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QUARTERLY ISSUES/PROGRAMS REPORT

Station (call letters): KDSC (FM)

Location (city, state): Thousand Oaks, CA

(100% Simulcast of Parent Station KUSC, Los Angeles, CA)

For quarter beginning:

January 1, 20__

April 1, 20__

█ July 1, 2017

October 1, 20__

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.

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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

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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) KUSC Out & About Mondays, Locally-produced, 2-3 minute program about arts and Tuesdays, culture in Southern California—includes interviews Fridays, with local artists and arts community members. 8:40AM, 11:40AM & 5:40PM 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. A Musical Offering Sundays at Locally-produced music-based program featuring 9AM music of the Baroque Period.

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SoCal Sunday Night Sundays, 7pm Locally-produced concert broadcasts from Southern California orchestras and ensembles: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Los Angeles Master Chorale. Requests at Noon Mon-Fri, 12PM Locally-produced, music-based program featuring music requested by listeners.

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ISSUE-RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING

Local Issue: Exposure to classical music

Program Date Time Duration Description LIVE 9/9 7PM 2hr Live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, BROADCAST: LA KUSC broadcasts LA Opera’s season- OPERA’S opening production of Carmen . CARMEN

The Record Shelf 7/2 10p 1hr The Collector’s Rhapsodies, Part 2. More historic recordings of the Hungarian Rhapsodies of Franz Liszt. The Record Shelf 7/9 10p 1hr Oh Joy Oh Rapture Unforeseen! Part 1. A rebroadcast of the first of two programs featuring historic recordings of great movements from the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. The Record Shelf 7/16 10p 1hr Oh Joy Oh Rapture Unforeseen! Part 2. The second of two programs featuring historic recordings of great movements from the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. The Record Shelf 7/23 10p 1hr A conversation with the great American pianist Emanuel Ax. The Record Shelf 7/30 10p 1hr The Record Shelf Record Reviews. Jim Svejda’s critical reactions to the latest compact discs. The Record Shelf 8/6 10p 1hr Die Meistersinger von Lancashire. Historic recordings of Wagner’s music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. The Record Shelf 8/13 10p 1hr A Buyer’s Guide to the Sibelius Symphonies and Tone Poems. A survey of the best of the readily available recordings. The Record Shelf 8/20 10p 1hr The Young Menuhin. The early recordings of the American-born violinist Yehudi Lord Menuhin. The Record Shelf 8/27 10p 1hr A conversation with the great Los Angeles-born pianist Stephen Kovacevich. The Record Shelf 9/3 10p 1hr Good King Vaclav, Part 1. In the first of two programs, classic recordings by the greatest of Czech conductors, Vaclav

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Talich. The Record Shelf 9/10 10p 1hr Good King Vaclav, Part 2. The second of two programs, classic recordings by the greatest of Czech conductors, Vaclav Talich. The Record Shelf 9/17 10p 1hr The Best of the Record Shelf. A second look at the career of the great American tenor Roland Hayes. The Record Shelf 9/24 10p 1hr A conversation with the astonishing Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili.

Local Issue: Coverage of local arts

Program Date Time Duration Description LA OPERA ON 9/9 7PM 3 hours Duff Murphy whisks you to the AIR: LIVE Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for opening SEASON- night of the company’s season, OPENING featuring Carmen . BROADCAST

KUSC Out & About 9/6 8:40a, 2min Hamilton at the Pantages 11:40a, 5:40p KUSC Out & About 9/8 8:40a, 2min Pacific Standard Time: Latin American 11:40a, film series 5:40p KUSC Out & About 9/11 8:40a, 2min USC grads produce documentary Score 11:40a, about film music 5:40p KUSC Out & About 9/13 8:40a, 2min Pacific Standard Time: Oaxacan mural 11:40a, at Central Library 5:40p KUSC Out & About 9/15 8:40a, 2min Colburn School upcoming season 11:40a, 5:40p KUSC Out & About 9/18 8:40a, 2min Viver Brasil: Afro-Brazilian dance 11:40a, company 5:40p KUSC Out & About 9/20 8:40a, 2min Viver Brasil performs at newly 11:40a, renovated Ford Theatres 5:40p KUSC Out & About 9/25 8:40a, 2min Gustavo Dudamel previews LA Phil 11:40a, season 5:40p

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KUSC Out & About 9/17 8:40a, 2min Gustavo Dudamel previews LA Phil 11:40a, season opener 5:40p SoCal Sunday Night 7/2 7p 2hrs A concert from the Pacific Symphony recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 7/16 7p 2hrs A concert from the Pacific Symphony recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 7/23 7p 2hrs A concert from the Pacific Symphony SoCal Sunday Night 7/30 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 8/6 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 8/13 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 8/20 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 8/27 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 9/3 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 9/10 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 9/17 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 9/24 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl 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.

