KBCS Women’s History Month Programs
KBCS presents the following programs in our station schedule for Women’s History Month. Please tune in to hear these incredible programs celebrating, educating and inspiring listeners. There are many resources provided to KBCS broadcasts thanks to the support from listeners, like you! Please consider making a donation to KBCS at www.kbcs.fm/donate
Please check out the links to the programs to learn more about the stories, producers and studios providing these important programs. Please tune-in to some of our regularly scheduled programming representing women of today, sharing news, stories, struggles and celebrations!
WINGS: Women’s International News Gathering Service – Tuesdays at 5:30am just after This Way Out LGBTQ+ News at 5am
Rising Up with Sonali – Fridays 7am
Democracy Now – Daily (Mon to Fri) at 8am
Archive audio for most of the programs on KBCS can be found for a 2-week availability on the program pages at www.kbcs.fm/program
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MONDAY March 3rd –
New Letters On Air
Women’s History Month continues as we go to the archives to revisit Black Women Writers in History, a program that examines important African-American writers such as Phyllis Wheatley, Rita Dove, Margaret Walker and Gwendolyn Brooks
Making contact: Black Women History
While Black women have played a critical role in the development of the nation, their stories have been mostly overlooked. In the new book, A Black Womens History of the United States, historians Diana Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross honor the many significant contributions of Black women who have worked tirelessly to build this country and fight for social justice in the face of racism and sexism.
FRIDAY March 7th – 11pm
AFROPOP – Cesari Evora
The beloved, Grammy Award winning singer Cesaria Evora from Cape Verde passed away in 2011 at the age of 70. We celebrate Cesaria’s life and art with an encore of our 1995 recording of her magnificent New York City debut at the Bottom Line. Cesaria, known as the “Queen of the morna” is backed by her classy group featuring piano, acoustic bass guitar, cavaquinho and lead acoustic guitar. As a special bonus, two accomplished protégés of Cesaria’s – Fantcha and Mayra Andrade – pay their tribute with stories and songs inspired by one of the most influential and successful artists of the modern African era.
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MONDAY March 10th – 4am
WINGS: Suppressed History: https://wingsradio.org/wordpress/
WINGS contributor in Amsterdam Mindy Ran interviewed Max Dashu via zoom in March 2024, for Women’s History Month. Dashu explains how and why she started the Suppressed Histories Archive and explains some of the obstacles and complications in appropriately finding and interrogating the biases of various kind of sources. She notes how the technical demands and opportunities have arisen for the project over its 54 years, and her hopes for making the entire collection searchable and accessible.
What’s the Word: Women Warriors: https://www.mla.org/
From the Greek goddess Athena to the classic comic book character Zena and from Joan of Arc to GI Jane, history, mythology, and contemporary literature and film offer many images of women warriors. Susan Crane takes us back to the Middle Ages with a look at Joan of Arc and the transcripts of her trial for heresy; Shirley Geok-lin Lim talks about Maxine Hong Kingston’s book, The Woman Warrior; and Yvonne Tasker explores the portrayal of a female naval officer in Ridley Scott’s 1997 film, GI Jane.
FRIDAY March 14th – AfroPOP – Reconstructing Somalia
In this episode we take a rare look at Somalia’s formative, pre-civil war years (1960-90), which saw the birth of soomaalinimo – Somali patriotism. Our principal guide is Lidwien Kapteijns (Professor of History at Wellesley College) whose book Women’s Voices in a Man’s World focuses on popular songs of this hopeful era shaped the changing lives and status of women
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MONDAY March 17th – 4am
AUDACIOUS – Female Base Jumper and South Pole Explorer
On this episode of Audacious, meet wingsuit BASE jumper, Ellen Brennen Frat, and the first women to ski solo to the South Pole, Liv Arnesen
FRIDAY March 21st – 11pm
AFROPop – Women’s History Month: Fairuz, A Woman for all Seasons
Fairuz is the most popular living singer throughout the Arabic-speaking world and an artist with no real counterpart in Europe or the Americas.
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Monday March 24th
WINGS: Women’s Equality USA
WINGS contributor in Amsterdam Mindy Ran interviewed Max Dashu via zoom in March 2024, for Women’s History Month. Dashu explains how and why she started the Suppressed Histories Archive and explains some of the obstacles and complications in appropriately finding and interrogating the biases of various kind of sources. She notes how the technical demands and opportunities have arisen for the project over its 54 years, and her hopes for making the entire collection searchable and accessible.
Making contact: 70 Million – How Black Women Rightfully Taking Seats
Nearly one in two Black women in the US have a loved one who has been impacted by our prison system. Many become de facto civilian experts as a result. Some rise to lead as catalysts for change. And now, scores of Black women are joining the ranks”as officers of the court, police, and judges”to manage and advance a system that has had such an outsized impact on their lives. On today’s episode we look at the many ways Black women are leading the conversation around policy and reform within the criminal justice system.
FRIDAY March 28th – 11pm
AFROPop – Women’s History Month: Four Women of the West
In West Africa, women are on the cutting edge of musical and cultural progress. This program looks at four singer/composers with roots in tradition and unique ideas about how to keep them current in the fast-changing milieu of today’s African music.
Thank you
KBCS Women’s History Month 2025
DJ Appreciation Post – John Pai
John Pai has been one of our fantastic KBCS volunteer DJs for 34 years. He has previously hosted Round Midnight and currently hosts Giant Steps. Join us in thanking John for bringing a unique selection of Jazz to listeners like you around the world and to those listening on the radio in the greater Seattle area.
Celebrating Black History on KBCS:
KBCS presents the follow programs in our station schedule for Black History Month. Please tune in to hear these incredible programs to celebrate, educate, and inspire.
DJ Appreciation Post – Rus Thompson
Rus Thompson has been hosting Road Songs for 22 years and more recently Night Train. Here at KBCS, we would like to take a moment to thank Rus for bringing an eclectic blend of Americana and world music to our listeners in the greater Seattle radio community and around the world. Learn more from Russ in his own words!
KBCS Programs Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today on this observed day of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr, KBCS is presenting feature programs for our public affairs, information and educational programming from 4am to 1pm, with 2 special music programs for the evening Roots Rock + Soul.
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…)
DJ Appreciation Post – Tom Voorhees alternating host of Bluegrass Ramble
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. (more…)
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