KCSB 91.9 FM – Flashback 2012-2013

Introduction

Community radio KCSB 91.9 FM has been bringing alternative programming to Santa Barbara County for over 50 years!

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UCSB Reads

As in past years, KCSB 91.9 FM participated in the UCSB Reads program by reading the selected book, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer, on the air.

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The annual event, which is a collaborative effort between Davidson Library and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, and receives significant funding from A.S., includes the distribution of 2000 free copies of the book to students and stirs the campus pot to generate discussion of current issues across campus. KCSB participates by inviting volunteers to read the book on the air in daily half hour segments.

Live Coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions

During Fall Quarter 2012 KCSB News and The Bottom Line news staff and students collaborated to report from the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Two Associated Students staff members, KSCB and The Bottom Line News Advisor Monica Lopez and Community Education Outreach Coordinator Allina Mojarro, and two students, KCSB News Director Bianca Beltran and The Bottom Line Executive Managing Editor Annalise Domenighini, traveled to Tampa, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina to provide remote news coverage of the conventions. Bianca and Annalise both produced written and audio content for KCSB and The Bottom Line. Monica and Allina Mojarro were on hand to report and engineer the daily remote live broadcasts.

The group spent one week in Tampa, Florida covering events in and around the Republican National Convention. This coverage included protests held in the local Tampa area, and events inside the convention hall. The second week of coverage took the group to Charlotte, North Carolina to cover the Democratic National Convention.

Live remote broadcasts were aired on KSCB daily news for the two weeks of the conventions. The student news reporters covered the events, the social issues highlighted in the protests, and rallies and political issues addressed by the presidential candidates, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. In an exclusive interview, the news team reported live with UCSB alumni, Kitzia Esteva and her mother, just hours after they were released by Charlotte police for their act of civil disobedience in front of the convention.

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Proboscis Radio Theater’s LIVE FROM THE PIANO KITCHEN

The February taping of Proboscis Radio Theater’s LIVE FROM THE PIANO KITCHEN, a variety radio program recorded in front of a live downtown Santa Barbara audience on the first Saturday of every month, took take place for the first time on campus this year. It was performed as a benefit for KCSB-FM Community Radio and donations were taken at the door to kick off KCSB’s annual fund drive 2013, “KCSB You Rock My World.”

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A ninety-minute radio variety program that features original radio drama, live musical guests, comedy, storytelling, and interviews, the monthly show has been dubbed a “Prairie Home Companion” for local Santa Barbarans, and is broadcast on KCSB-FM 91.9 (www.kcsb.org/webcast) from 10:00-11:30pm, the same time the following week. Local composer/bass player Jim Connolly, writer/actor Michael Bernard and UCSB Theater Department Faculty member Jeff Mills co-host and co-produce the show. An original radio drama (written by Bernard) was performed by a cast made up of UCSB Theater Students, faculty members, and local actors. Bernard was quoted as saying, “We’re excited to share this latest PIANO KITCHEN performance with a live audience at the University for the very first time, as we already have a number of existing ties to UCSB.” February’s guest performers included spoken-word artist (and UCSB Art Department Faculty member) Kip Fulbeck and comedian Sean Conroy (Upright Citizens Brigade Theater/ASSSSCAT, Conan O’Brien, and the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival), musical duo JAY GALVIN (guitar) and RACHEL GALVIN (viola), plus special surprise guests.

KCSB Concert

KCSB hosted a free concert in the Hub with KCSB13-Poolside Poolside. Program Board provided support.

Poolside-Credit-Courtesy-EchoParkRecords_t479 The Poolside duo, which is Filip Nikolic and Jeffrey Paradise, describe their music as “daytime disco” and its cool danceable electronic groove definitely got people up and dancing.The crowd was warmed up by local band Dante Elephante.