QUARTERLY ISSUES/PROGRAMS REPORT
Station (call letters): KPSC (FM)
Location (city, state): Palm Springs, CA
(100% Simulcast of Parent Station KUSC, Los Angeles, CA)
For quarter beginning:
January 1, 20__
April 1, 20__
July 1, 20__
█ October 1, 2016
Attached hereto are descriptions of issue-responsive programming broadcast by this station during the reporting period.
The listed programs aired on the station during the reporting period on the days and times indicated. Each program regularly provides information or addresses current local issues of concern to viewers in the area where the station is located.
LOCAL ISSUES ADDRESSED DURING THE QUARTER
The following are local issues of concern to the community. Programs that addressed these issues during this reporting period are listed on the following pages.
Local Issue/Concern Brief description of local issue or concern The awareness of local artistic events from producers who share audience with classical music-minded individuals. Coverage of Local Arts
To bring the best of classical music, both new and archived recordings to the public-at-large. Exposure to Classical Music
The impact of arts and music related curriculums on youth from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. Education/Children’s Issues
PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS LOCAL ISSUES
The following programs that aired during the relevant reporting period regularly address local issues and concerns in the station’s city of license and within its service area. Specific episodes and segments of these programs and the issues they addressed are listed on the following pages.
Program Name Schedule Brief Generic Description
(Day/Time) (Note whether local, syndicated or network) Arts Alive Saturdays, 8am Locally-produced, 30 minute program about arts and culture in Southern California—includes interviews with local artists and arts community members, interactive Q&A with USC Thornton School of Music Dean, arts news and community arts calendar. The Opera Show Saturdays, 9am Locally produced, music-based content regarding opera. Focusing on composers & performers with occasional interviews with local productions.
Saturdays, Locally produced, music-based program focusing on 10pm the past 75 years of contemporary classical music. Modern Times
Soul Music Sundays, 6am Locally produced, music-based program focusing on the choral component of recorded classical music.
From the Top Sundays at 6pm Syndicated via American Public Media – Recent concert performances and interviews with young musicians from across the United States. The Record Shelf Sundays at 10p Locally produced, nationally syndicated program surveying historic recordings, offering buyers guides and, featuring interviews with today’s greatest classical music personalities. Thornton Center Sundays at 9pm Locally produced music-based program featuring Stage student and faculty performances from the archives of the USC Thornton School of Music. LA Opera On-Air Saturday A broadcast series of six full-length opera’s from the Mornings at LA Opera’s most recent season. 10am (May- June Only)
A Musical Offering Sundays at Locally-produced music-based program featuring 9AM music of the Baroque Period.
SoCal Sunday Night Sundays, 7pm Locally-produced concert broadcasts from Southern California orchestras and ensembles: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale. Requests at Noon Mon-Fri, 12PM Locally-produced, music-based program featuring music requested by listeners.
ISSUE-RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING
Local Issue: Exposure to classical music
Program Date Time Duration Description LIVE 10/16 7:30pm 90 min Alan Chapman and Dennis Bartel host a BROADCAST: live LA Chamber Orchestra concert from YoYo Ma and USC’s Bovard Auditorium celebrating LACO Jeffrey Kahane’s 20th and final season as LACO Music Director.
The First of 12/26 7PM 5hrs Jim Svejda hosts a Chanukkah special Chanukkah featuring The Chanukkah Story with Leonard Nimoy and the Western Wind, and Handel’s Judas Maccabeus, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. The Record Shelf 10/2 10p 1hr A Buyer’s Guide to the French Symphony
The Record Shelf 10/9 10p 1hr A Conversation with Star Pianist Yuja Wang
The Record Shelf 10/16 10p 1hr Kreisleriana, Part 1. Historic recordings featuring violinist Fritz Kreisler. The Record Shelf 10/23 10p 1hr Kreisleriana, Part 2. Historic recordings featuring violinist Fritz Kreisler. The Record Shelf 10/30 10p 1hr Scary Music, An Encore. In honor of Halloween, music you don’t want to hear alone on a dark and stormy night. The Record Shelf 11/6 10p 1hr Arturo Toscanini’s only pupil, the brilliant, doomed Italian conductor Guido Cantelli leads a program of music by American composers. The Record Shelf 11/13 10p 1hr The Record Shelf Record Reviews The Record Shelf 11/20 10p 1hr A conversation between French conductor Stephane Deneve and Jim Svejda. The Record Shelf 11/27 10p 1hr A Buyer’s Guide to the Forgotten Composers The Record Shelf 12/4 10p 1hr The Record Shelf Guide to Gift
Recordings. The Record Shelf 12/11 10p 1hr A Buyer’s Guide to Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. The Record Shelf 12/18 10p 1hr A Golden Age Christmas. The great opera stars of the past are heard again singing popular (and not-so-popular) Christmas carols.
