Two prominent non-commercial radio stations in the Monterey Bay area – KAZU and KSQD – are facing the second Trump administration with different concerns, the former with the threat of the withdrawal of federal funding, and the latter with worries about free speech.
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From Hell to the Hall of Fame: The astonishing story of Sandy Stone
Longtime Santa Cruz County resident Sandy Stone has been named to the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the first transgender woman so honored, thanks to her amazing contributions in everything from computer science to music to transgender studies.
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Weekender: Honoring Tammi Brown, poetry Hive style, Franzen talks tunes
Wallace Baine surveys the world of Santa Cruz County arts and culture, delivers recommendations for things to do this weekend and beyond and spotlights a tune that will stick with you.
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KSQD preps for ‘Squid Fest’ having dodged rising floodwaters
On March 2, KSQD will host “Squid Fest” to mark the station’s fifth birthday. The event is a fundraiser for the public radio station, which sustained damage from floods in January.
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KSQD’s Monterey County expansion marks resurgence of community radio in a time of media consolidation
A fundraising campaign allowed Santa Cruz-based KSQD-FM to buy two new frequencies and boost the station’s population base from 175,000 to 645,000 in an expansion that hit airwaves Wednesday as far away as Salinas and the Monterey Peninsula.
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K-Squid turns it up for summer on strength of new signal
Beginning June 21, Santa Cruz’s KSQD 90.7 FM will be beaming into radios as far away as Carmel and perhaps tripling its audience after a successful fundraising campaign enabled the station to buy additional licenses.
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Weekender: KSQD flexing its tentacles, Mary McCaslin celebration is on and a ukulele road trip
Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Hi friends, Here it is, already mid-October, and I’ve yet to have my first pumpkin-spiced food item. How should I break the […]
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Wallace Baine: K-Squid proving that radio still has staying power
The tide seemed to be going out on radio when KSQD launched at 90.7 FM in 2019, amid growing audiences for Spotify and its ilk, but the community-focused station with distinctly local voices has proved Wallace Baine’s skepticism wrong and carved out a niche in Santa Cruz.