Programs
| Start Time | Program Name |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | The Around Town Show |
| 2:00am | Classical Mechanics |
| 4:00am | Beale St. Caravan |
| 5:00am | World Radio Network News |
| 6:00am | Democracy Now! |
| 7:00am | The Morning Blend |
| 8:00am | Democracy Now! |
| 9:00am | The Caravan |
| 12:00pm | Thom Hartmann Program |
| 3:00pm | Music + Ideas |
| 5:00pm | Democracy Now! (re-broadcast) |
| 6:00pm | Hard Knock Radio |
| 7:00pm | The Lounge Room |
| 9:00pm | Straight, No Chaser |
| 11:00pm | Giant Steps |
| Start Time | Program Name |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | Giant Steps (cont) |
| 1:00am | Slow Dive |
| 3:00am | UnderCurrents |
| 5:00am | World Radio Network News |
| 6:00am | Democracy Now! |
| 7:00am | The Morning Blend |
| 8:00am | Democracy Now! |
| 9:00am | The Caravan |
| 12:00pm | Thom Hartmann Program |
| 3:00pm | Music + Ideas |
| 5:00pm | Democracy Now! (re-broadcast) |
| 6:00pm | Hard Knock Radio |
| 7:00pm | Folksounds |
| 9:00pm | Road Songs |
| 11:00pm | Away from the Numbers |
| Start Time | Program Name |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | Away from the Numbers (cont) |
| 1:00am | Neon Interstate |
| 3:00am | UnderCurrents |
| 5:00am | World Radio Network News |
| 6:00am | Democracy Now! |
| 7:00am | The Morning Blend |
| 8:00am | Democracy Now! |
| 9:00am | The Caravan |
| 12:00pm | Thom Hartmann Program |
| 3:00pm | Music + Ideas |
| 5:00pm | Democracy Now! (re-broadcast) |
| 6:00pm | Hard Knock Radio |
| 7:00pm | Womanotes |
| 9:00pm | The Spice Route |
| 11:00pm | Soundtrack Extravaganza |
| Start Time | Program Name |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | Soundtrack Extravaganza (cont) |
| 1:00am | Insomnia Salon |
| 3:00am | UnderCurrents |
| 5:00am | World Radio Network News |
| 6:00am | Democracy Now! |
| 7:00am | The Morning Blend |
| 8:00am | Democracy Now! |
| 9:00am | The Caravan |
| 12:00pm | Thom Hartmann Program |
| 3:00pm | Music + Ideas |
| 5:00pm | Democracy Now! (re-broadcast) |
| 6:00pm | Hard Knock Radio |
| 7:00pm | Music of Africa |
| 9:00pm | The Reggae Party |
| 11:00pm | Ampbuzz |
| Start Time | Program Name |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | Ampbuzz (cont) |
| 1:00am | Sugar Free |
| 3:00am | UnderCurrents |
| 5:00am | World Radio Network News |
| 6:00am | Democracy Now! |
| 7:00am | The Morning Blend |
| 8:00am | Democracy Now! |
| 9:00am | The Caravan |
| 12:00pm | Thom Hartmann Program |
| 3:00pm | Music + Ideas |
| 5:00pm | Democracy Now! (re-broadcast) |
| 6:00pm | Hard Knock Radio |
| 7:00pm | Uncle Meghabhuti & Funkscribe Present |
| 9:00pm | City Soul |
| 11:00pm | Variations |
| Start Time | Program Name |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | Variations (cont) |
| 1:00am | Waveform Transmission |
| 3:00am | Overnight Groove |
| 5:00am | Musica de la Raza |
| 7:00am | Gospel Highway |
| 9:00am | Our Saturday Tradition |
| 12:00pm | Hawai`i Radio Connection |
| 2:00pm | Raizes |
| 4:00pm | ¡Sabor! |
| 6:00pm | A Lado Latino |
| 8:00pm | Living The Blues |
| 10:00pm | Zulu Radio |
| Start Time | Program Name |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | Rhymes With Rhythm |
| 2:00am | Recycled Music |
| 4:00am | Art Rock Confidential |
| 6:00am | Walkin’ the Floor |
| 9:00am | Sunday Folks |
| 12:00pm | Bluegrass Ramble |
| 3:00pm | Sunday’s Hornpipe |
| 6:00pm | Early Music Northwest |
| 7:00pm | The Grateful Dead Hour & Backtracks |
| 10:00pm | Flotation Device |
A Lado Latino
Saturdays 6-8pm
A lively fusion of Latin music, featuring Latin jazz, soul, rock, blues, mambo-jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz and Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
Ampbuzz
Thursdays 11pm-12am, Fridays 12-1am
An integrated mix of psychedelic rock, outsider folk, free and not-so-free jazz, and anything else that can be considered “out” but not necessarily “noise”.
