KBCS DJ Appreciation: Tracy Yang
Program and airtime: K-Wave, Fridays @ 9pm
KBCS is excited for Tracy Yang to bring K-Pop and this fresh sound to the KBCS airwaves and listening community. Tracy shares more with our DJ KBCS Questionnaire
THANK YOU, TRACY!
How long have you been hosting your show?
I have been hosting K-Wave since March 2024, so about 9 months. I have so much fun sharing my love of K-Pop with KBCS listeners!
What song or album do you most identify with, which inspired your energy to be a DJ?
Hmm….currently, I am loving Babymonster’s 1st full length album, Drip. Babymonster also serves as K-Wave’s opening background track. J I like to play music that makes people want to get up and dance or feel happy and I always want to dance whenever I hear Babymonster!
Your most recent concert:
I just saw Usher at the Climate Pledge Arena! It was a SPECTACULAR show! I have a wish list full of artists that I want to see live in concert and Usher was on that list. So glad I had the opportunity to check that off my list!
Recent Feature film or a Favorite film:
My favorite movie of all time is Sleepless in Seattle. I know, I know. Super cliché, but hey, it ended up bringing me to the area!
Favorite recommended song or album for the evening:
D.O.’s 3rd Mini Album “Blossom” – you will especially love it if you’re an acoustic music junkie like me or you want a nice chill evening.
If you’re in the mood for something upbeat or want something to hype you up before you head out for a fun evening – Karina’s (aespa) solo track “UP.”
Favorite recommended song or album for sunset:
DAY6 – You Were Beautiful – A heartbreaking power ballad that is a K-Pop classic.
Favorite recommended song or album for the morning:
Young K’s “Bungee Jumping” if you want something light and mid-tempo. Or, if you’re like me and you like dancing the moment you get out of bed, NCT Dream’s “Hello Future.”
Favorite recommended song or album for dawn:
Bang Yedam’s 2nd Mini Album “Good Vibes” – I mean, ‘nuff said. The title of the album says it all!
What album do you love or really enjoy that might surprise your listeners?
Prince’s 1988 album “Lovesexy.” Yep, I’m a Prince fan! I’m from the Twin Cities area though so, this should come as no surprise. Something I really miss about living in the Twin Cities is hearing Prince’s music wherever I went.
What album do you feel changed your life?
S.E.S’s 2nd Album “Dreams Come True.” If I never heard that song or that album, I don’t think I would have become a K-Pop fan.
Pen, typewriter, computer, device: My phone! I can do nearly everything on it, and I must have it on me at all times.
Favorite 21st Century read (book, poem, essay, writing):
“The Latehomecomer” by Kao Kalia Yang – As a first-generation Hmong American, this book was very impactful for me. Reading it played a big part in why I decided to return to school to finish my undergraduate degree. If you like books about culture or want to learn more about the Hmong, I highly recommend reading this book.
Favorite piece of art:
Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker.” The beauty and sophistication in its simplicity is like none other to me.
A favorite quote or song that keeps you going:
“Good things take time; better things take a little longer.” – Sanhita Baruah
I love this quote. I have it on a post-it note next to my computer. I’m not the most patient person so seeing that quote reminds me to practice patience.
Tracy Yang
BAS Digital Marketing Student
Bellevue College // Class of ‘24
Thanks TRACY!
Tracy Yang
KBCS DJ Appreciation: Larry Lewin
Larry Lewin has been one of the longest running KBCS DJ Volunteers, even though retired from regular weekly hosting, Larry fills-in for Our Saturday Tradition for every 5th weekend and deserves special KBCS DJ Appreciation.
Prior to being a volunteer KBCS DJ, he was a listener for several years. He has been a regular volunteer DJ for 34 years and began in 1988 on a show called Risin’ Of the Sun, which he started and named. It aired from 5:00 AM to 8:00 AM every Saturday. After 15 months, he received a slot hosting two shows per month on Our Saturday Tradition. He also substituted other folk shows, including Lunch With Folks, Folksounds, The Outskirts, Sunday’s Hornpipe, Walkin’ the Floor and Bluegrass Ramble. He retired as a regular host in 2022. Since then Larry has hosted the fifth Saturday shows on Our Saturday Tradition. Tune In this holiday weekend November 30th, to catch Larry hosting Our Saturday Tradition!
Larry Lewin describes his concept of folk music consists of the following six sub-genres with a favorite example from each sub-genre.