Local Issue: Coverage of local arts
Program Date Time Duration Description Arts Alive 10/1 8a 30min Veronika Krausas Veronica Krausas has composed for tent, quintet, bows and elbows. She calls Los Angeles a vortex of creative people. And she’s the subject of our latest Local Composers Project. Plus we tell you about a trilogy of plays, performed in a single evening, and giving audiences a look at the personal and political changes affecting one family over the course of 100 years. Arts Alive 10/8 8a 30min Mira Nair says for her music is like oxygen. Composer Alex Heffes helped breath life into Nair’s new movie Queen of Katwe with a score that combines traditional African and western sounds. They’re both our guests on the Arts Alive podcast. Plus, conductor James Conlon on his Recovered Voices project, which helps new audiences discover work suppressed by the Nazis. Arts Alive 10/15 8a 30min This week on Arts Alive: in case you’re wondering about what music education actually teaches kids, why not just ask them? We did. Hear the inspiring story of the USC Thornton School of Music’s Community Engagement Program. Also, Pop Art in LA. We visit the Skirball Cultural Center for an exhibition that shows how Roy Lichtenstein, a New Yorker, found inspiration here in the City of Angels. Plus, LA Times and Arts Alive film critic Kenneth Turan reviews a trio of
films, including a thriller with a not-so- thrilling name. And on Ask the Dean, in the world of classical music, why is there a bias in favor of European composers? What about great music of other cultures? Arts Alive 10/29 8a 30min Composer, conductor and LA Phil Creative Chair John Adams says his relationship with LA Phil Music Director Gustavo Dudamel one of the most important things in his life as an artist. We hear from them both, Adams and Dudamel on the Arts Alive podcast. Arts Alive 11/5 8a 30min We packed the Arts Alive podcast for the show’s 10th anniversary. Legendary choreographer Lucinda Childs reflect on her career. Pasadena Symphony Music Director David Lockington stops by and we meet Adam Schoenberg as part of the KUSC Local Composers Project. Plus, we celebrate a decade of arts and culture coverage by going back in time to hear the very first Ask the Dean. That’s all new this week on the Arts Alive podcast. Arts Alive 11/12 8a 30min In 1998 Garry Hynes became the first women to ever win a Tony for directing when The Beauty Queen of Leenane was on the Broadway. Now the Beauty Queen is back with a run at the Mark Taper Forum. Garry Hynes is our guest, so is the President of the Music Center, Rachel Moore. She talks about midnight roller rinks and her book The Artist’s Compass. Arts Alive 11/19 8a 30min At age 10 most of us are just starting to learn long division, or how much the tooth fairy will leave for a molar. But at that age, Hilary Hahn was tackling Mozart’s 5th Violin Concerto — the same one she recently recorded, she tells us how she knew it was time to put it on an album. Plus Merrily We Roll Along has a reputation for being the Sondheim musical no one can get right. Will the production opening this week
at The Wallis break the curse? Those stories and more on the Arts Alive podcast. Arts Alive 12/3 8a 30min Since there’s no such thing as too much music, composer Reena Esmail says everyone should feel free to add their voice to the chorus. Esmail is the subject of this month’s KUSC Local Composer Project and she describes how her musical journey brought together Indian classical and western classical music. Plus, the quirky French movie Amelie was a big screen charmer, now it’s a stage musical. Get to know Esmail and Amelie on the Arts Alive podcast. Arts Alive 12/10 8a 30min The Amazon streaming TV show Mozart in the Jungle shows a side of the classical music world that would surprise anyone who thinks of its musicians as elite, stoic men and women in black formal wear. We hit the red carpet to talk to some of the show’s stars about its new season. And we head to the Central Library to hear about William Shakespeare helped settle the Wild West. Those stories and more on the Arts Alive podcast. Arts Alive 12/17 8a 30min Europe has held a near-monopoly on the longtime centers of western classical music. But far away, across the sea, Los Angeles has made a name for itself as a city with a model symphony. So says conductor Sir Simon Rattle. He’s our guest on the Arts Alive podcast. And Gael Garcia Bernal isn’t a conductor, but he does play one on TV. Now on the big screen, he’s playing a fictional man trying to track down one of the world’s most famous poets. Bernal on Neruda, plus Kenneth Turan’s favorite movies of 2016 and an icey Ask the Dean. It’s all on the Arts Alive podcast. SoCal Sunday Night 10/2 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 10/9 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Phil at the
Hollywood Bowl recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 10/23 7p 2hrs A concert from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 10/30 7p 2hrs A concert from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 11/5 7p 2hrs A concert from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 11/13 7p 2hrs A concert from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 11/20 7p 2hrs A concert from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 11/27 7p 2hrs A concert from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 12/11 7p 2hrs A concert from the Los Angeles Master Chorale recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 12/18 7p 2hrs A concert from the Los Angeles Master Chorale recorded live.