Art Rock Confidential
Sundays 4-6am
The best in art rock from the 1960s to today, every Sunday, 4-6 am. Hosted by DJ Niko.
Away from the Numbers
Tuesdays 11pm-12am, Wednesdays 12-1am
Featuring punk and power pop from the 1970s to today, Away From The Numbers is high-energy, fast-paced, with melodic, rhythmic, and guitar hooks galore.
Beale St. Caravan
Mondays 4-5am
Beale Street Caravan is a one hour non-commercial radio series broadcasting live recordings of Memphis music and its derivative forms to an international audience of 2.4 million worldwide weekly listeners on over 400 stations around the globe.
Hosted by Pat Mitchell, each program presents seasoned veterans alongside up and coming artists recorded at festivals and [...]
Bellevue Patch
Bellevue.Patch.com provides comprehensive local coverage of the city. Featuring news and events, business listings, discussions, announcements, photos and videos.
Each week, Editor Venice Buhain shares the latest community news from the Bellevue, WA.
Bluegrass Ramble
Sundays 12-3pm
Three hours of soulful singin’ and hot pickin’, featuring the best of this classic American genre.
The Caravan
Weekdays 9am-12pm
A journey to the lesser-traveled corners of the musical world, featuring jazz and world rhythms.
Classical Mechanics
Mondays 2-4am
Host Spencer Lee explores music classical and art music of the 20th and 21st Century.
Crosscut.com
Mary Bruno, Editor-In-Chief at our partner non-profit online news source Crosscut.com, keeps you up-to-date on “News from the Great Near-by.”
Heard at 2:16pm on the Thom Hartmann Program and at 4:00pm on Music+Ideas, on Monday and Friday.
Democracy Now!
Weekdays 6-7am, 8-9am, 5-6pm
Democracy Now! is an international, independent, daily news hour, hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. By featuring a rich diversity of voices often ignored by the corporate media, Democracy Now! presents in-depth information, historical perspectives, and substantive public debate on the most pressing issues [...]
Earth Sky
Weekdays 7:36 a.m. during The Morning Blend and 12:33 p.m. on The Thom Hartmann Program
What’s happening in the sky tonight? Earth Sky has brought the words and insights of scientists to you since 1991, while enjoying the support and partnership of thousands of scientists and scientific [...]
Flotation Device
Sundays 10pm-12am
Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world.
Folksounds
Tuesdays 7-9pm
A blend of American folk, featuring fiddle tunes, dance music, contemporary songs, as well as a few acoustic surprises from other parts of the world.
Free Speech Radio News
FSRN is an independent broadcast news organization born in January 2000, and has expanded to over 200 journalists who report from 40 states within the U.S. and 57 countries around the world, including Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Argentina, Mexico and Nigeria.
Reports from FSRN can be heard weekdays on The Thom Hartmann [...]
Giant Steps
Mondays 11pm-12am, Tuesdays 12-1am
Jazz in classic and progressive forms and the music its inspired along the way, from groundbreaking Coltrane to underground turntablism.
Gospel Highway
Saturdays 7-9am
An early gospel start to your weekend featuring traditional quartets, vocal soloists, and contemporary artists.
The Grateful Dead Hour & Backtracks
Sundays 7-10pm
Two solid hours of The Dead, featuring the long-running Grateful Dead Hour with David Gans, followed by more rare tracks, interviews, vault tapes, and other gems.
Hard Knock Radio
Weekdays 6-7pm
Hard Knock Radio, out of KPFA Berkeley, is Pacifica Radio’s daily talk show for the Hip Hop generation. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson broadcast in-depth interviews and profiles with elected officials, community leaders, activists, authors, Hip Hop artists, and musicians with breaks and beats. HKR strives to be a voice for the [...]
Hawai`i Radio Connection
Saturdays 12-2pm
From the Islands of Aloha to Wakinekona, Hawai`i Radio Connection features two hours of the unique sounds that evoke a tropical island paradise for your ears.
