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Letter from the KBCS General Manager – January 2025

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January 17, 2025 - 4:04 pm

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.

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DJ Appreciation Post – Tom Voorhees alternating host of Bluegrass Ramble

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January 17, 2025 - 12:00 pm

Join us every other Sunday to enjoy Bluegrass Ramble at noon on 91.3 KBCS co-hosted by Tom Voorhees. Thank you, Tom for bringing bluegrass to public radio at KBCS and keeping the sound alive in the Seattle area. We asked Tom some questions to learn more about him and what motivates him to share his love of bluegrass with the greater Seattle community.

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KBCS 5am Feature: Passage of the Civil Rights Act

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January 16, 2025 - 9:00 pm

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

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KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:

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January 9, 2025 - 7:00 pm

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: Suspense –   The Mysterious Traveler – 

KBCS Feature Programs

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December 26, 2024 - 11:57 am

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. 

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KBCS DJ Appreciation: Braddah Gomes

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December 19, 2024 - 6:30 pm

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:

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