Artists in a Time of Monsters
September 5, 2020 - 12:41 am
Reverend Osagyefo Sekou is a Musician and Theologian in Residence at Seattle’s Valley and Mountain Fellowship. Reverend Sekou discusses art and its role in social movements.
Renton Street Poet
September 3, 2020 - 10:27 pm
KBCS’s Gol Hoghooghi met Garold Rainier, a poet on the street. Listen in on how he navigates life since the 2008 economic crash and a serious accident.
Black Collective Voice: Page Engage Events
August 12, 2020 - 8:59 pm
Black Collective Voice (BCV) is a group that started during the CHOP (Capitol Hill Occupied Protest), and continues with social actions today.
Importance of Community Radio in Hard Times
Dana Buckingham KBCS GM
August 7, 2020 - 4:41 pm
Back in the late 70’s I worked as the News Director at a small AM radio station in Oskaloosa Iowa. There was an older fellow that was a faithful listener and he called me at least once a week just to chat, share a corny joke or two, and tell me stories about his longtime career in radio. He started working in radio during the 1930s and had only recently retired. I loved listening to his stories about radio’s “Golden Age” and looked forward to his calls.
Thom Hartmann on ‘Walking Your Blues Away’
Commemoration of the Bombing of Hiroshima
August 6, 2020 - 8:19 am
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in estimates of over 200,000 deaths within months of the event. This was the first of two of the only nuclear weapons used on civilians in the world’s history.
Shirley Shimada’s family is from a fishing village outside of Hiroshima. She shares her family’s stories about how bewildered the Japanese people were with the impact of this new munition.
Low Tide
July 31, 2020 - 5:00 am
It’s a low tide weekend in the Seattle area. Check out the sea vegetation and sea life in the tidepools with Naturalist, Ed Dominguez at Meadowdale Beach Park in Edmonds, Washington.
A Black Gig Worker’s Experience
July 27, 2020 - 8:20 am
Working Washington and gig workers representing Instacart, DoorDash, Postmates, Grubhub, Uber Eats, Shipt, GoPuff, and Caviar held #AppBlackOut from July 24th through 26th. The action was to request gig workers and allies to log off of these apps for those days, as workers demanded these companies address policies and programs that can negatively impact BIPOC
KBCS Sustainability Campaign
KBCS sign with blossoms
July 10, 2020 - 2:20 pm
The KBCS Sustainability Campaign is underway. The goal of this campaign is to add 1,000 new monthly sustaining donors to the KBCS family of supporters over the next year (July 2020 – June 2021) and make the station financially sustainable.
The funding KBCS receives from individual donor-listeners make up the largest and most important portion of KBCS’s operating budget. It’s how we remain non-commercial and independent.
Thank You for Donating!
July 2, 2020 - 10:13 pm
-OR- If you prefer to mail in your contribution, our address is: 91.3 KBCS Radio3000 Landerholm Cir SEBelllevue, WA 98007