From classic chants and traditional hula tunes, to sweet slack-key guitar, ukulele wizardry, hapa-haole harmonies, and popular Hawaiian hits of the past fifty-plus years of the Fiftieth State, join [...]
Homefront Chronicles
Leisa Goldberg and Rebecca Steinfeld are Co-Founders and Producers of Homefront Chronicles, a program that produces documentaries and personal narratives about American Family Life.
Using their combined backgrounds of theater, education, project management and production, they developed Homefront Chronicles to connect and entertain audiences with funny and moving stories.
For more information on their stories [...]
Isla Earth
Weekdays 7:15 a.m. during The Morning Blend
The Isla Earth team of science writers and editors scour the planet for breaking news about the issues most critical to the health and well-being of this island we call Earth, covering stories from Antelopes to the near-extinction of the Zuber. Isla [...]
Jim Hightower Radio
Weekdays 7:50 a.m. during The Morning Blend and at 2:04 p.m. on The Thom Hartmann Program
National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow, Jim Hightower Radio has spent [...]
The Movie Review with Rus Thompson
Wednesdays 1:16 on The Thom Hartmann Program, Thursdays 7:30 a.m. during The Morning Blend and 3:20 p.m. during Music + Ideas
Rustin Thompson has reviewed films for KBCS for more than 10 years. He is also an independent filmmaker with [...]
Labor Neighbor Radio
Wednesdays 7:30 a.m. during The Morning Blend and Thursdays on Music + Ideas
Labor Neighbor Radio was formed by members of unions within the Washington State Labor Council to inform listeners of labor issues and news that often are not available through the mainstream media. [...]
Logic Amen Commentary
Mondays and Fridays 6:55 p.m. during Hard Knock Radio
Logic Amen is an educator, artist, and activist. He is a graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in English Literature. Logic is active in the hip-hop community with several albums and writings soon to be [...]
The Lounge Room
Mondays 7-9pm
Lush, dreamy arrangements of pop and vocal jazz standards to swing, big band, and classic jazz.
The Morning Blend
Weekdays 7-8am
The Morning Blend features a mix of local and national news and perspectives, as well as fresh new music locally and globally. Hosted by community members, it is a morning world of music and ideas. Start your day off right with The Morning Blend.
Music + Ideas
Weekdays 3-5pm
Just like it suggests, M+I connects you with important local, national and international information, wrapped in a succulent blend of R&B and groove-based music.
Features from Labor Neighbor Radio, Crosscut.com, and Homefront Chronicles connect you to local communities, while segments from National [...]
Music of Africa
Thursdays 7-9pm
A weekly survey of African popular music, including soukous, highlife, juju, benga, and more.
Musica de la Raza
Saturdays 5-7am
Traditional Mexican regional music, including Trova Yucateca, son jarocho, huapango, and banda from Veracruz, Yucatan, and other regions of Mexico. Also featuring traditional Mexican-American musical genres such as urban West Coast Chicano soul, rock, and R&B.
National Native News
Weekdays 4:40 p.m. during Music + Ideas
Since 1987, National Native News has provided Native and non-Native radio listeners with a regular, timely, and balanced source of news about Native issues. National Native News covers the social, economic, and cultural issues that affect every community, and helps listeners understand [...]
Neon Interstate
Wednesdays 1-3am
Celebrating American sounds from Nashville to L.A. and all points in between, paying homage to artists who swerve outside the strict defining lines of folk, country, and rock.
Our Saturday Tradition
Saturdays 9am-12pm
An eclectic blend of both traditional and contemporary Americana, including folk, bluegrass, and old-time music.
Rainier Valley Post
The Rainier Valley Post is Southeast Seattle’s only independent daily source for news, information, discussion and community building.
Every week, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Amber Campbell, shares the latest community news and information from south of Jackson St.
Raizes
Saturdays 2-4pm
‘Roots’ in Portuguese, Raízes takes you on a panoramic exploration into the music and culture of Brazil, from the folkloric rural roots to the urban contemporary rhythms, from Bossa to Samba with stops around and in between.
Recycled Music
Sundays 2-4am
Recycled Music: travelling across time, space, and musical genre – Recycled Music is all about one thing: Cover Tunes.
Every week, you get all the music you love, just not the way you remember hearing it.
Pretty much anything can happen when DJ ChairmanMoe is at the microphone, so if you’re willing to risk a little [...]