The format for the examples are listed: Artist / Song / Album
1. Contemporary Folk: Nanci Griffith / Let It Shine On Me / Lone Star State Of Mind (1987)
2. Traditional Folk: Doc and Merle Watson / Make Me A Pallet / Memories (1975)
3. Celtic: Tommy Sands With Moya And Finionan (His Children) / Young Man’s Dream / Let the Circle Be Wide (2009)
4. Country: Joe Ely / Circumstance / Satisfied At Last (2011)
5. Blues: Mike Dowling / Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me / Swamp Dog Blues (2000)
6. Bluegrass: Shearwater / The Letter / Shearwater (2008)
KBCS is very appreciative of Larry Lewin’s long-time contribution to the broadcasts on listener-supported community radio and the contributions he has made to the folk music community.
THANK YOU LARRY!
Larry Lewin
KBCS DJ Appreciation: Winona Hollins-Hauge
With this season of gratitude, it is imperative for KBCS to try and share thanks and appreciation to our many DJ Volunteers. Throughout the next few weeks and into the new year, KBCS is going to bring weekly posts to the community giving focused attention to one of our many DJ Volunteers.
Thank you so much for your support to these DJs and to 91.3FM KBCS HD-1, listener supported community radio since 1973 a public service of Bellevue College.
We present today a dedicated individual to the inspirational power of music, Winona Hollins-Hauge.
Winona Hollins-Hauge’s secret talent is being an On-Air DJ for Living the Blues and Gospel Highway on Bellevue College’s radio station 91.3FM KBCS HD-1
For over 20 years Winona Hollins-Hauge and her friend Oneda Harris rotate as KBCS DJ volunteer co-hosts of Wednesday night’s, Living the Blues and Saturday mornings Gospel Highway.
Living the Blues celebrates its 13th Anniversary this year and Gospel Highway is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. Congratulations!
The interest in sharing music to more people through radio began after she was recruited to be the Manager for Clinical Trials and Outreach at the Fred Hutchinson Center to bring in people of color and marginalized patients with chronic health conditions like sickle cell anemia and other diseases requiring high-cost care. Hollins-Hauge’s office was filled with bright colors and a low volume of inspirational music. Later as a private practice therapist and consultant, during one of the therapies, she brought with her to her current office some musical intervention. That seed of using music to lift peoples spirits inspired Winona to learn how to share music on the radio.
Hollins-Hauge shines her light in service to the Mount Zion Church family and numerous community endeavors, and has utilized her servant leadership role as key church and community organizer for two major outreach efforts.
One with the Seattle Public Schools Partners at TT Minor School, the Urban League, Urban Impact, Grandmothers Against Gun Violence, National Council of Negro Women and Mount Zion Women’s Ministries, where she partnered with Together Washington, to raise funds for family food box pick-ups, on the school site where the kids could pick up homework, food for their family and neighbors during school lunch hours complete with a COVID Awareness flyer containing information on safety and health resources.
KBCS is grateful for all the music, information and inspiration Winona Hollins-Hauge has provided to our listeners and brought to the community for over 20 years.
THANK YOU WINONA!
Tune in tonight at 7pm for LIVING THE BLUES on 91.3FM KBCS HD-1 www.kbcs.fm
KBCS DJ Volunteer: Winona Hollins-Hauge
KBCS Feature Programs for this Holiday Week!
Thank you so much for joining us here at 91.3FM KBCS HD-1 each and every day.
Hope you are able to take some time to share with others and the community during these holiday times.
During the holidays and throughout the year, Thom Hartmann takes usual breaks and at this time KBCS prefers to share some special feature programming for 9am to 12noon. Thanks to listener support we have resources to provide these programs and share more voices, stories and information. We value Thom Hartmann for his LIVE Call-In program. KBCS will reconnect with Thom Hartmann Studios when Thom Hartmann is broadcasting live next week. As KBCS Operations Manager, it is important to use this opportunity to amplify more programs when Thom is not live and especially during these times of year.
You can connect to the Thom Hartmann ‘Best of’ and archives at the website, https://www.thomhartmann.com/
Tune in LIVE to KBCS for our featured programs over the next few days.
The program schedule is in this post. Links to the programs are in the descriptions.
Thank you again for your listenership and support to 91.3FM KBCS HD-1.
Wednesday November 27th, 2024
9am – No Small Endeavor: Holiday Special: Can Curiosity Save Your Holidays?
To prepare for family dinners and political conversations this holiday season, two guests—Malcolm Gladwell and Tracy K Smith—offer us new ways of being humble and curious.
https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/547407-holiday-special-can-curiosity-save-your-holidays
10am – The Pulse: Thanksgiving Disasters, and how to avoid them
Thanksgiving doesn’t always work out the way we planned, from medical situations to family feuds and mishaps in the kitchen, like that massive overcooked, dry turkey. On this special episode of The Pulse, we’ll examine some Thanksgiving disasters, and find out how to avoid them.
https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/550842-thanksgiving-disasters-and-how-to-avoid-them
11am – Living On Earth: Thanksgiving Special: Plant and Planet-Centered Eating, Celebrating the “Seven Sisters” and more
As Americans gather to give thanks over a feast, a look at how embracing the plant world in our diets connects to climate, health, and democracy. Also, in some Native cultures four more staples join the “Three Sisters” of corn, beans, and squash. The “Seven Sisters” and the importance of saving Native seeds, that and more in this special Thanksgiving edition of Living on Earth from PRX.
https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/446324-thanksgiving-special-2022-plant-and-planet-center
Thursday November 28th, 2024
9am – Milk Street Radio: 2024 Thanksgiving Special!
