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All three of these following options retain the 88.9 frequency and footprint.
(And no other local frequency has yet become available).
Music & News/Information
A mixed format of music and news/information. All Things Considered and Morning Edition would continue. Other talk and information shows would be selected to highlight the work of creative audio producers, reduce duplication with KAZU and reduce overall program fees. Volunteers would continue programming some talk and music shows. Music shows would be selected to provide consistent appeal through the week.
This strategy aims to provide programming that costs less to air, while potentially increasing loyal audience and fundraising capacity. Operations such as local news and production and events might at first have few if any staff.
Mostly Music (volunteer only)
A very low-overhead, volunteer-centered mostly music station. This builds a schedule by expanding on the creative volunteer music and talk shows KUSP already produces. Some NPR content, such as newscasts in certain parts of the schedule and breaking news might continue. There would be few if any “shows” from NPR or other national sources.
The objective would be to continue the diverse programming described in KUSP’s mission while bringing costs very low to reach fiscal balance even if the size of the audience (and resulting membership support) were smaller than it is now
Music (staff & volunteer)
A conventional public radio music station. The focus would include new and popular music outside of the list of current “hits.” Another direction could include a range of popular, jazz and world in a style resembling the eclectic shows produced by KCRW or WXPN. Few if any talk-oriented shows, though top-of-hour news and access to NPR breaking news would continue.
This strategy aims to seek a larger and more loyal audience than KUSP has been able to develop with a mixed format, thus providing more opportunity for individual and business support. Operating costs might be higher.
June 20th, 2015 at 6:50 pm
I believe the combination of some news with local content no duplication with KAZU and mostly music is the best option. This is the first option. I looked forward to leaning about new music and this seems to be the most balanced option. Keep the transmitters!
June 22nd, 2015 at 8:19 am
no. No. NO!! Kelly, Terry, Board, why do you refuse to listen to what the community is saying? Why are you running this phony “public comment” process, only to give us options that NO ONE WANTS!?
We do not want >>>ANY<<< news on KUSP. None. Nada. Zip. Zero. NO National Republican Radio. NO Amy Goodman. I can hear Amy on KPFA in the early morning. I don't need a fifth rerun on KUSP.
Go back to what KUSP was before NPR started to pollute our beautiful Santa Cruz airwaves in 1985.
Let a million musical flowers bloom. Classical and gamalan and free jazz and folk and Gregorian chant and folk and disco and dozens more, mixed up in a great eclectic ball. This was the founding purpose behind KUSP until it was taken over by "professionals" and stolen from the community.
Throw out the board, fire the staff, move away from the costly studios at the beach, tell NPR take its debt and go to hell, bring back the volunteers and the music!! We want our old KUSP back!!!!
June 22nd, 2015 at 11:21 am
Two points of clarity: While programming after the mid-1980s has included nationally distributed news shows, from its early broadcasts in 1972 KUSP has always devoted portions of its schedule to news. Also, within the possibilities under consideration are two ideas that would include predominantly music programmed here.
June 22nd, 2015 at 12:08 pm
Have been a listener since the mid-’80s and supporter for most of that period. Would support either the “Music” or “Mostly Music” format alternatives (whichever the station’s board sees fit), but ONLY if Dr. Dawn and the Geeks are retained as part of the program lineup.
Since it is several years since KAZU went all-yap, perhaps it is time for KUSP to combine the musical creativity of its volunteers and staff today with the uniqueness of KAZU of the ’80s and ’90s. “Siempre adelante!”
June 22nd, 2015 at 2:54 pm
AS A SUBSCRIBER SINCE THE EARLY 70′S, I’ve been disappointed with the divergence from the original model that KUSP has chosen to pursue over the last 15 plus years. The switch to non-stop talk a decade ago prompted me to voice my protests to the board president [an old friend] and to half my yearly contribution as I was listening far less. I favor the music “only” option; leaving broadcast time for the locally produced shows such as 7th ave. project, Dr. Dawn, Life in the Fast Lane and other creative radio that might come down the pike.
To hell with the ever expanding budgets and audiences necessary to pay for continuing the NPR dominated format. The station grew initially with the eclectic model of radio that the Pataphysical Broadcast Foundation espoused. Please return to it.
Bill and Priscilla Smart
June 22nd, 2015 at 7:58 pm
These options will only work if KUSP staff is able to return to community engagement that once made it an intimate part of the Santa Cruz community.