The Reggae Party
Thursdays 9-11pm
Exploring the borders of reggae and territory in between, including roots, dance hall, dub, rocksteady, and ska.
Restless Nest Commentary
Tuesdays on The Morning Blend
Restless Nest Commentary is what KBCS commentator Ann Hedreen calls the phase she’s currently in: restless in a mostly good way, now that her kids are in college. Restless Nest is a conversation about where all of us, restless or not, find meaning—through politics, [...]
Road Songs
Tuesdays 9-11pm
A journey down the highways of alternative country and folk, classic country, and country rock.
¡Sabor!
Saturdays 4-6pm
A weekly tour of contemporary and traditional Latin music from all parts of the globe.
Slow Dive
Tuesdays 1-3am
Slow Dive radio is an eclectic mix of obscure 70′s & 80′s music with experimental, metal, hard rock, post rock, electronic, goth, punk and recent Alternative music from the Northwest and from all over the world!
Soundtrack Extravaganza
Wednesdays 11pm-12am, Thursdays 12-1am
Soundtracks from motion pictures both past and present, as well as television series, game shows, documentaries, and a few other surprising places.
The Spice Route
Wednesdays 9-11pm
An exploration of the immense variety of music coming from South Asia, ranging from the classical and folk traditions of Zakir Hussein and Ravi Shankar, to Bollywood film music and modern experimental sounds.
Straight, No Chaser
Mondays 9-11pm
From bebop to hard-bop to the avant-garde, jazz, unfiltered and undiluted, jazz that burns or tingles the ears like a shot of whiskey does the throat.
Sugar Free
Fridays 1-3am
A sugar-free music jam packed with fresh, raw and experimental indie rock songs from local talents and indie rock groups from around the world.
Sunday’s Hornpipe
Sundays 3-6pm
You’ll hear Hornpipes, Reels and Jigs, even a few waltzes and plenty of songs from today’s finest traditional Celtic players. Catch up on coming to town artists, new recordings and some good stories and laughs. Requests always welcome. Djs Mary Kelly, Devon Leger, Bob Dixon and Kevin O’Connor play the music for 3 hours every [...]
Thom Hartmann Program
Weekdays 12-3pm
“America’s #1 Progressive Radio Show,” The Thom Hartmann Program is heard nationwide by 2.75 million listeners. The author, former therapist, entrepreneur, and political commentator explores a daily mix of current topics and connects with callers nationwide. Regular guests on the program include Senator Bernie Sanders, Washington correspondents Ellen Ratner and Victoria Jones.
The Thom [...]
Uncle Meghabhuti & Funkscribe Present
Fridays 7-9pm
Exploring through the world of soul and funk in all its forms.
UnderCurrents
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 3-5am
Rock, Blues, Folk, Native, Americana, Funk, Electronica, Reggae, World, Dub, Roots and Alternative.
UnderCurrents is intelligent, fun and easygoing—diving deep to reveal your past and future favorites.
UnderCurrents is mixed by longtime radio producer Gregg McVicar (Tlingit) and distributed by Native Voice One, the Native American Radio Service.
Playlists available at UndercurrentsRadio.net
Variations
Fridays 11pm-12am, Saturdays 12-1am
Delves into the continually prolific electronic music community from local to the global. Occasional studio interviews, live guests plus new, classic, and found creations. Genres extend through dubstep, jungle/dnb, house, electro, minimal, IDM, bonkin’, crunkin’, and circuit bending! Even YOUR talent may be featured sometime!
Walkin’ the Floor
Sundays 6-9am
Twang when the roosters crow, waking you with twin fiddles, steel guitars, and honky tonk stars.
Womanotes
Wednesdays 7-9pm
From Bessie Smith to Bjork and everything in between, the voices of women singers and musicians from across the years and around the globe.
Workers Independent News Service
Weekdays at 7:01 a.m. during The Morning Blend and at 2:01 p.m. on The Thom Hartmann Program
Workers Independent News Service producers gather news from labor unions and activists across the country. Their producers and reporters come from a diverse background encompassing all fields of media journalism, from [...]
Zulu Radio
Saturdays 10pm-12am
Straight from the Seattle chapter of the Universal Zulu Nation, Zulu Radio is an outlet for up-and-coming independent Hip Hop artists, both locally and worldwide.
Zulu Radio aims to spread awareness of Hip Hop not only as a cultural movement, but as [...]