Local Issue: Education/Children’s Issues
Program Date Time Duration Description From The Top Sundays 6p 1hr Weekly program highlighting performances and interviews with talented youth musicians from across the US. The Off-to- Mon-Fri 7:15a 10min Host plays a piece of classical music School/Summer requested by a child and/or their vacation Request parent/guardian that they want to hear on their way to school. Thornton Center Sundays 9p 2 hrs Locally produced music-based program Stage featuring student and faculty performances from the archives of the USC Thornton School of Music. Ask the Dean (part Saturdays 8:45AM 5-10 USC Thornton School of Music Dean of Arts Alive) minutes Robert Cutietta answers listener questions about instruments, music theory, music history and careers in music.
KUSC Radio (Simulcasting on KPSC, Palm Springs) Local Events & Arts Calendar Public Service Announcements October – December 2016
PSAs
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Around Town arts calendar (airs on Arts Alive, Sat. 8AM)
October 8, 2016 Promoted: free afternoon concert at San Diego State University’s Performing Arts Plaza; Pittance Chamber Ensemble
November 19, 2016 Promoted: Westside Youth Orchestra; Verdi Chorus; Ventura County Ballet Company
December 10, 2016 Promoted: 72nd annual Candlelight and Carols concert at Pasadena Presbyterian Church; St. James Sunday Concerts in Tarzana; Sierra Madre Playhouse
On-Air Arts Calendar during Weekly Daytime Shifts
October 4, 2016 9AM Pepe Romero at Pasadena Pres. 1PM Philharmonia Orch at SCTFA & VPAC
October 5, 2016 11AM Philharmonia Orch at VPAC 11:30AM San Diego Symphony
October 6, 2016 11AM LACO with Yo Yo Ma
October 7, 2016 1PM LA Phil - Mahler 9 2PM Berlin Phil @ SCFTA and WDCH 3PM Salastina Music Society 4PM Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra; Santa Monica Symphony; LA Opera; Pittance Chamber Orchestra 5PM Loyola Marymount – Pianist Peter Toth; Pasadena Symphony; Orchestra Santa Monica 6PM Rolling Hills United Methodist Church: 2nd Sunday - Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra; Salastina Music Society; UCSB Arts & Lectures: Alonzo King Ballet
October 12, 2016 4PM LA Opera
October 14, 2016 4PM: San Diego Symphony; 1st United Methodist Church of Pasadena concert series; USC Thornton School Orchestra; Pasadena Conservatory of Music 5PM: Lutheran Church of the Master concert; Azusa Pacific University – Fukushima Benefit Concert; Opera San Luis Obispo; SOKA University – Emerson String Quartet 6PM Chapman University Orchestra, American Youth Symphony
October 27, 2016 11AM LA Guitar Quartet at Lobero Theater
October 28, 2016 11AM Jung Trio in Pomona; Colburn Faculty Recital 4PM Famous Players Orchestra; LA Opera; Celestial Opera Company; Philharmonic Society of Orange County 5PM SOKA Performing Arts Center; USC Thornton School Wind Ensemble; El Camino College concert; LA Phil 6PM Cal Poly Music Department; Philharmonic Society of Orange County; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
October 29, 2016 12PM CSUN Department of Theatre Hansel & Gretel 4PM Peninsula Symphony 50th Anniversary Concert
November 1, 2016 10AM California Chamber Orchestra 2PM Pasadena Symphony
November 2, 2016 9AM Musica Angelica 3PM New West Symphony 5PM Met Opera Western Region Auditions
November 3, 2016 4PM Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra
November 4, 2016 12PM Pacific Symphony 2PM Salastina Music Society 3PM Garrick Ohlsson at Disney Hall 4PM LA Metropolitan Opera; University of Redlands Choral Competition; Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra; SOKA Performing Arts Center 5PM St James Pres. Church music series; UCI Symphony: Los Angeles Baroque Players; Met Opera Western Regional Finals; New West Symphony 6PM Pasadena Symphony, Pomona College Department of Music Modern Piano Trio