This means staff must be involved in the community, a constant presence on the streets, at community events, City and County government, arts and entertainment performances. The public should feel the presence of KUSP throughout the City and County. We should see the KUSP logo proudly displayed in community businesses, flashed at public press conferences and hearings, stuck on myriad bumpers across the County, heard on the lips of community conversations.
KUSP cannot hide behind a computer keyboard and expect to be supported by donations from community listeners.
“You’ve got to give of yourself ‘fore you’re worthy to receive.” Thank you kindly, Desert Pete.
June 22nd, 2015 at 8:35 pm
We are hungry and desperate for local news and local voices since we both suffer the same newspaper publisher at both the Monterey Herald and SC Sentinel. We cannot make good civic decisions without unbiased local news, investigative journalism, from local people who know the players and the territory.
Music we can get from thousands of resources specially programmed to suit each listener, for free. I love listening to a talented deejay who knows how to segue, as the old KPIG, but news is essential to functioning in our devolving society.
And please don’t abandon south Monterey Bay, many of us are still quite peeved about KAZU being wrested from locals by CSUMB who unceremoniously dumped all the local deejay volunteers without so much as a tip o’ the hat.
June 22nd, 2015 at 9:18 pm
I completely agree with Bill and Priscilla. I want to listen to local information, drought stats, water issues, landscaping ideas that are sustainable. If you were to delete all the redundant NPR shows, I think your budget would be in the red. As many people have pointed out, the mission of KUSP was certainly not what it has become. Go back to the roots.
Thank you,
Cherie Bobbe
June 22nd, 2015 at 9:37 pm
Option 2 ["Mostly Music (volunteer only)] would be the KUSP I loved before 1985. It was a thriving hive of passionately specialized volunteer music curators. (Not to mention passionate local news producers.)
That era of KUSP was like Pacifica’s bright side, without the snarling and inwardly-focused politics. This model currently seems to be working well for KKUP in Cupertino. (Whose signal is somehow strong enough that I get it clearly in Berkeley.)
My only objection to this model (over the long term) is that I’d love to see KUSP eventually regain enough stability to pay hardworking music programmers. Option 2 could grow into Option 3 ["Music (staff & volunteer)"].
In San Francisco, KALW seems to be on a strong footing somewhere in the middle of your three models. Its music programming is what shines. But with a school-board license and mandate, KALW feels obligated to air a certain amount of informational programming. A lot of this is dull — and KALW’s drive to reduce duplication with NPR national talk shows (on dominant dial neighbor KQED) has generated locally-produced chatter shows that often range between trivial and unlistenable.
KCRW has historically been a superb station. But given its affluent (and generous) Westside-L.A. audience, it’s a hard model to replicate. And not all of its paid programmers are created equal: KCRW’s flagship “Morning Becomes Eclectic” has never matched the heights it hit with Tom Schnabel.
Here in the Bay Area, we make do with Dore Stein’s 4 hours of eclectic music programming each Saturday night on KALW’s “Tangents.” I wonder whether KUSP might be able to negotiate a simulcast, that would fill part of your schedule and expand Dore’s reach?
June 23rd, 2015 at 3:05 am
Hi, I’m not local so I am not going to do more than suggest something to ad to the mix of programming. Many of the older KPIG DJ’s are likely still in the area and would love to return to the airwaves as volunteers. Maybe have a K-PIG “Psychedelic Sunday” with many of those tossed of the station back in the 1980′s. Encourage them to be Free Form.
The response has been massive to the return as a non-commercial Low Power FM of one of the first Commercial Free Form stations in California out here in Sacramento (the other was KSAN in NoCal). The return of K-ZAP is getting huge coverage…though many fans are clearly of the less creative era of “Classic Rock”.
Still having a little bit of the programming devoted to the period of Monterey Pop, the pataphysical comedy of the Firesign Theater, and covering lots of local bands and sounds in the mix would not be a bad idea for broadening the listenership and community fundraising. You might even get some of the local psychedelic artists to give over their T-shirt designs for the PIG.
June 23rd, 2015 at 8:07 am
As a long time listener and supporter I was dismayed when KUSP moved to talk and “fired” many excellent volunteer DJs. Return to being a local station, encourage great DJs and a variety of music and local news programs, lose all the expensive NPR since duplication with KAZU makes no sense.
