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Summer Fund Drive

The U.S. House is expected to vote today on whether to claw back two years of already-approved funding for public media stations, including KBCS. You can make a difference today by contacting your representative and becoming a KBCS contributor. Thank you in advance.

$75,000 Goal

28.25%

Drive ends: June 30, 2025

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John Pai

John Pai

Host of Giant Steps.

The love affair began with a Westinghouse table top tube radio that emanated an orange glow in the dark. It spoke with a warmth that could sooth any aching soul and evoke an optimism for all that life can offer.

Music that could speak and voices that could sing, elevating any space with a palette infused with vibrancy and purpose. It was always a part of me, a part that took on a greater role in1981 at WSIU-FM. The journey has never wavered.

What we choose to share and how we speak to that is an artistry made up of all our separate yet collective elements. Photography, film production, media installations, love, loss, children, relocations, travel, political activism, they are all part of the journey.

By 1991 KBCS was the continuation point and so the music still speaks and the voices still sing.