Archive for January, 2010
KCSB programmer Rick Fenz, master of eclecticism, profiled in this week’s KCSBeat
In the latest KCSBeat, the Santa Barbara Independent's weekly spotlight on all facets of this station, Colin Marshall continues profiling KCSB people with a visit to The Rick Show, "Captain" Rick Fenz's Saturday-morning showcase of musical variety:Many DJs choose to create genre-based programs because of a singular musical passion that overwhelms [...]
KCSB Headlines – Jan. 12, 2010
* Round Two of UK Public Hearings on Iraq Invasion Continues, Former Communications Chief Questioned * UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Outlines 2010 Priorities * New Jersey Passes Bill to Legalize Marijuana * Santa Barbara Medical Marijuana Dispensary Shut Down * New Santa Barbara Mayor and City Council Members Will Be Sworn In This [...]
KCSB Headlines – Jan. 11, 2010
* CA Same Sex Marriage Trial in Federal Court, Cameras Disallowed at Last Minute * Highway Safety Annual Report Ranks California in Top Tier * Gov. Schwarzenegger Budget Proposal Restores UC Shortfalls While Cutting Child Health Care Today's headlines were produced by Monica Lopez and Helen Tracey.
Popular economist Steven E. Landsburg on The Marketplace of Ideas this Thursday
This week on The Marketplace of Ideas, Colin Marshall talks to Steven E. Landsburg, professor of economics at the University of Rochester, Slate's "Everyday Economics" columnist and author of The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics and Physics. A pioneer in the popular-economics genre with his [...]
KCSB Community News January 11, 2010
* Headlines: U.S. planes over Venezuela, Afghanistan's cabinet, Same sex marriage in Portugal, Aid to Gaza, Legalizing marijuana * Proposition 8 federal hearing James Peters * Local reaction to Governor's budget Omer Harari Announcer Holly Hyde Engineer Daniel Alvarenga Reporters Stanley Cui, Cheny Dominguez, Yoel Haile, Sam Martinez, [...]
Steve Aoki Interview
Last Friday, UCSB and KJUC alum Steve Aoki returned to UCSB’s Hub for a sold out DJ set. Below, you can listen to a podcast of KCSB DJ Avalon Jeffrey and Daily Nexus writer Todd Prodanovich’s interview with Aoki. You can read the article here and the interview will air on Avalon’s music program, “The Best Music You’ve Never Heard,” [...]
Santa Barbara Lectures: Will Steger
Monday, January 11, 2010. 8 to 9 a.m. The KCSB News and Public Affairs Department presents adventurer Will Steger as part of our Santa Barbara Lecture series. Steger's appearance was sponsored by UCSB Arts & Lectures.
KCSB Community News January 7, 2010
* Headlines * US Military Drone Airplanes * Spanish News: Headlines * Democracy Now! in Spanish Announcer Matt Raab Engineer Daniel Alvarenga
The Gaucho Sports Spot for Wednesday, Janurary 6th
Today on the Gaucho Sports Spot: An Interview With Two Members of UCSB Men's Basketball: Senior Guard James Powell and Sophomore Swingman Orlando Johnson. The duo takes stock of the non-conference, anticipates the coming Big West schedule, argues over who uses the phrase 'I mean' more, discovers who clowns who the most, and reminisces on the [...]
The KCSBeat covers KCSB’s unique use of technology
This week in The KCSBeat, Colin Marshall examines how KCSB puts enough technology in the hands of its programmers to enable the most creative uses of radio possible, and how the station intends to encourage more creativity still:The station's live transmissions of the Dalai Lama's April 2009 UCSB lectures, for instance, were pulled off with little [...]
