I’ve added some more programmers to my community based classical radio show list: James Irsay and Sarah Cahill, both classical pianists. Irsay has a show on Pacifica station WBAI in New York City. He’s been around the station off and on in one capacity or another for quite a while. Back in the 1970s he […]
In this week’s podcasting news: KQED spends an hour exploring podcasting; Serial brings long-form journalism to podcasting; Adam Carolla discusses the podcast patent troll dismissal. Podcasting continues to enjoy traction in at least a segment of the popular consciousness this week. On Friday San Francisco public radio station KQED dedicated an hour of its Forum […]
Update (4/3/2014): KALW looking for new Academy Recruits. More information here about the ten month program . . . NPR affiliate KALW in San Francisco has chosen eight out of sixty applicants for its Audio Academy: a ten month intensive radio journalism program that sounds like a lot of fun (and a lot of work). Here’s […]
For the editorial crew at Radio Survivor (Matthew Lasar, Paul Riismandel and myself), it’s a labor of love. Much like many non-commercial radio practitioners, we are reporting on radio because we are radio fans. We care about radio history, we monitor the current state of the medium, and we are hopeful that there’s a bright […]
Be forewarned: this summer KALW’s Hear Here, a “pop up radio project,” will be popping up at the main branch of the San Francisco public library. The show will be there today, in fact (Wednesday, May 23), from 3 to 7 PM. KALW is the public radio station of the San Francisco Unified School district. Staff […]
I love San Francisco. Today, in honor of the 50th anniversary of Tony Bennett’s recording of the classic love song to the city of San Francisco, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has asked all San Francisco radio stations to play “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” at 12 noon. In addition to that, there […]
I could barely believe my eyes as I opened my Radio Survivor e-mail today and saw this notice from KALW-FM in San Francisco: “KALW is considering some significant changes for 2012, and before we move forward, we want to know what you think,” the announcement explains. The station is overseen by San Francisco’s Unified School […]
Attention San Francisco public radio lovers—mark your calendars for September 8, because our Board of Supervisors has proclaimed it KALW Day—a day to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the aforementioned public FM radio signal, chartered by the San Francisco Unified School District. Here’s some of the proclamation, which will be delivered at a ceremony at […]
If you still haven’t seen Le Show host Harry Shearer’s documentary, The Big Uneasy, you can catch it at the Elmwood Theater in Berkeley this Saturday at 4:30 pm, followed by a QA with the author. The next day Shearer will produce his radio show from the studios of KALW-FM, the public station of the […]
The National Federation of Community Broadcasters‘ 36th annual community radio conference was an incredible few days full of radio education and community radio bonding. Held in San Francisco from June 1st to June 4th, it featured an action-packed schedule of sessions, keynotes, and workshops. I’ve already recounted the Saving College Stations panel and Matthew has […]