Americana
Beale St. Caravan
Mondays 4-5am
Beale Street Caravan is a one hour non-commercial radio series broadcasting live recordings of Memphis music and its derivative forms to an international audience of 2.4 million worldwide weekly listeners on over 400 stations around the globe.
Hosted by Pat Mitchell, each program presents seasoned veterans alongside up and coming artists recorded at festivals and [...]
Bluegrass Ramble
Sundays 12-3pm
Three hours of soulful singin’ and hot pickin’, featuring the best of this classic American genre.
Folksounds
Tuesdays 7-9pm
A blend of American folk, featuring fiddle tunes, dance music, contemporary songs, as well as a few acoustic surprises from other parts of the world.
Gospel Highway
Saturdays 7-9am
An early gospel start to your weekend featuring traditional quartets, vocal soloists, and contemporary artists.
Neon Interstate
Wednesdays 1-3am
Celebrating American sounds from Nashville to L.A. and all points in between, paying homage to artists who swerve outside the strict defining lines of folk, country, and rock.
Our Saturday Tradition
Saturdays 9am-12pm
An eclectic blend of both traditional and contemporary Americana, including folk, bluegrass, and old-time music.
Road Songs
Tuesdays 9-11pm
A journey down the highways of alternative country and folk, classic country, and country rock.
Walkin’ the Floor
Sundays 6-9am
Twang when the roosters crow, waking you with twin fiddles, steel guitars, and honky tonk stars.
Global
A Lado Latino
Saturdays 6-8pm
A lively fusion of Latin music, featuring Latin jazz, soul, rock, blues, mambo-jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz and Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
The Caravan
Weekdays 9am-12pm
A journey to the lesser-traveled corners of the musical world, featuring jazz and world rhythms.
Hawai`i Radio Connection
Saturdays 12-2pm
From the Islands of Aloha to Wakinekona, Hawai`i Radio Connection features two hours of the unique sounds that evoke a tropical island paradise for your ears.
From classic chants and traditional hula tunes, to sweet slack-key guitar, ukulele wizardry, hapa-haole harmonies, and popular Hawaiian hits of the past fifty-plus years of the Fiftieth State, join [...]
Music of Africa
Thursdays 7-9pm
A weekly survey of African popular music, including soukous, highlife, juju, benga, and more.
Musica de la Raza
Saturdays 5-7am
Traditional Mexican regional music, including Trova Yucateca, son jarocho, huapango, and banda from Veracruz, Yucatan, and other regions of Mexico. Also featuring traditional Mexican-American musical genres such as urban West Coast Chicano soul, rock, and R&B.
Raizes
Saturdays 2-4pm
‘Roots’ in Portuguese, Raízes takes you on a panoramic exploration into the music and culture of Brazil, from the folkloric rural roots to the urban contemporary rhythms, from Bossa to Samba with stops around and in between.
The Reggae Party
Thursdays 9-11pm
Exploring the borders of reggae and territory in between, including roots, dance hall, dub, rocksteady, and ska.
¡Sabor!
Saturdays 4-6pm
A weekly tour of contemporary and traditional Latin music from all parts of the globe.
Soundtrack Extravaganza
Wednesdays 11pm-12am, Thursdays 12-1am
Soundtracks from motion pictures both past and present, as well as television series, game shows, documentaries, and a few other surprising places.
The Spice Route
Wednesdays 9-11pm
An exploration of the immense variety of music coming from South Asia, ranging from the classical and folk traditions of Zakir Hussein and Ravi Shankar, to Bollywood film music and modern experimental sounds.
Sunday’s Hornpipe
Sundays 3-6pm
You’ll hear Hornpipes, Reels and Jigs, even a few waltzes and plenty of songs from today’s finest traditional Celtic players. Catch up on coming to town artists, new recordings and some good stories and laughs. Requests always welcome. Djs Mary Kelly, Devon Leger, Bob Dixon and Kevin O’Connor play the music for 3 hours every [...]
Jazz
The Caravan
Weekdays 9am-12pm
A journey to the lesser-traveled corners of the musical world, featuring jazz and world rhythms.
Flotation Device
Sundays 10pm-12am
Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world.
Giant Steps
Mondays 11pm-12am, Tuesdays 12-1am
Jazz in classic and progressive forms and the music its inspired along the way, from groundbreaking Coltrane to underground turntablism.
The Lounge Room
Mondays 7-9pm
Lush, dreamy arrangements of pop and vocal jazz standards to swing, big band, and classic jazz.
