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 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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The Mysterious Traveler –
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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 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’
The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre PRESENTS:
Coming to you TONIGHT this Friday! on KBCS at 12 midnight, the KBCS Retro Radio Theatre presents listeners with classic radio theater dramas:
DARK FANTASY: ‘Rendezvous with Satan’
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THE SHADOW: ‘The Gibbering Things’
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. (more…)
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.
