The Caravan with John Gilbreath Returns to KBCS
We’re excited to announce that long-time KBCS program, The Caravan, hosted by John Gilbreath, will return to KBCS on Tuesday, May 13th.
KBCS Message on White House Executive Order to Cut NPR and PBS Funding
We are deeply concerned by the executive order to cut NPR and PBS funding. On May 1, 2025, the White House directed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and federal agencies to end funding for NPR and PBS. While KBCS is not directly affiliated with NPR, we stand firmly with our colleagues in public media who are being targeted by this decision.
The goal is unmistakable: to dismantle public media as we know it.
Public media was founded on the principle that access to free, non-commercial journalism and educational content strengthens our democracy. Local stations across the country, including ours, rely on the infrastructure and support made possible by the CPB to serve diverse communities with trusted, fact-based information. NPR and PBS are pillars of that ecosystem, producing high-quality journalism and programming that reflects the breadth and complexity of American life.
The claim that public media is inherently biased misunderstands the mission and editorial standards that guide our work. Independence, accuracy, and public accountability are not threats—they are our commitments.
This decision threatens not only two nationally recognized institutions, but also the hundreds of local stations—urban and rural, large and small—that serve the public interest every day. We know the vital role that public broadcasting plays in civic life, from educational children’s programming to coverage of local issues that commercial media often overlooks.
We join with stations across the country in reaffirming our support for public media and our belief that it must remain a trusted, nonpartisan, and publicly accountable source of information for all.
We urge lawmakers, community leaders, and citizens to stand with us—and with NPR, PBS, and the CPB—in protecting the future of independent public broadcasting.
You can take action to stop this attack on NPR, PBS, and public media by contacting your local representative at protectmypublicmedia.org.
– The KBCS Team
Levi Sweeney DJ Appreciation Post
Hi, I’m Levi Sweeney. I’m one of the newest hosts at KBCS, and I host the 12 AM to 1 AM Saturday show The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre. I’m a pioneer in applied AI audio and radio dramas. If you tune in to my late, late, show at midnight, you’ll hear me playing the character of “Jack Newman,” unlicensed, back-alley dealer of Old Time Radio. (more…)
Roots Rock + Soul-Wednesday Wax
KBCS 91.3FM Roots Rock + Soul brings listeners selections from the KBCS music library. Host Greg shares sound selections until 7pm Monday through Friday with Wednesday’s dipping into a selection from the KBCS Vinyl Library. And today, April 9th, we share The Lebron Brothers Orchestra and their first release, Psychedelic Goes Latin!
Starting off this evenings mix with My Cool Boogaloo! Tune in and listen to check out the other selections from this 1967 release from Cotique Records. And stay on KBCS to hear the rest of Roots Rock + Soul evening mix for an eclectic celebration of the sounds from the KBCS Music Library.
Lebron Brothers – Psychedelic Goes Latin
DJ Chairman Moe Appreciation Post
DJ ChairmanMoe has been a part of the KBCS family since 2009, when his first show “Recycled Music” made its debut. At the time, the theme was Cover Tunes, and his show featured the music you loved, just not the way you remember hearing it. It was a good run but the show seemed to lose a little steam. In 2017, a format change was due and (at the encouragement of KBCS management) a new show format was launched under the title, Chairman Moe, with a focus on 80’s music, deep-diving into the world of post punk, early goth, power pop, garage/jangle and anything else that doesn’t typically appear on a AI-generated playlist from a corporate service. (more…)
APM presents The Other Moonshot
91.3 FM KBCS presents a special 4 part series from American Public Media presents: The Other Moonshot on Fridays during the KBCS 5am Feature Program.
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
Crystal Thung
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.
KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents
KBCS Retro Radio Theatre, airing on Friday, January 31 LATE NITE at 12 AM!
Your host, Jack Newman, presents:
- Candy Matson – “The Devil and the Deep Freeze” original air date – 10.10.1949
- The Shadow – “The Nursery Rhyme Murders” original air date – 02.22.1948
And remember: Don’t tell anyone you were here!
KBCS Radio Theatre 1.31.25