Bay Area folk music radio
Harold Antanas Trinkunas
Seeing as a discussion has started up on folk music radio in
the New York area, I'm wondering if anyone could post similar
information for San Francisco/Bay Area. I've been living here for
about a year now, and haven't run across anything yet.
Any info would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Harold
Steven Alexander
FOLK, SHOW, NEW AGE MUSIC ON THE RADIO
SF, EAST BAY, ETC.
4/5/92
SUNDAY
9-11am KFJC Backwoods and Forewoods: country, bluegrass, old-time, Cajun
10-11am KCSM Thistle & Shamrock: from the British Isles w/Fiona Ritchie
10-11am KUSF Irish Hour
11-1pm KQED American Radio Company w/Garrison Keillor
11-noon KCSM Celtic Connection
11-1pm KPFA Jazz, Blues, & Folk w/Chris Strachwitz or Phil Elwood
(most folk/ethnic music is in 2nd hour of Chris's show)
11-1pm KKUP Wimmin's Music w/Laura Testa or Tina Carrol
noon-5pm KCSM Bay Area Bluegrass Sunday
1-2:30pm KPFA Across the Great Divide: contemporary folk w/Robbie Osman
1-3pm KKUP Far Flung Folk Festival: Celtic & American w/Kitty Pascual
(alt. weeks)
7-8pm KCSM Regards to Broadway
7-midn. KSAN Sully Roddy - All Kinds of Country
10-midn. KALW Music from the Hearts of Space
11-midn. KPFA Music from the Hearts of Space
2-4am KPFA Serendipity Doo-Dah: folk, eclectic w/Beedle Um Bum Larry
(alt. w/Rising Tides)
MONDAY
5-7am KPFA First Light: trad, contemporary & classical music w/Kevin Vance
6-8:30pm KKUP Monday Nite Bluegrass alt. 3/4 time w/ Palo Alto Cowboy Show
-10pm KUSF Ragtime
TUESDAY
5-7am KPFA First Light: trad, contemporary & classical music
w/Judi Friedman
10-1pm KKUP Down by the Greenwood: folk country bluegrass, Irish & blues
w/Mike Meyer
1-2:30pm KPFA America's Back 40: roots-based American music w/Mary Tilson
WEDNESDAY
10-noon KKUP Flashback: 60's w/Patti MacKay
1-2:30pm KPFA Folk Music from Near & Far Out: (1st & 5th Wed) w/Gerda Daly;
(2nd Wed) Hawaiian Music w/Rena Nelson; (3rd Wed) Yiddish Music
w/Gerry Tenney; (4th Wed) Celtic Music w/Padraigin McGillicuddy
9-10pm KPFA Music in America: (trad American) mostly blues & jazz;
4th Wed is sometimes Chris Strachwitz
1:30-5am KPFA Beedle Um Bum: folk, eclectic
THURSDAY
7-10am KKUP New Wood: American, Celtic, bluegrass w/Peter Schwartz
1-2:30pm KPFA Sing Out!: folk & not so acoustic music w/Larry Kelp
2-3pm KCSM-TV Austin City Limits
7-10pm KKUP Just Jean: country, bluegrass & folk
FRIDAY
7-9am KKUP Drifters Wind: country, folk, bluegrass w/Mae Koski or Ann
McLaughlin
noon-3pm KKUP Mystic Music: new age, space, organ music w/Eric Mystic
2:30-4:30 KPFA Pig in a Pen: bluegrass w/Ray Edlund alt.