June 23rd, 2015 at 11:55 am
After carefully reading these new options, I see that all of them would provide the template for what a community radio station can be. Thanks to the Board and staff for listening to all of us for the past month and a half.
I think that these three options can, with some more tweaking, be molded into one that will meet the goals of downsizing the station toward financial health, bringing KUSP back to the community, bringing the community back to KUSP, allowing for a good online presence, and being flexible enough to accommodate future creative programming.
Of the three, I lean toward the second one (Mostly Music) but also see the first option (Music and News/Information) as providing the template that would give the community “mostly music.”
What I especially want retained is Land Use Report, First Person Singular, and other volunteer produced shows that seem to be so popular (e.g., Geek Speak).
As someone else has already commented: we no longer have a local newspaper. This makes a local radio station all the more important in our lives. I think we can go forward by returning to the past — returning KUSP to its community roots. This is not retrogressing; this is progressing.
June 23rd, 2015 at 1:54 pm
I like the 1st alternative best — as has been pointed out here there is a real need for coverage of local issues and events. Can’t comment on the music possibilities: one wouldn’t want to try to compete with KPIG or KZSC but the idea of broadcasting house concerts or any of excellent local performances (whether local or touring) is very appealing along with tapping the skills of local DJs.
There are rich possibilities for non-music programming, such as humor and radio drama. Programming originating elsewhere which is not NPR but which might be of value to the KUSP community is also a possibility. Programming involving high-school and college kids might also be thrown in the mix.
June 23rd, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Those are three reasonable options. The one that works is the one that gets community support. By that I mean the financial support.
Ask the community to make a one-time hard pledge to support the option(s) of their choice and ask what they would contribute annually to keep the station going. Select the option that raises the most money. Use the one-time money to cover the accumulated debt. Then tailor the annual budget to what the expected annual contributions would be.
My preference is locally produced shows. We get the NPR programs from KAZU. There are many options for music other than KUSP. Options 1 and 2 might both meet my needs.
June 23rd, 2015 at 4:37 pm
Why does the term “no brain-er” come to mind instantly. Obviously drop the NPR programs that are available on other public stations, both north and south. Obviously keep the elements of programing that are so representative of the broader Santa Cruz area: these are a clear well defined uniqueness in the arts, both in quality and quantity, given we ain’t New York. This obviously precludes any notion of “music only.” What a travesty that would be. Beyond that, we have to have a thoughtful board to make the ultimate programing decisions. Thus far, previous respondents have listed Dr. Dawn, Life in the Fast Lane,Firth Ave Project, Land Use Report, First Person Singular, and Geek Speak. In all honestly, I’ve listen to them all, to one degree of regularity or another. Alas, omitted thus far is my favorite, The Poetry Show. By orders of magnitude unique and so special in the national and international talent we’re exposed to. Sunday at 9, for those of you who have been missing out. And apologies for the length.
June 23rd, 2015 at 10:44 pm
I would prefer the third (Music) option as long as there was diversity and eclecticism. I love Leslie and Geno’s show, I love jazz, and blues, and indie rock. If I want reggae every day I can always turn to KZSC. If KUSP would play great music that can’t be heard anywhere else on local radio, with some news highlights at the top of the hour, I’d stop listening to KAZU and start giving to KUSP again.
June 24th, 2015 at 1:29 pm
I believe that these options are at best temporary fixes.
What is needed is a recognition that we are living in different times which require new thinking.
Technology is ever-changing and as long as KUSP is distributing content it doesn’t create, it will be vulnerable to those changes. Radio is ONE of the ways content can be delivered, but radio is not the goal. The goal is to connect the Monterey Bay Region with the kind of compelling content which will reflect the community back to itself, it’s culture, news, music, arts, and issues.
KUSP has an opportunity to secure it’s existence for the next 20 years by taking a bold stance on the creation of that content. I believe that partnering with local colleges and universities, historical societies, news media and community organizations and talented individuals, content can be created in Santa Cruz, Monterey, in Salinas, Big Sur, and in San Benito County, which will enrich the lives of all of those who live in the Monterey Bay Area Region.
Some of the current programming fulfills the purpose, some may not. It is important to consider what kind of content is missing from local media, what voices are not being heard.
Having been involved on-air and on the board in the 80′s, I have not desire to return to the past, nor do I believe that KUSP has fulfilled the role of being a community radio station, in any but a minimal way.