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KUSC/KDSC Radio

Local Events & Arts Calendar // Public Service Announcements

July – September 2017

KUSC Out and About (airs Mon, Weds, Fri at 8:40AM, 11:40AM & 5:40PM)

Wednesday, September 6 – Hamilton at the Pantages Friday, September 8 – Pacific Standard Time: Latin American film series Monday, September 11 – USC grads produce documentary Score about film music Wednesday, September 13 – Pacific Standard Time: Oaxacan mural at Central Library Friday, September 15 – Colburn School upcoming season Monday, September 18 – Viver Brasil: Afro-Brazilian dance company Wednesday, September 20 – Viver Brasil performs at newly renovated Ford Theatres Monday, September 25 – Gustavo Dudamel previews LA Phil season Wednesday, September 17 – Gustavo Dudamel previews LA Phil season opener

On-Air Arts Calendar during Weekly Daytime Shifts

July 5, 9:30AM – Orange County Women’s Chorus auditions July 6, 3PM – ballet at the Hollywood Bowl July 7, 7:30AM – concerts in the dome at Mt. Wilson Observatory, 3PM – Redlands Bowl Concerto Competition, 4PM – Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles & The Music Guild Summerfest, 5PM – Encore Vocal Ensemble, LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl, Mt. Wilson Observatory concerts, Sundays Live at LACMA, 6PM – Pokorny Seminar at University of Redlands, LA Phil’s Dudamel & Stars of Ballet July 10, 6PM – iPalpiti Festival July 11, 7:30AM – Laguna Art Museum concert, 3PM – Hollywood Bowl Beethoven’s 9 th July 12, 7:30AM – Third@First concert in Pasadena July 14, 3pm – LA Phil with Dudamel & Tony Bennett, 4PM – Pacific Symphony in Newport Beach, 5PM – American Contemporary Ballet, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Third@First Concert Series, 6PM – Music Academy of the West, Northwest Boychoir California Concert Tour July 17, 4PM – Hollywood Bowl, 5PM – Festival Mozaic July 18, 6AM – Joshua Bell at the Hollywood Bowl, 8AM – Vin Scully at the Hollywood Bowl, 3PM – Hollywood Bowl, 5PM – Music Academy of the West July 20, 3PM – Hollywood Bowl Shahan Plays Williams

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July 21, 3PM – Hollywood Bowl Sondheim, Music Guild Summerfest, 4PM – Penninsula Symphony, iPalpiti at LACMA Sundays Live, 5PM – Pacific Symphony, St Luk’s Pres Church concert, 6PM – Festival Mozaic, Music Academy of the West July 25, 8AM – iPalpiti in Rolling Hills July 27, 8AM – iPalpiti soloists noon concert at UCLA July 28, 4PM – Idyllwild Arts Chamber Music Festival, Opera NEO Cabaret in Encino, Beverly Hills International Music Festival, Festival Mozaic, 5PM – Hollywood Bowl Mamma Mia, iPalpiti Orchestra Grand Finale, 6PM – Festival Mozaic Chamber Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts La Scala Ballet Company

August 2, 7AM – UCLA Chamber Music Festival August 4, 3PM – Opera NEO @ Palisades Ampitheater, Gregory Cherninsky @ Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, 4PM – Nicholas Casillas @ Claremonet Community School of Music, Profant Foundation for the Arts, 5PM – Opera NEO @ Palisades Presbyterian Church, Hollywood Bowl, 6PM – UCLA Center for 17 th & 18 th Century Studies August 7, 3PM – Hollywood Bowl All Vivaldi Thurs Night August 8, 7AM – Pasadena Presbyterian noon concert, 5PM – American Contemporary Ballet August 9, 8AM – Two Cranes Festival at PCC, 5PM – Opera NEO August 10, 4PM – Sundays Live at LACMA, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 5PM – Hollywood Bowl All Vivaldi August 11, 3PM – Department of Beaches & Harbos concert, Two Cranes International Music Festival, 4PM – Music Guild Summerfest, LA Phil Hollywood Bowl, 5PM – LA Phil Hollywood Bowl, Rainford Rogers Modern Ballet, Redlands Bowl Music Festival, 6PM – Classics at the Mer August 15, 9AM – Organ Recital at the Cathedral, 3PM – LA Phil Gershwin Under the Stars, LA Phil Planets with Dudamel, 4PM – LACO with Joshua Bell August 16, 4PM – Opera Buffs Carmen @ Zipper Hall August 18, 3PM – LA Phil Hollywood Bowl Holst The Planets, 4PM – Opera Buffs, LA Phil Tchaikovsky Spectacular, State Street Ballet, 5PM – Ojai Youth Orchestra, Jurassic Park with Pacific Symphony, West Hollywood Dance Festival, 6PM – Norton Simon Museum concert, Music Guild SummerFest August 25, 6AM – St Luke’s Presbyterian Garden Concert, 3PM – Joshua Bell & the LA Phil, 4PM – Redlands Symphony, Loyola Marymount University Concert Choir, The Malibu Friends of Music, 5PM – All-Beethoven @ the Hollywood Bowl, Classics at the Merc, 6PM – Redlands Symphony, All-Beethoven @ the Hollywood Bowl August 30, 9AM – Oak Tree Group at Theatricum Botanicum

