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QUARTERLY ISSUES/PROGRAMS REPORT
Station (call letters): KPSC
Location (city, state): Palm Springs, CA
(100% Simulcast of Parent Station KUSC, Los Angeles, CA)
For quarter beginning:
January 1, 20__
█ April 1, 2016
July 1, 20__
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) 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-
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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.
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ISSUE-RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING
Local Issue: Exposure to classical music
Program Date Time Duration Description The Record Shelf 4/3 10p 1hr The Koussy Premieres. In the first of two programs, classic recordings by the great Russian conductor Serge Koussevitzky. The Record Shelf 4/10 10p 1hr In the second of two programs, classic recordings by the great Russian conductor Serge Koussevitzky. The Record Shelf 4/17 10p 1hr The Record Shelf Record Reviews. Jim Svejda offers critical reactions to the latest compact discs. The Record Shelf 4/24 10p 1hr The Chip’s Old Block. Recordings by the great Austrian conductor (and father or Carlos), Erich Kleiber. The Record Shelf 5/3 10p 1hr Film composer Alexandre Desplat discusses his acclaimed scores for The Imitation Game and The Grand Budapest Hotel. The Record Shelf 5/10 10p 1hr In the first of two programs, the astounding recordings of the brilliant, doomed French violinist, Ginette Neveu. The Record Shelf 5/17 10p 1hr In the second of two programs, the classic recordings of violinist Ginette Neveu. The Record Shelf 5/24 10p 1hr A conversation with the Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek. The Record Shelf 5/31 10p 1hr The Record Shelf Record. Offering critical reactions to the latest compact discs. The Record Shelf 6/5 10p 1hr The Record Shelf Record. Offering critical reactions to the latest compact discs. The Record Shelf 6/12 10p 1hr The Menuhin Century, Part 1. In the first of two programs, Jim Svejda features newly published recordings by violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
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The Record Shelf 6/19 10p 1hr The Menuhin Century, Part 2. In the second of two programs, Jim Svejda features newly published recordings by violinist Yehudi Menuhin. The Record Shelf 6/26 10p 1hr Record Shelf host Jim Svejda in conversation with the Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko. Met Opera 4/2 10a 3 hrs Puccini: Madama Butterfly Met Opera 4/9 10a 3 hrs Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Met Opera 4/16 10a 3 hrs Donizetti: Roberto Devereux Met Opera 4/23 10a 3 hrs Verdi: Otello Met Opera 4/30 10a 3 hrs R. Strauss: Elektra Met Opera 5/2 10a 3 hrs Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Met Opera 5/9 10a 3 hrs Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
Local Issue: Coverage of local arts
Program Date Time Duration Description Los Angeles Opera 5/16 10AM 3hrs Verdi: La Traviata Los Angeles Opera 5/23 10AM 3hrs Purcell: Dido and Aeneas/Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle Los Angeles Opera 5/30 10AM 3hrs Rossini: The Barber of Seville Los Angeles Opera 6/4 10AM 3hrs Verdi: Falstaff Arts Alive 4/2 8a 30min We pay tribute to former USC President Steven B. Sample who saw something special about USC when others didn't and spent twenty years molding it into an university renowned for its excellence. We talk to Irish actress Lisa Dwan, who is bringing her one-woman Samuel Beckett trilogy to the Broad Stage. Film critic Kenneth Turan calls in to talk about an eclectic trio of films now in theaters. Ask the Dean answers a question about hearing yourself play (hint: it's not a good thing). Arts Alive 4/9 8a 30min We round the bases at the Skirball Center, with two exhibits on the historical significance and cultural impact of America’s favorite pastime, the great game of baseball. Plus we talk to Opera Santa Barbara’s Artistic Director about a
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Puccini double bill sure to make you laugh and weep, and the company’s exciting new plans to spread the love of singing to little divas and divos. Arts Alive 4/16 8a 30min Earlier this year, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky passed away. In Los Angeles, we feel his absence acutely, because for 21 years, the LA Phil enjoyed a close affiliation with Stucky. This week, we talk to former LA Phil Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and LA Phil President and CEO Deborah Borda about Stucky. And we talk to composer Harry Gregson- Williams about scoring everything from Shrek to HBO's Confirmation. Kenneth Turan gives his take on The Jungle Book and recommends a new film series. On Ask the Dean: why are so many "lost" scores miraculously rediscovered? Arts Alive 4/23 8a 30min We lend an ear to the Hear Now Festival, featuring new works by local composers, including a premiere from Emmy-winner Jeff Beal, who crafted the unmistakable sound of House of Cards. Plus, Redlands Opera Theatre is setting Mozart’s Don Giovanni as a 