It has been clear from my attendance at every one of the meetings KUSP has held, working with the community is a foreign activity for those who are leading this process. KUSP has been hobbled by a Santa Cruz-centric way of viewing the rest of the Region.
As someone who has lived in most parts of the Monterey Bay Area for the past 40 years, from Big Sur to Boulder Creek and currently in San Juan Bautista, I have experienced the provincialism which many who have not gotten outside of the bubble seem to be unaware of.
This is an opportunity for a creative, bold choice to be made to fulfill the promise of community radio. I have been hopeful, but I am aware that the current team running the process is more suited for the NPR model, than a community radio model. let alone the kind of creative thinking I believe is required.
This is a time for building bridges with our fellow communities and sharing our resources to create programming of interest to not only the people in our area, but to the rest of the world.
To create that partnership, the entire community needs to be invited to participate and be heard.
June 25th, 2015 at 2:02 pm
Although I highly respect local programming — and I hope we continue to have a lot of it — it is a fact that KUSP became my drive-time radio station only after KUSP subscribed to Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Option one is my choice.
June 29th, 2015 at 1:27 pm
I’m for Music & News, too. I was a loyal listener and contributor until the station switched to talk all day and then I cut back on listening and then to contributing. Why pay for something you don’t use. right?
June 29th, 2015 at 2:44 pm
Clearly the “Mostly Music” Option is the way to go. I agree with David Kaun–toss NPR and call for new volunteer programers for local productions, Keep the Poetry Show and Dr. Dawn and in fact all local stuff. We might be able to continue the weekly link w/SF for the 10-11 show. If continuing to use a few of their news-spots and maintaining the Npr link will help us reduce (FOrGIVE!) our enormous debt, then do it. Strip it all down to the minimum of what’s owed. If the middle path preveils, we can retain the best of what we have (our local shows, add more music mix, bring in other free things (podcasts?), and move forward with our signal intact. I have no doubt the audience will fund such a change.
July 6th, 2015 at 7:31 am
By way of personal introduction, I have listened to KUSP almost daily since its founding (when in the listening area, pre-internet, and elsewhere post-) and was, in fact, present at some of the early broadcasts from the studio at The Babbling Brook on Laurel Street. I have been a monetary supporter/sustainer almost every year since. I lay my eclectic musical appreciation, interest, and education (and the ridiculous size and scope of my current “record” collection) squarely on the doorstep of KUSP, which has historically done more to create and foster the current prodigious panoply of musical offerings in the Monterey Bay than any other cultural entity, IMHO. I can name scores of musical and talk programs (all with highly creative names, of course) that KUSP has aired thanks to the legion of volunteers that have passed through its doors, most of whom have moved on leaving only fond memories as well as many cassette recordings in the aforementioned collection. Amazingly, a few of these volunteers are still gracing us with their enthusiasm and dedication. I was on the first Community Advisory Board at the time we brought NPR into our programming and am on the current CAB. I was a member, then Vice-President and President of the KUSP Board of Directors, then plain member again, over a 12-year period. I was President when the original KAZU folded and, regretfully, their board chose to be acquired by CSUMB rather than KUSP, despite our best efforts at convincing them otherwise, thus preventing for all time the creation of what I believe could have become a radio powerhouse for the Monterey Bay à la KCRW, WBUR, or Minnesota Public Radio, as well as a leader in radio program content that featured eclectic music and news/information that served the local community and informed and entertained a national audience. Instead we have the lamentable history of duplication of programming and monetary outlay that has existed since, bringing us to the current day of reckoning. I was also President of the Board when we made the decision to switch daytime programming from a variety of music to “talk.” I have participated in several of the recent public meetings and read all the comments here on the website as well as the thoughtfully considered, thorough, informed and insightful recommendations of the CLPG, which I very much appreciate and embrace. The public outflowing of enthusiasm, support, ideas, and offers of time and money is testimony to KUSP’s well-deserved status of cultural icon. Whether perceived as such in the past or present, it remains something many regard as dear and precious, worth working hard to save. We all have a very personal connection to it.
