period today --spotify-playlist

# Add yesterday's tracks to the persistent playlist
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --period yesterday --spotify-playlist

# Custom playlist name from a specific date
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --date 2026-02-14 --spotify-playlist "Valentine's Classical"

# Last week's Bach on Spotify
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --period week --search bach --spotify-playlist "Bach on 88.7"

# Rename the default playlist
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --spotify-rename "Hudson Valley Classical"

# Rename a specific playlist with a new description
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --spotify-playlist "Bach on 88.7" --spotify-rename "Bach Collection" --spotify-description "Curated Bach from WRHV 88.7 FM"

# View playlist operation log as Markdown
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --spotify-log-report

# Audit all owned Spotify playlists
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --spotify-audit

# Audit with search filter and sort by track count
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --spotify-audit --search "Rediscover*" --sort tracks

# Dry run cleanup (preview only, no deletion)
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --spotify-cleanup "Rediscover*"

# Execute cleanup with safety cap
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --spotify-cleanup "Rediscover*" --confirm --max 10

# Export playlist tracks to JSON before cleanup
python3 ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/scripts/classical_887.py --spotify-export ~/Desktop/exports --search "Rediscover*"

Parameters

Output

Default shows: composer, piece, performers, duration, and listen links (YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, IMSLP, IDAGIO, Internet Archive, Musopen).

Markdown report includes: now-playing header, recent tracks table with 7 platform links, and a composer index.

Playlist Log

Every --spotify-playlist operation automatically appends a JSONL entry to ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/playlist-log.jsonl. Each entry records:

• Date and action (created/appended)
• Playlist name and Spotify URL
• Tracks added (composer, piece, performers, duration, Spotify URI)
• Tracks not found on Spotify
• Total counts (matched/unmatched)

View the log as a Markdown report with --spotify-log-report. The log file is append-only and can be queried with standard jq commands:

# Count total operations
wc -l ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/playlist-log.jsonl

# Show all playlist names used
cat ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/playlist-log.jsonl | jq -r '.playlist_name' | sort -u

# Total tracks matched across all operations
cat ~/.claude/skills/classical-887/playlist-log.jsonl | jq '.matched_count' | paste -sd+ | bc

Data Source

NPR Composer API (api.composer.nprstations.org/v1/widget/), which powers the WMHT playlist widget at classicalwmht.org/playlist.

Full API documentation: references/api-reference.md

Station Info

WRHV 88.7 FM (Poughkeepsie, NY), simulcast of WMHT-FM 89.1 (Schenectady). Full station details in references/api-reference.md.

• Stream: wmht.org/classical
• Playlist: classicalwmht.org/playlist

Fallback

If the NPR Composer API is unavailable:

# Check the playlist page directly
firecrawl scrape "https://classicalwmht.org/playlist" --only-main-content

Reference Documentation

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