September 1, 8AM – Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival, 3PM – Hollywood Bowl, 4PM – Oak Tree Group @ Theatricum Botanicum, Claremont Community School of Music, Opera League of Los Angeles, 5PM – Hollywood Bowl, Friends of Sundays Live @ LACMA, Nixon Library concert, 6PM – Claremont Community School of Music, Hollywood Bowl September 6, 8AM – Midsummer Night Concert in Pasadena, 4PM – Institute of Contemporary Art LA, USC Thornton Symphony September 7, 3PM – Camerata Pacifica September 8, 3PM – Pomona College Department of Music, Oak Tree Group Composer’s Concert, 4PM – Pacific Opera Project, Ambassador Auditorium Glendale Phil, St. Mary of the

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Angeles concert, USC Thornton School of Music, 5PM – Nat Nehdar Mid Summer Concert, Camerata Pacifica, Edendale Branch Library concert, Rolling Hills United Methodist Church concert, 6PM – Santa Barbara Choral Society, Ballet Repertory Theatre September 12, 10AM – Segerstrom Performing Arts Mariinksy Ballet, 3PM – Yo-Yo Ma at the Hollywood Bowl September 13, 7AM – Beverly Hills Audition Winner in concert, 4PM – Colburn School Concerts September 14, 10AM – Pacific Symphony opening concerts, 3PM – Hollywood Bowl final concert, 5PM – LA Phil Mozart September 15, 10AM – La Guittara Fest in San Luis Obispo, 11AM – KUSC Special Event with Pacific Symphony, 3PM – Restoration Concerts, Pierre Leloup at Theatre Raymond, Marylin Winkle at Lutheran Church, 4PM – Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Hausmann Quartet, South Bay Chamber Music Society, 5PM – Pittance Chamber Music, LA Opera Carmen, The Dream Orchestra, 6PM – Symphony Irvine, Pomona College Department of Music September 16, 7AM – La Guitarra San Luis Obispo, LA Phil, LA Opera September 18, 10AM – LACO Concerts with Joshua Bell, 5AM – Salastina Society September 19, 11AM – LA Phil/Salonen concerts September 20, 10AM – LA Opera/Carmen, 11AM – Pacific Symphony/LACO Joshua Bell, 5PM – LA Phil, 6PM – LA Master Chorale September 21, 3PM – San Fernando Valley Symphony, 5PM – LA Phil, 6PM – San Diego Symphony September 22, 3PM – USC Thornton School of Music, 4PM – Los Angeles Master Chorale, Colburn School, Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church concert, 5PM – Carolyn Sykes Pacific Harps, American Youth Symphony, LA Opera Carmen, 6PM – Pomona College Department of Music, Chamber on the Mount, The Corelli Ensemble September 25, 10AM – LA Phil Gala Concert, 11AM – Esa Pekka Salonen/LA Phil September 26, 8AM – Thornton Chamber Music, 6PM – LA Phil September 27, 7AM – Repertory Opera Company, 4PM – Musica Angelica Water Music September 28, 10AM – Joshua Bell with LACO, 11AM – LA Opera Carmen September 29, 6AM – Noon Concert at Scripps, 10AM – LA Phil Mozart Festival, 3PM – Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, RCC Music Department, Pomona College Department of Music, 4PM – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Musco Concert, Orchestra Santa Monica, Young Musicians Foundation, 5PM – Burbank Chamber Music, All Saints’ Church concert, Musica Angelica Baroque, Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara, USC Thornton School of Music, 6PM – Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic