KALW
- Call Letters: KALW
- Frequency: 91.7FM
- http://www.kalw.org
- http://kalwnews.org
- Affiliations: BBC, NPR, PRI, APM, and NFCB
- Networks: LA Theatre Works Private Network, Sound Opinions Private Network, and Public Radio Remix Select
Description
KALW's mission is to provide listeners with independent, credible news and information from a variety of local, national and international sources. KALW also produces local programs that connect listeners to their communities, highlighting the music, arts and literature of the San Francisco Bay Area. Additionally, the station supports the educational mission of the San Francisco Unified School District by both informing the public about the San Francisco schools and creating opportunities for student-learning in radio.
Pieces
Oakland has the 5th busiest port in the country. According to the Port of Oakland they support between 50,000 and 73,000 jobs in Northern Californi...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:12:33
After a series of earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio last week, some observers are pointing to an unusual culprit. Yesterday seismologist John Armbr...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:08:28
California is facing a $13 billion budget shortfall over the next year and a half, and it’s safe to say that the pain will be felt across public se...
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:06:35
- Purchases: 1
In October, President Obama declared that a major chapter in American military history was about to come to a close...
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I c...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:05:19
In some ways, he’s famous: The anthropology department building at UC Berkeley is named for Alfred Kroeber, the scholar who worked closely with Ish...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:10:03
The Berkeley theater company Shotgun Players started performing twenty years ago in the basement of a Berkeley pizzeria. Now it’s got its own build...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:07:30
It was a special time for jazz in the Bay Area. For most of the ‘70s and the early ‘80s, a small club called Keystone Korner presented a dazzling a...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:10:00
When it comes to poverty in California, it boils down to some pretty startling numbers: Last year, six million people in the state were officially ...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:06:35
The state of California produces more than half of the nation’s fruits, vegetables and nuts. Still, U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics from ...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:08:35
While Oakland stands in a tenuous state of peace, violence in nearby Richmond regularly grabs headlines – even within the walls of City Hall.
KTVU...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:08:32
California is home to more than 55,000 foster kids - the largest population in the country. And, the one place in the state where most of those kid...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:07:15
Technology has done great things for medicine: Machines can help keep hearts beating and lungs breathing. Electronic medical records help doctors k...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:07:34
- Purchases: 1
For the 2011 school year, UC Berkeley created a project for incoming students designed to break the social ice and spark intellectual debate among ...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:09:40
You don’t have to be outside for long to realize that here in the Bay Area, we are surrounded by wildlife. Long before houses and roads and cities ...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:09:42
The Occupy Wall Street protests have started a national conversation about how capitalism should work – or if it can work at all. But for all the t...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:06:57
Long before Beyonce decided to redefine “diva” for pop culture, the term was associated with high culture. Nevertheless, divas of then and now have...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:08:48
In San Francisco, you don’t have to go to a stuffy night club or a formal classroom to learn how to swing dance. If you want to learn the Lindy Hop...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:06:29
For more than a year now, BART's board of directors has been discussing whether – and how – the system could stay open later. Right now the trains ...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 00:05:11
President Obama continues to tout his jobs bill, though it hasn’t been getting much traction in Congress. Still, there are a few industries that ha...
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Nov 07, 2011
- Length: 00:05:02
- Purchases: 1
El Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a traditional Mexican holiday in which people honor the spirits of those who’ve passed. The holiday i...
- Added: Nov 01, 2011
- Length: 00:06:22
Staff of KALW
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Bill Helgeson (Admin)
Operations Manager |
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Holly Kernan (Admin)
News Director |
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Ben Trefny (Admin)
Executive News Editor |
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David Latulippe
Producer, Ass't Operations Mgr KALW |
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David Latulippe
Producer/Announcer/Operations |
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Erica Mu (Admin)
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Maria-Martina Castro
Independent Journalist |
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