In light of all the foregoing (my apologies), I favor Option 1. While I, and many others, remember with great fondness, the “glory days” of the eclectic music offerings of KUSP, those days are behind us and any attempt to recreate them is akin to returning to the typewriter and onion skin paper. There are and will continue to be ever more venues for all of us to easily and ubiquitously access exciting, thoughtfully curated music produced by an actual human, not to mention all the computerized personal taste analysis-by-algorithm providers that now and will continue to arise and morph. KUSP does not need that kind of competition. For us to jump back with both feet into that arena would be merely attempting to outdo KZSC and as redundant as the satellite programming that KAZU now presents (let’s not forget who was there first). The reason KUSP dropped all the daytime music programming was the fact that our number of listeners also precipitously dropped, like a stone, landing at KAZU, as soon as Morning Edition was over. One listener’s fervent passion for Jazz or Celtic or African music is another’s reason to leap up and change the dial. And change they did. Musical preference can be almost religious. We like and want what we like and want. But what we personally want to hear doesn’t necessarily and did not, in fact, pay the bills. That programming change was not popular with much of the KUSP Foundation and I still get the cold shoulder in public from some programmers of that time for supporting that change. But the fiscal reasons for it were sound and KUSP will not sustain itself, let alone thrive, into the future by returning to the past. Great music curated by knowledgeable and talented local programmers should continue to live at KUSP but only occupy the approximate percentage and location it does in our current 24-hour broadcast schedule. But the rest of the day cannot be filled only with what the listener is used to and think they want (that can be found elsewhere) but, rather, with what the listener doesn’t even realize they want and can’t currently get anywhere else on the radio dial. Only a radical and exciting change in the “feel” of KUSP will build on the outpouring of enthusiasm and goodwill recently evinced and result in enough donated dollars to make it a reality. We can’t tweak around the edges. KUSP will only thrive if we continue to be creative. Retreating to what we or anyone else is currently doing or has done before in order to supposedly be safe and financially secure in today’s media environment is a fool’s errand. The technological revolution of the last 15 years will doom such a course. Yet it suggests another.
Radio is the only medium that can enthrall and compel simply through the unadorned human voice. Granted, “driveway moments” are skillfully produced, but they are still the result of a story well told by a fellow human, living a life we can empathize or sympathize with, whose desires, fears, and longings resonate with our own. I believe KUSP should retain the “tent poles” of Morning Edition and All Things Considered, semi-regular “headlines” and one or two thought-provoking stalwarts (maybe with an international perspective?) To generate excitement over the revival of KUSP, with both increased volunteer enthusiasm and fundraising dollars, I advocate for the rest of the weekday programming to be filled with the human voice telling human stories, not authors reading from a book, not interviews with the rich, famous, or dubiously newsworthy, not bloviating political or economic pundits and predictors of all stripes. As interesting as all those might be they can all be found on other radio stations. The internet has spawned a legion of independent radio broadcasters (podcasters) who are changing the face of radio with unique and (mostly) compelling stories, many incorporating musical content, that are, with a few well-known exceptions, available only online, not on the radio. But they really only enter general public consciousness after being picked up by radio. NPR has recognized and embraced that ethos to a certain degree and is the better for it. KUSP could distinguish itself by doing more of it. KUSP could provide an expanded platform that would not only benefit these artists, local and not, but also create an audience experience that could change daily, resulting in not-to-be-missed listening experiences absent from any other radio station anywhere. KUSP has already nurtured and fostered several local individuals who are recognized nationally and internationally for their podcasting and/or broadcasting. There are many, many other independent podcasters, some local, who no doubt would relish the opportunity to have their offerings aired on the radio, thereby driving more listeners to their internet site, possibly affording them the financial security to expand and improve their art. (In our current fiscal situation, the content would have to be provided free to the station). These would be human stories of local or universal interest, hopefully both. Some programs should appeal to the Monterey Bay only, informing us of what our neighbors or our government agencies are up to. That, not an Aptos resident playing recordings of French accordion or reggae, is the definition of “local.” Volunteers, not staff (too busy), need to carry this visible presence into the community, recording and producing interesting content from it. I’m told there are community members interested in spearheading and supporting and participating in such localism. Is that true? If so, step up.
Online sites like Radiotopia and others make this treasure trove of podcasts available to those who do their listening through the web, but that is a very small core group of enthusiasts. I daresay most of these enthusiasts (listeners and producers alike) are under 45 years old, a demographic we seek and need, and the future taste and format makers of all media. There are at least two obvious problems with this idea: 1) one or two or a committee of individuals would have to be responsible for listening to and selecting this pre-produced content and segueing it into a coherent and compelling sequence, including brief musical interludes, a very time-intensive enterprise, but not superhuman. Who could and would do that–volunteers or paid archivists or a combination? 2) the length of podcasts vary and doesn’t necessarily fit into the radio clock, ending on the 15, 20, 30 or 60 minute mark. Could KUSP break that mold also and let one hour bleed into the next? Who says we can’t? KUSP has survived by continually fashioning a mold, then breaking it, forever adapting to circumstances of money and manpower/fatigue, always moving forward. I am confident the Foundation and the community would support this unique approach with enthusiasm and monetary support. It is certainly ‘pataphysical.