Straight, No Chaser
Mondays 9-11pm
From bebop to hard-bop to the avant-garde, jazz, unfiltered and undiluted, jazz that burns or tingles the ears like a shot of whiskey does the throat.
Rock, Soul, Hip Hop & Electronica
Art Rock Confidential
Sundays 4-6am
The best in art rock from the 1960s to today, every Sunday, 4-6 am. Hosted by DJ Niko.
Away from the Numbers
Tuesdays 11pm-12am, Wednesdays 12-1am
Featuring punk and power pop from the 1970s to today, Away From The Numbers is high-energy, fast-paced, with melodic, rhythmic, and guitar hooks galore.
Recycled Music
Sundays 2-4am
Recycled Music: travelling across time, space, and musical genre – Recycled Music is all about one thing: Cover Tunes.
Every week, you get all the music you love, just not the way you remember hearing it.
Pretty much anything can happen when DJ ChairmanMoe is at the microphone, so if you’re willing to risk a little [...]
Slow Dive
Tuesdays 1-3am
Slow Dive radio is an eclectic mix of obscure 70′s & 80′s music with experimental, metal, hard rock, post rock, electronic, goth, punk and recent Alternative music from the Northwest and from all over the world!
Sugar Free
Fridays 1-3am
A sugar-free music jam packed with fresh, raw and experimental indie rock songs from local talents and indie rock groups from around the world.
Uncle Meghabhuti & Funkscribe Present
Fridays 7-9pm
Exploring through the world of soul and funk in all its forms.
Variations
Fridays 11pm-12am, Saturdays 12-1am
Delves into the continually prolific electronic music community from local to the global. Occasional studio interviews, live guests plus new, classic, and found creations. Genres extend through dubstep, jungle/dnb, house, electro, minimal, IDM, bonkin’, crunkin’, and circuit bending! Even YOUR talent may be featured sometime!
Zulu Radio
Saturdays 10pm-12am
Straight from the Seattle chapter of the Universal Zulu Nation, Zulu Radio is an outlet for up-and-coming independent Hip Hop artists, both locally and worldwide.
Zulu Radio aims to spread awareness of Hip Hop not only as a cultural movement, but as [...]
Variety
Ampbuzz
Thursdays 11pm-12am, Fridays 12-1am
An integrated mix of psychedelic rock, outsider folk, free and not-so-free jazz, and anything else that can be considered “out” but not necessarily “noise”.
The Caravan
Weekdays 9am-12pm
A journey to the lesser-traveled corners of the musical world, featuring jazz and world rhythms.
Classical Mechanics
Mondays 2-4am
Host Spencer Lee explores music classical and art music of the 20th and 21st Century.
UnderCurrents
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 3-5am
Rock, Blues, Folk, Native, Americana, Funk, Electronica, Reggae, World, Dub, Roots and Alternative.
UnderCurrents is intelligent, fun and easygoing—diving deep to reveal your past and future favorites.
UnderCurrents is mixed by longtime radio producer Gregg McVicar (Tlingit) and distributed by Native Voice One, the Native American Radio Service.
Playlists available at UndercurrentsRadio.net
Womanotes
Wednesdays 7-9pm
From Bessie Smith to Bjork and everything in between, the voices of women singers and musicians from across the years and around the globe.
Bellevue Patch
Bellevue.Patch.com provides comprehensive local coverage of the city. Featuring news and events, business listings, discussions, announcements, photos and videos.
Each week, Editor Venice Buhain shares the latest community news from the Bellevue, WA.
Crosscut.com
Mary Bruno, Editor-In-Chief at our partner non-profit online news source Crosscut.com, keeps you up-to-date on “News from the Great Near-by.”
Heard at 2:16pm on the Thom Hartmann Program and at 4:00pm on Music+Ideas, on Monday and Friday.
Democracy Now!
Weekdays 6-7am, 8-9am, 5-6pm
Democracy Now! is an international, independent, daily news hour, hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. By featuring a rich diversity of voices often ignored by the corporate media, Democracy Now! presents in-depth information, historical perspectives, and substantive public debate on the most pressing issues [...]
Earth Sky
Weekdays 7:36 a.m. during The Morning Blend and 12:33 p.m. on The Thom Hartmann Program
What’s happening in the sky tonight? Earth Sky has brought the words and insights of scientists to you since 1991, while enjoying the support and partnership of thousands of scientists and scientific [...]