It’s our annual Thanksgiving special, and we’re dedicating the hour to solving your toughest problems––like what to do when your apple pie leaks and how to cook your turkey in only two hours.
https://exchange.prx.org/series/49452-milk-street-radio-s-2024-thanksgiving-special
10am – The Splendid Table’s Turkey Confidential:
Turkey Confidential is The Splendid Table’s 2 Hour Annual Thanksgiving show. Francis Lam takes calls and comes to the rescue of Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers, and dinner guests during the biggest cooking day of the year.
https://www.splendidtable.org/
Friday November 29th, 2024
9am – Things That Go Boom: Against the Grain
In this fall special from from Things That Go Boom, Inkstick Media, and PRX: how Indigenous knowledge is challenging the military industrial complex.
https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/494557-against-the-grain
10am – Peace Talks Radio: Massasoit’s Peace Pact with the Pilgrims
Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy who negotiated a truce with British settlers of Plymouth Colony that lasted for 40 years in the 1600’s, starting shortly after the first Thanksgiving. This time on Peace Talks Radio, conversation with American Indian scholars and a filmmaker who fill in the details of Massasoit’s attempt to make peace for his people and with the new strangers.
https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/55270-massasoit-s-peace-pact-with-the-pilgrims-peace-ta#description
11am – First Voices Radio: Tiokasin talks with David Wengrow
Tiokasin talks with David Wengrow, a professor of comparative archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is a visiting professor at New York University. He is the author of three books, including, “What Makes Civilization?”
https://firstvoicesindigenousradio.org/index.php/
KBCS Holiday Programs
Grateful Hearts: Thanksgiving Wishes from your friends at KBCS
Dear KBCS Friends and Supporters,
As many of us gather with our friends and loved ones this Thanksgiving, our hearts are filled with gratitude for loyal supporters like you. Your dedication, generosity, and support for Community Radio KBCS have kept this iconic Pacific Northwest cultural tradition on the air for over 50 years. With your continued support, we plan on another fifty years of eclectic, locally hosted music, progressive news, talk, and educational programming. The great diversity in our programming is our hallmark and reflects the unique ethos of life here in our beautiful corner of the world.
Weather affecting KBCS Broadcast: BACK ON!
The KBCS Broadcast experienced a critical power outage during last week’s Bomb Cyclone and storm. Yesterday, about 6pm we received word full power was regained at our transmitter on Cougar Mountain!!
Full power was regained at the station Monday reconnecting our higher quality streaming broadcast.
We are very grateful and thankful for all the people involved in supporting KBCS and the Bellevue College campus during this outage. Immense gratitude sent our Chief Engineer and the crew of individuals getting to Cougar Mountain, clearing downed trees and much tree debris, forging the path to regain power and fuel to the generators at this shared main transmission tower!
Thank you again for your patience and support.
KBCS On Full Power
The 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:
INNER SANCTUM: ‘House of Doom’
and
SUSPENSE: ‘Lord of Witch Doctors’
Tune in Friday Night at 12midnight to hear the latest episode of KBCS Retro Radio Theatre.
KBCS Retro Radio Theatre
The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre PRESENTS:
Coming to you TONIGHT! on KBCS at 12 midnight, the KBCS Retro Radio Theatre presents listeners with classic radio theater dramas:
LIGHTS OUT: ‘The Sea’
and
THE SHADOW: ‘Circle of Death’
Tune in TONIGHT at 12midnight to hear the latest episode of KBCS Retro Radio Theatre.
91.3 KBCS Revision Arts Exhibit Coverage: A Queen Exhibit at King St. Station
King Street Station is often described as both an eyesore and opulent, but on this night, it transformed into something extraordinary. Known for its historical charm, the building became the backdrop for a dynamic cultural event. 91.3 KBCS covered Revision Art, an exhibition that redefines the role of art in society. As trendsetters, activists, and artists gathered, the station explored the intersection of art and inclusivity.