1940’s radio drama. The company’s co-founders tell us all about that and their exciting plans for next season. Plus, are studio musicians super human? We Ask the Dean. Arts Alive 4/30 8a 30min Speranza Scappucci says she doesn't mind when people ask her about her experience as a woman on the podium; A Twentysomething that the New York Times calls opera's great hope; and, a sneak peak at the newly-renovated San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Arts Alive 5/14 8a 30min Actor Tim Robbins says not only can the theater introduce new concepts to audiences, it’s one of the last places you can ask people to set aside their cell phones for a couple of hours. He tells us about a new play he’s written and is working shopping with The Actor’s Gang. Plus, LA Phil principal cellist Robert deMaine tells us about the travails of
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traveling with a cello, and the legacy of Piatigorsky International Cello Festival namesake Gregor Piatigorsky. Arts Alive 5/21 8a 30min Science tells us that singing is good for your health, but any opera fan will add that it’s also good for your soul. We talk to the Artistic Director of LA’s Verdi Chorus about the magic of singing opera. And Whit Stillman is the director behind the big screen adaption of a little known novella by Jane Austen. He and Jim Svejda chat about Love and Friendship. Plus Kenneth Turan talks about some of his Cannes Film Festival favorites and we Ask the Dean. Arts Alive 5/28 8a 30min Since the beginning of humanity, people have connected with one another through song and dance. Composer Eric Whitacre often combines the ancient tradition of group singing with innovative modern technology. Choreographer Achinta McDaniel combines formal ballet training with Bollywood beats. They both say coming together in song or dance brings humans together like nothing else. And they’re both our guests on the Arts Alive podcast. Arts Alive 6/4 8a 30min Peter Sellars is an opera and theater director who turns classical material into innovative productions. He’s this year’s Ojai Music Festival, music director and he tells us about some of the fascinating women behind this year’s crop of compositions. And the original voice of the Little Mermaid takes us behind the scenes of the beloved animated movie. Plus film critic Kenneth Turan is an American in Paris and we Ask the Dean. Arts Alive 6/11 8a 30min David Lang’s new opera is not for the faint of heart. "Anatomy Theater" treats the audience as if they are 18th century spectacle-seekers, gathered for one doctor’s bloody exploration of a main character who is both criminal and victim. We talk to the tenor, Timur, who plays the doctor’s conflicted assistant. We also talk
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to the man in charge of LAUSD's All District Honor Band, Tony White, about what it takes to get LAUSD musicians ready to play world-class venues like the Rose Parade and the Hollywood Bowl. On Ask the Dean: a musician's conundrum... save your hearing, or hear your playing. Arts Alive 6/18 8a 30min More and more, artists of all kinds are taking advantage of LA’s light, open spaces and open minds. And so, the City of Angels is increasingly known as a city for the arts. We explore this city with Mayor Eric Garcetti and with Aram Saroyan, the minimalist poet who gave the Hammer Museum’s new Made in LA biennial the subtitle: a, the, though, only. Plus, the good word on a trio of films from Kenneth Turan, and we Ask the Dean. SoCal Sunday Night 4/3 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 4/10 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 4/17 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 4/24 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 5/3 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 5/10 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 5/17 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 5/24 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 5/31 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 6/5 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 6/12 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 6/19 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 6/26 7p 2hrs A concert from the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra.
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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.
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Local Events & Arts Calendar Public Service Announcements April – June 2016
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START DATE: 3/1 KILL DATE: 5/30 Join the Library Foundation of Los Angeles for ALOUD, the critically-acclaimed series of conversations, readings and performances at downtown’s historic Central Library. This spring, author Sarah Bakewell delivers a new take on the existentialists; students from Southland-area writing programs tune our ears to the future; poet and rapper Kate Tempest shares her debut novel; and New Yorker writer William Finnegan chronicles his life from surfer to war reporter. For the full calendar, please visit lfla.org/aloud.