w/Panhandle Country: trad country, bluegrass, western swing,
cajun, honky-tonk, old-timey, country jazz w/Tom Diamant
3-6pm KKUP Friday Folkoff: Celtic, English & American Folk w/Al Calame
SATURDAY
11-noon KPFA Bonnie Simmons: singer/songwriters, country & folk w/"
11-1pm KQED West Coast Weekend: live variety show w/Sedge Thomson
3-4pm KALW Thistle & Shamrock: from the British Isles w/Fiona Ritchie
3-5pm KALW Mountain Stage: live music from West Virginia
4-5pm KALW A Patchwork Quilt: mix of folk from present & past,
some others w/Kevin Vance
5-6pm KALW Folk Music & Beyond: chiefly from America & British Isles
w/Joann Mar & Bob Campbell
6-7pm KUSF International Folk Fest
6-8pm KQED American Radio Company w/Garrison Keillor
8-10pm KQED West Coast Weekend w/Sedge Thomson
10-11pm KCSM-TV Lonesome Pine Special
11-midn. KCSM-TV Austin City Limits
KFCF Fresno 88.1 FM (209) 233-2221 (usually broadcasts KPFA's signal)
KQED SF 88.5 FM (415)
KFJC Los Altos 89.7 FM
KUSF SF 90.3 FM
KCSM San Mateo 91.1 FM
KKUP Cupertino 91.5 FM (408) 253-6000
KALW SF 91.7 FM (415) 695-5740
KPFA Berkeley 94.1 FM (510) 848-6767
KSAN 94.7 FM (415) 989-5726
KFOG SF 104.5 FM (415) 896-5364
KQED-TV San Francisco Channel 9
KQEC-TV San Francisco Channel 32
KCSM-TV San Mateo Channel 60
Based on a 1/8/91 list from:
From: dbr...@apple.com (David Brown)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Bay Area Radio List
Date: 9 Jan 91 18:16:22 GMT
who said:
"Here is the latest version of my radio list; as always,
corrections and additions are welcome. I only keep tabs on
the stations I can receive, so I have dropped such stations
as KKUP (Cupertino) and KUSP (Santa Cruz) from the list.
"All bets are off during marathons at KPFA.
"TV listings, esp. KCSM, change frequently."
David Brown 415-649-4000
Orion Network Systems (a subsidiary of Apple Computer)
1995 University Ave, Suite 350
Berkeley CA 94704
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Steven Alexander
Comp Sci grad student ste...@cs.berkeley.edu
& non-practicing lawyer extraordinaire
{I'm really wonderful at not practicing}
David Brown
recent revision about a year ago (for the SF Folk Club folk directory)
since the one that ste...@triangle.Berkeley.EDU (Steven Alexander) posted
here. Some corrections:
the KUSF Irish show is now 1pm-2pm on Sundays.
The Friday Bluegrass/country show on KPFA is now 1pm-2:30pm (so KPFA has
a block of roots music every weekday at the same time - on Monday they have
a blues show).
The early morning KPFA shows have been changed substantially - check the
folio for latest info.
david
Steve Goldfield
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#>In article <1992Oct31.1...@leland.Stanford.EDU> ant...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Harold Antanas Trinkunas) writes:
#>SATURDAY
#>3-5pm KALW Mountain Stage: live music from West Virginia
Regarding this excellent list, Mountain Stage hasn't been
on KALW for a long time. Instead, they have Thistle and Shamrock
from 3 to 4 and Kevin Vance from 4 to 5, which were also listed.
If you're driving south of San Jose on a Sunday night and
like bluegrass and/or Hawaiian music, Cousin Al has a show
on KPIG. I haven't got the frequency with me.
Steve Goldfield
Jim Cole
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Harold, there isn't much, but here's what I know of (mostly
Bluegrass-centric):
KKUP 91.5
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A very small station in Cupertino. It's funded entirely by contributions
(not NPR, etc.), and plays a very wide variety of music and talk.
Bluegrass Monday and Thursday evenings, and Saturday afternoon. Folk music
Tuesday mid-day and Friday afternoon.
KCSM 91.1
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Jazz all week, but Sunday 12-5pm is Bay Area Bluegrass Sunday, the premier
bluegrass radio show in the area.
KPFA 94.1
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Berkeley's progressive Pacifica station has a folk-roots block Mon-Fri,
1-2:30pm. Tuesday's America Back 40 show is great.
KSAN 94.9
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The big commercial country station lets down its hair on Sunday night,
7-midnight, with All Kinds of Country, which plays a great mix of
bluegrass, folk, rockabilly, etc.
The Peninsula center for acoustic music is Gryphon Stringed Instruments in
Palo Alto. They offer group and individual guitar, banjo, etc. lessons,
and sell instruments, music, CDs.
Also, last summer was the first California Coast Music Camp, a weeklong
camp for acoustic music. It was a great success, and will happen again
next July. Let me know if you want to know more about it or Gryphon.