November 5, 2016 1PM LA Phil
November 7, 2016 6AM Symphonies for Youth at Disney Hall 10AM Berlin Phil at Disney Hall 1PM LA Phil plays classic film scores with movies
November 8, 2016 8AM UCLA Philharmonia; Pasadena Community Orchestra 5PM Los Angeles Opera
November 9, 2016 7AM Second Sundays concert series at Rolling Hills Church 4PM La Sierra University Department of Music Chamber Orchestra Concert 5PM The Master’s University Department of Music Wind Ensemble Concert
November 10, 2016 4PM Los Angeles Opera
November 11, 2016 9AM Musica Angelica 4PM Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; LA Opera; Pasadena Community Orchestra; Pomona College Band 5PM USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra; American Youth Symphony; Garrick Ohlsson with LA Phil; Pacific Symphony Pops; Redlands Opera Theatre 6PM LA Phil; Santa Cecilia Arts and Learning Center
November 12, 2016 12PM Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra 3PM Philharmonic Society of Orange County – Berlin Phil
November 14, 2016 9AM VOX Femima at Zipper Hall
November 16, 2016 4PM LA Opera; USC Opera 5PM Berlin Phil at Disney Hall & SCFTA
November 18, 2016 4PM LA Phil; Pacific Quartet; LA Opera; Loyola Marymount University concert; Ventura Ballet 5PM Bob Cole Conservatory of Music; La Mirada Symphony; LA Phil; Verdi Chorus 6PM San Fernando Valley Symphony Orch; Long Beach Symphony; Pacific Symphony
November 21, 2016 4PM Los Angeles Youth Orchestra; Broad Stage – Piotr Beczala 5PM Encinitas Library
November 23, 2016 4PM Edendale Library String Duo
November 28, 2016 9AM Colburn Faculty Recital 4PM USC Thornton School of Music Winter Gala
November 29, 2016 9AM Thornton Chamber Music Festival
November 30, 2016 4PM San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra; Pacific Symphony
December 2, 2016 4PM Gutafson Dance at Lobero Theatre; Los Robles Master Chorale; St Matthews United Methodist Church concert; Colburn School concerto; Los Angeles Master Chorale 5PM California Chamber Orchestra; Santa Monica Symphony; Valley Performing Arts Centers; Orange County Gay Men’s Chorus 6PM LA Opera; Pomona College Choir; Chapman University
December 4, 2016 5PM Handel’s Messiah at Valley Performing Arts Center
December 9, 2016 4PM Santa Barbara Choral Society; California Desert Chorale at Indian Wells; Casas Romantica Cultural Center Nutcracker; Pasadena Master Chorale 5PM El Camino College; Broad Stage; LA Phil; Wallis Annenberg Center 6PM OperaArts; Loyola Marymount U. Christmas Concert; Southern California Ballet Nutcracker
December 12, 2016 4PM Valley Performing Arts Center – Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
December 14, 2016 11AM Los Robles Master Chorale 5PM USC Arts and Lectures – Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
December 15, 2016 1PM LA Phil; Salastina Music Society 6PM Musica Angelica
December 16, 2016 4PM North Coast Repertory Theatre Solana Beach; Starts of Tomorrow Children’s Theatre; Pacific Symphony; Santa Barbara Revels 5PM Long Beach Camerata Singers; Cathedral Productions Christmas show; Third@1st Concert Series-Christmas Joy; Los Angeles Master Chorale 6PM LA Phil; Pacific Chorale
December 20, 2016 4PM La Phil 5PM Pacific Symphony
December 21, 2016 6AM LA County Holiday Celebration 7AM Huntington Beach Nutcracker
December 23, 2016 4AM 57th Annual Holiday Celebration; A Noise Within – A Christmas Carol; Sierra Madre Playhouse – Little House Christmas 5PM Ballet Repertory Theater; LA Phil; California Ballet – Nutcracker; Loeser Brothers Holiday Comedy 6PM Rubicon Theatre Company; 57th Annual Holiday Celebration