Around Town arts calendar (airs on Arts Alive, Sat. 8AM)
April 9, 2016 Promoted: West LA Symphony concert; Palm Springs Opera Guild – Opera in the Park; Downey Symphony concert
April 23, 2016 Promoted: Millennial Consort Singers concert in Pomona; La Mirada Symphony concert; Opera Chapman performance at Musco Center for the Arts
May 14, 2016 Promoted: Santa Barbara Music Club concert; Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles Spring Concert; Beach Cities Symphony concert
May 28, 2015 Promoted: Santa Monica Symphony in Concert; The City of Conversation at The Wallis in Beverly Hills; Franz Liszt Festival at CSUN
On-Air Arts Calendar during Weekly Daytime Shifts
April 1, 2016 8AM: American Youth Symphony at UCLA 11:30AM: Downey Symphony 4PM: San Fernando Valley Symphony, Long Beach Camerata, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra 5PM: Sounds of Spring at Russian Hill, Philharmonic Society of Orange County 5:30PM: San Diego Early Music Society 6PM: Andre Watts at Broad Stage, Fullerton Friends of Music 6:30PM: University of Redlands – String Chamber Ensemble, VPAC – Colburn Orchestra
April 4, 2016 11AM: LA Master Chorale
April 5, 2016 8AM: Stephen Hough with LA Phil 3PM: Stephen Hough with LA Phil
April 6, 2016 11AM: Downy Symphony Orchestra
April 7, 2016 6AM: LA Phil with Simone Dinnerstein 8AM: LA Phil with Simone Dinnerstein 2:20PM: Pacific Symphony 6:30PM: San Diego Opera
April 8, 2016 6AM: Brentano at Soka University 8AM: Brentano at Soka University 8:30AM: Downey Symphony 9:30AM: Lynn Harrell at Moss Theater 1PM: Stephen Hough with LA Phil 4PM: Brentano String Quarter at Soka University 4:30PM: Cal State Fullerton University Symphony Orchestra, Kaleidoscope Chamber concert 5PM: Pasadena Conservatory of Music event, West Los Angeles Symphony 5:30PM: Orange County Symphony, Pacific Symphony 6PM: Orchestra Nova 6:30PM: Center Stage Opera, Rolling Hills United Methodist Church 2nd Sundays at 2
April 11, 2016 2PM: Gaffigan with LA Phil 3PM: Midori with Pacific Symphony 3:30PM: National Youth Orchestra of the USA
April 12, 2016 11:30AM: Opera Santa Barbara 5PM: Leila Josefowicz with LA Phil
April 13, 2016 5:30PM: Jerusalem Quartet at The Wallis
April 14, 2016 6AM: Jerusalem Quartet at The Wallis 8AM: Jerusalem Quartet at The Wallis
April 15, 2016 4AM: Santa Barbara Music Club, Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra 4:30PM: Peninsula Symphony 5PM: Cal State Fullerton 5:30PM: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Music Guild – Pacific Trio 6PM: Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, Pacific Opera Project 6:30PM: Long Beach Camerata
April 16, 2016 2PM: San Diego Opera 4:30PM: Los Angeles Doctors Symphony
April 18, 2016 8AM: California Theater of the Performing Arts 3:30PM: Musica Angelica
April 19, 2016 6AM: City Terrace Library event 7AM: City Terrace Library event 8AM: City Terrace Library event 3PM: Piatigorsky Festival
April 20, 2016 11AM: Piatigorsky Festival 2:30PM: LA Phil
April 21, 2016 4:30PM: Pacific Opera Project
April 22, 2016 2PM: LA County Museum of Art 4PM: All Saints Church Spring Concert 4:30PM: Opera Chapman, Pasadena Conservatory of Music – Callisto Trio 5PM: Classical Crossroads 5:30PM: Colburn Orchestra, Orchestra Santa Monica 6PM: Musica Angelica, Pomona College Dept of Music concert 6:30PM: Wagner Ensemble
