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KCSB mourns the loss of Bill “Billy Clarke” Savoy
KCSB is mourning the loss of Bill "Billy Clarke" Savoy, who passed away yesterday morning after a brief but valiant fight with cancer. Bill, better known to KCSB listeners as Billy Clarke and the host of Music Soup, would play an amazing assortment of music, much of it found at garage sales, including blues, country, rock and things which defy [...]
Chuck D says,”Pledge your support to KCSB!”
Public Enemy Number One Chuck D stopped by KCSB for an impromptu, thirty minute interview with Nat Pyle on the show, "What's Good". During the course of the interview, Chuck D talked about the importance of independent radio and the necessity of media outside the corporate mainstream, and how radio stations like KCSB-FM are essential to up and [...]
KCSB’s 2007 T-Shirt Design Winner!
Now available as a premium during our 2007 Fund Drive. Call 805-893-2424 and make your pledge today!
Zaca Fire: Two town hall meetings annouced for tonight
From the Santa Barbara County Fire Department: Details of Mission Canyon Town Hall Meeting (6pm @ 2559 Puesta del Sol): At the invitation of the Mission Canyon Resident’s Association, Zaca Fire incident officials are holding a town hall meeting in Mission Canyon. The meeting will be held this Friday, August 10 at 6:00 pm at the Natural [...]
Zaca Fire: Verizon Wireless Outage (Updated @ 9:46pm)
Verizon Wireless service is down in the Santa Barbara area and not expected to return for 24 hours, according to a Verizon spokesperson. County emergency operations personnel stated that there was no fire damage to Verizon's equipment or sites because there are no Verizon cell sites in the fire area. However, the county spokesperson indicated that [...]
Zaca Fire: Update
At 8:00 AM on Wednesday, July 18 the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department issued an "evacuation order" for the area within the Los Padres National Forest and the Peachtree community. The American Red Cross shelter at Santa Ynez High School has been closed. Residents seeking emergency housing due to the Zaca Fire can reach the Red Cross at [...]
UCSB’s Department of Chicano and Chicana Studies holds Press Conference on “Gang Slaying”
At 10:00 this morning, UC Santa Barbara’s Dept of Chicano and Chicana Studies held a Press Conference regarding the decision by the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office to prosecute 14-year old Ricardo Juárez as an adult. Juárez was arrested for the murder of Luis Angel Linares during an incident on State Street that city police and city [...]
The Friday Riff with Oliver Lake and Prof. George Lipsitz, Friday Feb. 23 @ Noon
Jazz musician, multi-instrumentalist, painter, composer, performer, educator, and writer Oliver Lake; and UCSB Black Studies/Sociology Professor George Lipsitz. Professor Lipsitz and Mr. Lake will discuss jazz and beyond as part of Mr. Lake’s residency at UCSB’s College of Creative Studies. Oliver Lake is a long-time member and co-founder [...]
Student Protest on UCSB Campus Shuts Down HWY 217
A student, faculty, and staff strike in opposition to the war in Iraq turned into a protest march that led to the shutdown of the East Campus entrance to UCSB. Student protesters gathered at the bicycle entrance to UCSB in Isla Vista around 1pm this afternoon. The crowd began to grow as planned speakers spoke against the Iraqi war. After the [...]
The Friday Riff Interviews Scott Marcus, Friday Feb. 9 @ Noon
This Friday, The Friday Riff will interview Professor of Ethnomusicology and director of the UCSB Middle East Ensemble, Scott Marcus, and saxophonist and fellow KCSB programmer, Colter Frazier. Prof. Marcus will discuss the complex role of music in Islam, and discuss issues featured in his recent book, Music in Egypt (Oxford U. Press, 2007). Mr. [...]
