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Gospel Highway turns 14

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!”

WTO Protests 20th Anniversary Special

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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‘More Than One Kind of Nature’

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

Tiffany Midge – Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s

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

Donor Appreciation Week 2019

Donor Appreciation Week

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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Nature – Vampire Bats

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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Kishi Bashi – Omoiyari Album

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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The Ozette Potato

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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Nature – Cooper’s Hawks

Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii

October 23, 2019 - 1:40 pm

Which birds in our forests have Ewok-like skills in our local forests?  Go for a walk with Seward Park Audubon Center’s Ed Dominguez and KBCS’s Yuko Kodama on the trails of Seward Park. Producer:  Yuko Kodama Photo: Virginia Sanderson Unknown Speaker 0:00 91.3 KBCS music and ideas listener-supported radio from Bellevue College. Unknown Speaker 0:05

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