April 25, 2016 6AM: Disney Concert Hall – Murray Perahia 8AM: Disney Concert Hall – Murray Perahia 4:30PM: Pacific Symphony with Midori
April 25, 2016 6AM: Pacific Symphony with Midori 8AM: Pacific Symphony with Midori
April 27, 2016 8:30AM: USC Baroque Symphony 10:30AM: Jean-Yves Thibaudet in concert in LA and Santa Barbara
April 28, 2016 6AM: Jean-Yves Thibaudet with LA Phil 7AM: Jean-Yves Thibaudet with LA Phil 8AM: Jean-Yves Thibaudet with LA Phil 10AM: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra 2:30PM: Jean-Yves Thibaudet with LA Phil
April 29, 2016 4PM: Music Academy of the West 4:30PM: Da Camera Society, LA Phil 5PM: Cal State University – Cello Choir Memorial, Long Beach Symphony 5:30PM: Burbank Choral, USC Thornton School concert 6PM: Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony 6:30PM: UCLA Powel Library – Ensemble Bizarrio
April 30, 2016 3:30PM: Yuja Wang concert in Santa Barbara
May 2, 2016 6AM: Yuja Wang in Santa Barbara and at Soka University 7AM: Yuja Wang in Santa Barbara and at Soka University 8AM: Yuja Wang in Santa Barbara and at Soka University 10:30AM: Piatigorsky Festival
May 3, 2016 4PM: Piatigorsky Festival
May 4, 2016 11AM: St. Matthew’s Music Guild 3:30PM: Piatigorsky Festival
May 16, 2016 6AM: Piatigorsky Festival 7AM: Piatigorsky Festival 8AM: Piatigorsky Festival 3PM: Chanticleer at Musco
May 17, 2016 6AM: Piatigorsky Festival 8AM: Piatigorsky Festival
May 18, 2016 3:30PM: LA Phil 5:30PM: Piatigorsky Festival
June 1, 2016 6AM: Franz Liszt Festival 7AM: Classical Crossroads
June 2, 2016 6AM: Andre Watts with Pacific Symphony 7AM: Andre Watts with Pacific Symphony 11:30AM: First Fridays concert at First Lutheran in Torrance
June 3, 2016 6AM: Franz Liszt Festival 1:30PM: Artes Vocales 3PM: Corona del Mar Baroque Music Festival
June 9, 2016 5:30PM: LA Opera
June 10, 2016 10AM: Sunset Chamber Festival 4PM: Segerstrom Center for the Arts 4:30PM: Encelia Chamber Ensemble, Pasadena Master Chorale 5PM: Pasadena Community Orchestra 5:30PM: La Salon de Musique, Saturday Conservatory of Music Spring Concert 6PM: Joanna Medewan Nachef Singers, West Coast Youth Orchestra Festival 6:30PM: Sunset Chamber Music Festival
June 13, 2016 10AM: Harry Potter at the Hollywood Bowl
June 14, 2016 9:30AM: Los Angeles Doctors Symphony
June 15, 2016 5PM: LA Opera’s Anatomy Theater
June 16, 2016 3PM: American Contemporary Ballet 5:30PM: Music Academy of the West
June 17, 2016 4PM: Long Beach Opera 4:30PM: Marischka Hopcroft, Pittance Chamber Music 5PM: Los Angeles Doctors Symphony, Sierra Madre Playhouse 5:30PM: Penninsula Symphony, Westminster Chorus 6PM: Culver City Symphony, Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra 6:30PM: Baroque Music Festival, Classical Crossroads
June 20, 2016 5:30PM: Pittance Chamber Music
June 21, 2016 9:30AM: Pittance Chamber Music 1:30PM: Selfies with Chopin 5:30PM: Music Academy of the West
June 22, 2016 4PM: El Camino College vocal concert
June 24, 2016 4PM: Pacific Symphony 4:30PM: Baroque Music Festival, Music at the Old Mill Foundation 5PM: LA Recorder Orchestra 5:30PM: Gay Men’s Chorus, International Summer Organ Festival 6PM: Friends of Greystone concert, Music at Westwood Presbyterian, Music Guild – Summerfest 6:30PM: Baroque Music Festival
June 27, 2016 5:30PM: Marina del Rey Summer Concerts in the Park
June 28, 2016 4:30PM: Hollywood Chamber Orchestra
June 30, 2016 4:30PM: Bayreuth Festival