KBCS 91.3 FM

What Laurie B. states may have been true at one time (look at the date, 2006) but that has all changed. The only one of its kind on the air, this station used to have heart and soul before its management sold their (and their volunteer Dj’s) souls off to a generic morning news format (instated on August 20, 2009). Shows that many people enjoyed listening to over the past two decades which were dropped, are morning jazz programs:
* The Bud and Don Show
* Bebop Spoken Here
* 20^th Century Jazz
* Vintage Jazz
* The Caravan
and afternoon shows:
* Lunch With Folks
* Daily Planet
* Drive Time Jazz
That totals 24 hours of unique, good music a week.
Adding insult to injury, the management and directors not only lied to the public about continuing the existing lineup, they even took donations from listeners AND underwriting sponsors, then made the changes in secret –with no public or listener input or knowledge of the changes! This after their complete botch up at marketing the existing shows.
As a result, there is currently an official boycott of the station, and a call for the immediate dismissal of its current management. What was suppose to be «community» radio as marketed, turned out to be an internally controlled farce.
Talk about an irresponsible cock-​up; no wonder there’s a boycott.

Just another self-​congratulating, self-​ascribed «intellectual» and «eclectic» radio station fronting for political proselytization – à la KPFK, KCRW, KFAI, KAOS, KCSB, KGNU, ad nauseum.
How creative. How original.
How about listening real independent radio stations like WXPN or WDVX?

If you want radio to be full of diverse, thought-​provoking, entertaining, educational and most of all advertisement-​free, non-​corporate and community-​supported programming… then let your fm radio dial fall directly on 91.3 KBCS. It broadcasts from Bellevue Community College (however is not necessarily affiliated with the institution) and airs a whole host of genres and syndicated public affairs such as «BBC World News» «Democracy Now» «CounterSpin» and «One World Report» keeping you in-​the-​know with current affairs all over the globe and right here at home. If you arent boning up on your independent news… then listen to great shows featuring everything from Hawaiian slack guitar, Bluegrass, Celtic, Jazz, Blues, World Music and in the later hours you can find loads of funk, soul, electronic, dance, hip-​hop, etc. You can stream the broadcast at
²⁴⁄₇! They do a lot to support musicians at the local and international level and are a breath of fresh air and a welcome departure from stations that I used to turn to for something eclectic!