Letter from the KBCS General Manager – January 2025
Dear Friends and Loyal KBCS Supporters
I am writing this newsletter after completing and submitting our required annual audit for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Community Services Grant (CSG). The CPB, a key supporter of public broadcasting, oversees the audit process to ensure transparency and accountability. I am happy to report that this audit performed by an independent auditing firm confirms that we have ended our fifth year with another balanced budget and a healthy surplus to add to our emergency contingency fund. I will post this audit online on our homepage once the CPB completes its review and approval process. Our CSG grant from the CPB for this new year is estimated to be around $128,000.00, a substantial portion of our overall operating budget for our fifty-plus-year-old independent community radio station in the Pacific Northwest. (more…)
KBCS Retro Radio Theatre presents:
Coming to you, tonight Friday LATE NITE! on KBCS at 12 midnight, the KBCS Retro Radio Theatre presents listeners with classic radio theater dramas. This week’s episodes:
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Lights Out — Cat Wife – original air date 01.18.1943
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Casey, the Crime Photographer — Snowball – original airdate 08.25.1949
KBCS Retro Radio Theatre
KBCS 5am Feature: Passage of the Civil Rights Act
The KBCS Friday 5am Feature presents a special American Compassion episode: Taking the Reins and Passage of the Civil Rights Act.
In this episode we explore Lyndon Baines Johnson the man and the president with Pulitzer Prizing-winning biographer Robert Caro, we hear conversations between LBJ with Martin Luther King Jr. and we get a better understanding of the context and the consequences of this monumental moment in American history.
Connect to their website and episode at American Compassion online.
We have also included a segment from Civics 101 – Insurrection, Protest, Terrorism, Sedition, Coup
Tune in at 5am for the feature broadcast on 91.3FM KBCS HD-1 www.kbcs.fm
Wake up and Learn!
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KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:
Coming to you, tomorrow this Friday! on KBCS at 12 midnight, the KBCS Retro Radio Theatre presents listeners with classic radio theater dramas. This week’s episodes:
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Suspense –
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The Mysterious Traveler –
KBCS Retro Radio Theatre
Jimmy Carter In Memoriam: Profile in Peace
Thursday January 9th at 12noon on KBCS
12noon tomorrow KBCS will be pre-empt Open to Debate for a special Peace Talks Radio broadcast: Jimmy Carter In Memoriam: Profile in Peace
On this program, marking his recent passing at the age of 100 (12/29/24), we recall Former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy by hearing an exclusive interview PEACE TALKS RADIO host Paul Ingles did with him in 2002. Also, an extended conversation with Stu Eizenstat who was President Carter’s Chief Domestic Policy Adviser, and Executive Director of the White House Domestic Policy Staff during his presidency. In 2018, Eizenstat published the book JIMMY CARTER, THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS. Finally, you’ll also hear an excerpt from President Carter’s landmark 1979 Oval Office talk with the nation called “Crisis of Confidence.”
Join KBCS for this special broadcast honoring one of the US Presidents who achieved so much even beyond his presidency.
Thursday January 9th at 12noon on 91.3FM KBCS www.kbcs.fm
Jimmy Carter
KBCS Feature Programs
Wishing you well during these holiday and seasonal times. I hope you are able to share joyous, memorable, educational and inspirational times through the season. There are so many amazing people in our world and so much to know more about, share, learn and celebrate. Thank you for your support and listenership.
KBCS DJ Appreciation: Braddah Gomes
Braddah Gomes has been a long time volunteer to KBCS hosting 3rd Saturdays for the Hawai’i Radio Connection. He has been contributing to the KBCS broadcast and listening community for 33 years! KBCS really appreciates the support of Braddah Gomes and all our DJ Volunteers. Learn more about Braddah Gomes responding to some of the KBCS DJ Questionnaire:
KBCS DJ Appreciation: Michael Olsen
Michael Olsen aka DJ Mikey Oh brings an exciting range of sound selections for Freedom Sounds Fridays at 7pm. KBCS is excited to have these mix styles for your Friday night and appreciate DJ Mikey Oh’s contributions to the listening community. Be sure to tune in after Roots Rock + Soul evening mix at 7pm FRIDAYs for Freedom Sounds. Learn more about Michael with responses to the KBCS DJ Appreciation Questionnaire:
KBCS DJ Appreciation: Oneda Harris
Oneda Harris has been a long time volunteer to KBCS and hosts THE VAULT on Mondays at 9pm and alternating co-host with Winona Hollins-Hauge for Living the Blues Wednesdays 7pm and Gospel Highway Saturdays at 7am. Take time to listen in and hear a prolific program producer, audio enthusiast with an aficionado of music. Oneda has been a long time support and stalwart of producing for KBCS Broadcast. KBCS appreciates so much of the volunteer time spent to produce programs for broadcast.
KBCS thanks Oneda Harris for her dedication, skill and audio support to KBCS. Tune in TONIGHT for the latest episode of THE VAULT! Oneda hosts next Wednesday’s Living the Blues at 7pm for the holiday day, and next weekend, Saturday’s Gospel Highway at 7am. You can also take a listen to the last 2 weeks of archive audio on the program pages. And learn more about Oneda from responses to the KBCS DJ Appreciation Questionnaire:
How long have you been hosting your show?
3 years for the Vault; 20 years for both Gospel Highway and 13 years for Living the Blues
What song or album do you most identify with, which inspired your energy to be a DJ?
Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder because the content, poetry, production, and lyrics.
Your most recent concert:
Seattle Opera’s masterful production of Jubilee, which highlighted the fundraising efforts of the first university dedicated to the education of African Americans post civil war.
Recent Feature film or a Favorite film:
The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Written by one of the true mystery writers of the twentieth century. Dashiell Hammett who also wrote the Thin Man series and the Maltese Falcon.
Favorite recommended song or album for the evening:
Miles Davis’s recording of So What. It is a rapture of improvisational jazz.
Favorite recommended song or album for sunset:
The Essential Recordings of Lead Belly. It has his gut wrenching, heart pounding, blues guitar which he plays like a percussion instrument.
Favorite recommended song or album for the morning:
My favorite morning song is James Brown’s Think. It is recorded Live with the Fabulous Flames. It is R and B funk perfection.
Favorite recommended song or album for dawn:
The music soundtrack for the movie Diva, which borrows heavily from classical music and modern opera.
What album do you love or really enjoy that might surprise your listeners?
Led Zepplin’s Houses of the Holey. It imitates the music inspired by Robert Johnson and Lead Belly and honors both of these African American blues pioneers.
What album do you feel changed your life?
Herbie Hancock’s Watermelon Man. It introduced me to jazz as an original American art form.
Pen, typewriter, computer, device: -please elaborate why-
Pen, because as a part time playwright, a handwritten document is instantly verifiable as an original no plagiarized document. And a pen is easier to carry.
Favorite 21st Century read (book, poem, essay, writing):
Population by Elizabeth Stephens. Because of its dystopian and gothic horror landscapes.
Favorite piece of art:
The first lady portrait of Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald. It uses vibrant colors that accent the first lady’s skin tone by an artist that shares that same skin tone.
A favorite quote or song that keeps you going:
Ain’t No Stopping Us Now by McFadden and Whitehead. It’s both motivating and inspiring.
THANK YOU ONEDA! for all your support and time producing for KBCS! Thank you!
Oneda Harris
KBCS Retro Radio Theatre presents:
Coming to you this Friday! on KBCS at 12 midnight, the KBCS Retro Radio Theatre presents listeners with classic radio theater dramas:
SUSPENSE: ‘The Most Dangerous Game’
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THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER: ‘Out of the Past’