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December 12, 2019 - 6:22 pm

Tune into the Reggae Party every Thursday at 9:00 PM or catch it anytime on our archive!   Rankin Mark – The Reggae Party Clinton Fearon History Say Baco Records Ras Teo and Lone Ark 10 Thousand Lions A-Lone Productions Steel Pulse Mass Manipulation Rootfire Cooperative Koffee Rapture Columbia Jahcoustix Reunion Oneness Records Tiken Jah Fakoly Le

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December 2, 2019 - 11:39 am

Oneda and Winona of Gospel Highway, with alum Cathy Gaylord, celebrated 14 years of inspiring gospel music from Bellevue College on kbcs.fm and 91.3, with a night out at the Seattle Rep’s production of “Shout Sister Shout!”

November 30, 2019 - 9:52 am

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the World Trade Organization or WTO ministerial conference in Seattle. The WTO is an international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. Decisions made by unelected trade delegates at this conference impact the worldwide economy, working conditions and the environment. Leading up to the WTO ministerial, hundreds

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November 14, 2019 - 10:12 pm

Writer, Rasheena Fountain discusses what shapes our view and relationship with the environment with KBCS’s Yuko Kodama. Producer: Yuko Kodama Photo: Yuko Kodama

November 7, 2019 - 12:47 pm

Tiffany Midge, of the Standing Rock Sioux nation, is a humorist and writer.  Her latest book, Bury My Heart at Chuck E Cheese’s cuts into and wryly  grins at our world and its microaggressions, through the indigenous lens. Producer – Yuko Kodama and Jesse Callahan Photo – Tiffany Midge

November 7, 2019 - 7:46 am

Join KBCS, the Bellevue College Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and and Belletrist, Bellevue College’s literary magazine, Thursday, November 7th, at 1pm in the Gallery Space on the campus of Bellevue College for an afternoon reading by author Tiffany Midge.

For event details, directions, and to register to attend, click (here).

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November 4, 2019 - 3:20 pm

KBCS Donor Appreciation week is November 4-10th.

We’re celebrating YOU, the amazing donors who make KBCS possible. Join us for one of our members only open houses where you’ll meet some of your favorite KBCS hosts, have an opportunity to record a testimonial, and enjoy a station tour with refreshments, as our way of saying thank you for making KBCS possible!

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October 31, 2019 - 2:03 pm

In observance of Halloween, Ed Dominguez, Lead Naturalist at the Seward Park Audubon Center, and KBCS’s Yuko Kodama talk vampire bats (not local to our region) on the shores of Andrews Bay in Seattle’s Seward Park. If you have any questions about our local natural flora and fauna, please contact Ed Dominguez and KBCS at

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October 30, 2019 - 6:33 pm

Japanese American, Singer and Songwriter, Kishi Bashi’s (Kaoru Ishibashi) latest album, Omoiyari highlights the experiences of incarceration. The Japanese word, Omoiyari, means holding empathy and compassion. The album is the result of two years of Ishibashi’s numerous interviews with with those affected by, and visits to former WWII internment camps, where around 120,000 Japanese descendants

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October 24, 2019 - 10:41 am

The Makah Ozette Potato settled its roots in Northwest Washington’s Neah Bay more than 200 years ago, and lives a story of cultural connection and tradition. The vegetable is one of just a few foods in the United States that is listed as a Presidia, a designation by the Slow Food Foundation of Italy, which

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