91.3 KBCS Revision Arts Coverage at King Street Station
On this Tuesday evening, King Street Station transformed into a cozy, turtleneck jazz gallery. This space became a cultural hub, filled with Seattle’s most innovative thinkers. The station now houses the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, making it the perfect venue for an avant-garde gathering of artists and activists. As 91.3 KBCS reflects on this new generation of artists, we consider how Revision Art captures the spirit of inclusivity.
This transformation feels natural, considering the building’s iconic place in Seattle’s landscape. 91.3 KBCS’s Jalisa Bass observe the next generation’s reflection of what art means. Barbra Oswald, a long-time advocate, brought inclusivity to the arts, shaping Revision Arts. She created a platform where all voices, especially underrepresented ones, are celebrated. As 91.3 KBCS covers this story, we see how Barbra’s legacy thrives through her dedication to empowering others. Embrace in imagination how a little girl with love for her unconventional big brother gave wings to the Queen of Inclusivity.
The Rise of Inclusive Art at King Street Station
In these times, the authenticity of art is being challenged. Barbra’s legacy lives on through talented artists like Megan Gottfried, an artist from North Carolina, showcased her piece “Sisters.” Born in North Carolina and educated in Pennsylvania, Megan Gottfried brings a fresh perspective to each piece. This bold 3D quilted canvas explores the complex relationships between siblings, invoking personal memories for me. Her use of Material Hierarchy reflects economic oppression, making her art not only visually striking but thought-provoking. Megan’s ability to navigate multiple dimensions in her art speaks to her creative brilliance.
91.3 KBCS Revision Art: Conversations on Creativity
I’m excited to share a rare moment when I had the opportunity to capture one of the most joyful and memorable experiences with my two dear friends, Drew King and Jacob Luckey. Together, they introduced me not only to Seattle but also to myself. Our conversations ranged from garage sales to art galleries, skeletons, and even the debatable success of Captain Planet.
Jacob’s ability to breathe life into his upcycled wood creations is simply astonishing. Listening to him describe how he imagines and constructs each piece gives a true sense of the full circle of Barbra’s Revision Art Exhibition. Every ounce of energy he pours into his sculptures reflects the depth of his creativity. His charisma, humor, and quick wit bring a unique energy to everything he touches, and I couldn’t help but be captivated by his passion. Through these discussions, you truly understand how art connects us all, especially through the power of Revision Art.
Join the Movement
My time spent with Barbra Oswald and Jacob Luckey showcased the vibrant spirit of artistic collaboration and creativity that fuels Seattle’s dynamic arts scene. Jacob’s talent for turning reclaimed materials into thought-provoking sculptures, paired with Barbra’s visionary leadership of the Revision Art Exhibition, made the experience unforgettable. The exhibition perfectly captures the essence of creativity, inclusion, and transformation, offering a platform that connects artists with audiences in ways that challenge traditional views.
Supporting 91.3 KBCS helps us continue telling these vital stories of community and creativity. Your donations ensure that underrepresented voices remain on the air, providing inspiring and thought-provoking content to our listeners. By donating today, you can help amplify these stories and support a thriving artistic community.
Music Through the Ages with 91.3 KBCS Roots Rock + Soul
91.3 KBCS Roots Rock & Soul with Greg D’Elia offers an immersive musical experience. It connects listeners with the energy and legacy of rock, soul, and roots music. Airing weekdays at 5 PM, the show explores a wide range of timeless classics and hidden gems that have shaped the musical landscape.
91.3 KBCS Greg D’Elia, known for his deep knowledge and passion for music, curates each episode with tracks that represent the evolution of these genres. Whether you’re a fan of guitar-driven rock or the emotive sounds of soul, Greg crafts playlists that speak to you. He highlights the cultural and historical significance of each song. Through his selections, he brings the audience closer to the heartbeat of each track. Greg blends both familiar hits and lesser-known songs that deserve more recognition.
Uncovering Music’s Hidden Stories with 91.3 KBCS Greg D’Elia
This show is a celebration of iconic music moments. Greg D’Elia combines his storytelling with his playlists to give listeners insight into the artists who created these sounds. His ability to seamlessly transition between different styles and eras keeps the show engaging. If you’re passionate about rock, roots, or soul, or simply want to expand your musical knowledge, this program offers a great blend of education and entertainment. Every episode of Roots Rock & Soul provides an experience that transcends genres and time periods. From electrifying guitar solos to soulful ballads, Greg effortlessly shifts between various styles, keeping listeners engaged and curious. His passion for the music shines through each carefully chosen track, creating a dynamic and diverse soundscape that appeals to both new listeners and long-time fans.
Support Your Community Radio
By listening to 91.3 KBCS Greg D’Elia, you help keep independent music alive. Consider making a donation to KBCS to support this show and other community-focused programming. Your contribution ensures that the vibrant sounds of rock, roots, and soul continue to inspire and entertain our community.