July 6th, 2015 at 7:27 pm
The Music & News/Information option which, I assume, would be made up of staff and volunteers, is the option that makes the most amount of sense to me and the one I think would serve the community best.
July 7th, 2015 at 9:01 am
By way of introduction, I have been a radio host and producer most of my life and I teach journalism at Cabrillo College. I was on KUSP for 13 years and helped start “Talk of the Bay” and “Coastridge Ramble”, as well as “Youthtopia” and “Field Notes” . When I am not teaching folks to do radio I am producing it. If my Cabrillo students can become solid producers in 15 weeks, I believe many non-radio people with clear, strong voices can be brought in, as well as many fine hosts who are already trained and ready to return to the airwaves (myself included, and I would guess dozens of others now on other stations). Anyone can take my broadcast writing class starting in the Fall where folks learn everything from how to write commentaries to longer form features to music reviews, etc.
Option one has potential to serve the need for information, storytelling and music and arts enrichment, so long as it contains volunteers. I think that along with a format change needs to be a change in organizational culture and attitude towards the community that is more of a dynamic relationship. To shift KUSP to an exciting,experimental hotbed of creativity will take a sea change in thinking. To get new, locally produced shows up and running will take focus and time. Here is a suggestion for a process/project that could lead to some new ideas and shows:
If KUSP opens up new airtime and needs new programs that are of high quality and community-focused, it will need to look in new places for ideas and talent, as well as welcome experienced folks back into the fold. How to do that in a short time?
Idea: KUSP Program-a-thon:
Hold a one-day community radio program craeate-athon (in the tradition of hackathons) Participants will be guided step-by-step through how to formulate and pitch an idea for radio – from developing the germ of idea and writing a standout pitch, to negotiating slots and budgets. They’ll also learn how to work with editors and producers, and what makes audiences tune in or tune out. Then, they write up the idea, and pitch it.
Individuals or groups meet to learn how to do program creation and design, how to pitch an idea, and then actually get to pitch their idea.
The idea is to generate winning ideas for local programs the best of which might be brought into production and on air.
The prize is a commitment on KUSP’s part to help develop their idea into a show and if the pilot is good, put it on the air for a trial run and possibly regular airtime slot.
The goal is to create award-winning, engaging, and new idea radio that is community-focused, ie, has some connection to the area.
The judges would be community radio professionals and listeners.
Who to invite: Local writers, authors, film makers, radio programmers/producers, personalities, journalists, bloggers, podcasters, etc.
The follow-up deliverable will be a more detailed program design (potential guests, theme music style, host demo, and clock) and then a pilot show.
Just a thought…
July 10th, 2015 at 4:12 pm
I’m not sure I fully understand the difference between Options 1 & 2 but I think either would be good. I have been listening to KUSP for many years & a recent supporter & would like to continue as a supporter if you can stay on air. I really enjoy all of the music programs and also Geek Speak, and really appreciate local news, weather, arts & entertainment coverage that is hard to get anywhere else. I think you really have a treasure in some of your local hosts and producers including folks like Geo Warner, Brett Taylor, the Geeks, Dr. Dawn, and many of the other local music & talk show hosts, and hope you can keep them on board, and especially special events like coverage of the Monterey Jazz Fest which are truly unique & priceless. I agree you should ditch any nationally syndicated shows that are provided on KAZU, no need for the extra expense since the broadcast areas overlap, although I do like getting commute-hour NPR news & traffic coverage on KUSP. I really hope you can stay on air since I often listen via the car radio & can’t do that via an online-only broadcast. Thank you for considering my comments & hope you can stay on air for many more years.
July 13th, 2015 at 10:17 pm
“Amen!” to Rachel’s “thought.” A brilliant suggestion that would create excitement and public awareness and participation, not to mention content, for a future KUSP, and one that has the potential to “snowball” and generate even more of all of those over time. I am confident there would be great community support, both energetically and financially, for an event/idea like this.