Free Speech Radio News
FSRN is an independent broadcast news organization born in January 2000, and has expanded to over 200 journalists who report from 40 states within the U.S. and 57 countries around the world, including Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Argentina, Mexico and Nigeria.
Reports from FSRN can be heard weekdays on The Thom Hartmann [...]
Hard Knock Radio
Weekdays 6-7pm
Hard Knock Radio, out of KPFA Berkeley, is Pacifica Radio’s daily talk show for the Hip Hop generation. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson broadcast in-depth interviews and profiles with elected officials, community leaders, activists, authors, Hip Hop artists, and musicians with breaks and beats. HKR strives to be a voice for the [...]
Homefront Chronicles
Leisa Goldberg and Rebecca Steinfeld are Co-Founders and Producers of Homefront Chronicles, a program that produces documentaries and personal narratives about American Family Life.
Using their combined backgrounds of theater, education, project management and production, they developed Homefront Chronicles to connect and entertain audiences with funny and moving stories.
For more information on their stories [...]
Isla Earth
Weekdays 7:15 a.m. during The Morning Blend
The Isla Earth team of science writers and editors scour the planet for breaking news about the issues most critical to the health and well-being of this island we call Earth, covering stories from Antelopes to the near-extinction of the Zuber. Isla [...]
Jim Hightower Radio
Weekdays 7:50 a.m. during The Morning Blend and at 2:04 p.m. on The Thom Hartmann Program
National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow, Jim Hightower Radio has spent [...]
The Movie Review with Rus Thompson
Wednesdays 1:16 on The Thom Hartmann Program, Thursdays 7:30 a.m. during The Morning Blend and 3:20 p.m. during Music + Ideas
Rustin Thompson has reviewed films for KBCS for more than 10 years. He is also an independent filmmaker with [...]
Labor Neighbor Radio
Wednesdays 7:30 a.m. during The Morning Blend and Thursdays on Music + Ideas
Labor Neighbor Radio was formed by members of unions within the Washington State Labor Council to inform listeners of labor issues and news that often are not available through the mainstream media. [...]
Logic Amen Commentary
Mondays and Fridays 6:55 p.m. during Hard Knock Radio
Logic Amen is an educator, artist, and activist. He is a graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in English Literature. Logic is active in the hip-hop community with several albums and writings soon to be [...]
The Morning Blend
Weekdays 7-8am
The Morning Blend features a mix of local and national news and perspectives, as well as fresh new music locally and globally. Hosted by community members, it is a morning world of music and ideas. Start your day off right with The Morning Blend.
Music + Ideas
Weekdays 3-5pm
Just like it suggests, M+I connects you with important local, national and international information, wrapped in a succulent blend of R&B and groove-based music.
Features from Labor Neighbor Radio, Crosscut.com, and Homefront Chronicles connect you to local communities, while segments from National [...]
National Native News
Weekdays 4:40 p.m. during Music + Ideas
Since 1987, National Native News has provided Native and non-Native radio listeners with a regular, timely, and balanced source of news about Native issues. National Native News covers the social, economic, and cultural issues that affect every community, and helps listeners understand [...]
Rainier Valley Post
The Rainier Valley Post is Southeast Seattle’s only independent daily source for news, information, discussion and community building.
Every week, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Amber Campbell, shares the latest community news and information from south of Jackson St.
Restless Nest Commentary
Tuesdays on The Morning Blend
Restless Nest Commentary is what KBCS commentator Ann Hedreen calls the phase she’s currently in: restless in a mostly good way, now that her kids are in college. Restless Nest is a conversation about where all of us, restless or not, find meaning—through politics, [...]
Thom Hartmann Program
Weekdays 12-3pm
“America’s #1 Progressive Radio Show,” The Thom Hartmann Program is heard nationwide by 2.75 million listeners. The author, former therapist, entrepreneur, and political commentator explores a daily mix of current topics and connects with callers nationwide. Regular guests on the program include Senator Bernie Sanders, Washington correspondents Ellen Ratner and Victoria Jones.
The Thom [...]
Workers Independent News Service
Weekdays at 7:01 a.m. during The Morning Blend and at 2:01 p.m. on The Thom Hartmann Program
Workers Independent News Service producers gather news from labor unions and activists across the country. Their producers and reporters come from a diverse background encompassing all fields of media journalism, from [...]
