91.3 KBCS

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91.3 KBCS is public radio providing Puget Sound with a diversity of music and information. Listeners tune in to hear an unparalleled mix of new and classic worldbeat, folk, and jazz, in addition to unique and vital news and analysis. Over 150 volunteer hosts, producers, and journalists deliver much of the music and news heard on the station. KBCS alumni can be heard on public radio stations throughout the region and reporting for National Public Radio. The roots of KBCS took hold in the early ‘70s. Perhaps inspired by the insurgent FM stations of the era, with their rebel disc jockeys spinning a wild mix of album sides and long prog rock tracks, a group of students set out to become broadcasters. Bellevue College was initially disinterested. While the events leading up to the student sit-in at the president’s office have been forgotten, the end result was that in February of ’73 KBCS went live, with a tiny 10 watt transmitter and equipment donated by KING-FM. Gradually, KBCS evolved from a student radio club into a professionally managed public media organization. In 1990, transmitter power increased to 8,000 watts. In March of 2013 the station’s antenna moved from the Bellevue College campus to the top of Cougar Mountain, strengthening the station’s reach to the south and east. The Eastside’s only public radio station, 91.3 KBCS is heard throughout the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan region. The station continues to grow and adapt to the evolving needs of public radio listeners, and that ‘73 spirit of community and adventure is alive and well.

Location:

United States

Description:

91.3 KBCS is public radio providing Puget Sound with a diversity of music and information. Listeners tune in to hear an unparalleled mix of new and classic worldbeat, folk, and jazz, in addition to unique and vital news and analysis. Over 150 volunteer hosts, producers, and journalists deliver much of the music and news heard on the station. KBCS alumni can be heard on public radio stations throughout the region and reporting for National Public Radio. The roots of KBCS took hold in the early ‘70s. Perhaps inspired by the insurgent FM stations of the era, with their rebel disc jockeys spinning a wild mix of album sides and long prog rock tracks, a group of students set out to become broadcasters. Bellevue College was initially disinterested. While the events leading up to the student sit-in at the president’s office have been forgotten, the end result was that in February of ’73 KBCS went live, with a tiny 10 watt transmitter and equipment donated by KING-FM. Gradually, KBCS evolved from a student radio club into a professionally managed public media organization. In 1990, transmitter power increased to 8,000 watts. In March of 2013 the station’s antenna moved from the Bellevue College campus to the top of Cougar Mountain, strengthening the station’s reach to the south and east. The Eastside’s only public radio station, 91.3 KBCS is heard throughout the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan region. The station continues to grow and adapt to the evolving needs of public radio listeners, and that ‘73 spirit of community and adventure is alive and well.

Language:

English

Website:

http://kbcs.fm

Episodes

Workplace Rights - 11052025 Podcast

11/6/2025

Workplace raids have been happening around the country and Seattle organizers want local businesses to be prepared. Washington Neighborhood Defense is a volunteer-led group providing resources for businesses and talking to employees and managers around the region about workplace rights. KBCS contributor Jennie Cecil Moore joined an outing with volunteers to learn more about the effort. Resources to learn more about how you can help: Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network https://waisn.org/ Contact WAND: Potential volunteers can contact organizers on the group's Signal Chat https://signal.group/#CjQKIEEBscFqyqd5YPV6sUdnnkzJfdhZ4_OU9n33hDGPswJcEhCEa0EHnaItFuR5xns28zSH or email at waneighborhooddefense@gmail.com.

Duration:00:06:40

WA Bend Like Booker 0822 BLOG

8/20/2025

This weekend the 34th district Democrats are hosting a community event inspired by Senator Cory Booker’s record breaking 25 speech on the Senate floor last spring. Speakers will present on key issues that are being targeted by the Trump administration. KBCS contributor Jennie Cecil Moore spoke with the event organizer and some presenters.

Duration:00:05:46

WA Vaccines

8/20/2025

Independent producer and KBCS contributor, Jennie Cecil Moore interviews Doctor Jessica Van Fleet Green family physician who also serves as president of the board for the Washington state chapter of the Post-acute and Long Term Care Medical Association.

Duration:00:07:17

WA Eviction-JCM-0815 BLOG

8/20/2025

Independent producer, Jennie Cecil Moore provides this interview for KBCS. Thank you for your support. www.kbcs.fm

Duration:00:04:54

Voices from Inside

6/27/2025

On a leafy street in Seattle’s Central District, a two-story family home has welcomed visitors as a gallery space since 2019. Wa Na Wari, which means “our home” in the Nigerian language of Kalabari, is featuring art from the Black Prisoners’ Caucus from June 6-13, 2025. The center for Black art and belonging is showcasing beadwork, poetry, sketches, paintings, and video work centered on incarceration.

Duration:00:05:06

Anna Thorvaldsdottir interview with Michael Schell

4/3/2025

Flotation Device interview with Anna Thorvaldsdottir If Björk is Iceland’s best-known pop singer, then Anna Thorvaldsdottir is its best-known composer, noted for her visceral music that conveys—in its own distinctive way—the sounds of the sea and the mountains that surrounded her growing up in a small coastal town. She joined Flotation Device host Michael Schell to talk about her two new recordings, her early influences, her current projects, and the role of Björk on putting Icelandic music on the map.

Duration:00:12:12

KBCS HD1 - Roots Rock Soul

8/27/2024

Jazz vocalist, composer, and activist Ben Black stopped by the KBCS studio to discuss his music and a fundraiser he organized this past August for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. It's a wide ranging and uplifting conversation accompanied by Ben's own music!

Duration:00:27:48