So much has been written about the career and songwriting of James Marshall (aka Jimi) Hendrix, but little has been published about his life before stardom. Abusive parents who abandoned Jimi and his brother, a brief but significant stretch in the military and life on the road with some of the biggest names in black…
John Lennon’s Birthday Party Thursday!
By Michael Bryant | Published October 5th, 2010Although his birthday is technically on Saturday, KZSC will get an early start celebrating what would have been John’s 70th this Thursday morning. We’ll be featuring a new radio special that discusses several newly released and remastered CDs with a sneak preview at some of the exciting material. Of course there will be time for…
Jenny and Johnny + of Montreal interviews on Pop Molecule!
By Station Manager | Published October 1st, 2010KZSC’s long-running indie pop show, “Pop Molecule”, will feature two exclusive interviews on Monday, October 4th, from 2pm-4pm. The first interview is with new band, Jenny and Johnny, which features Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice. I was given the rare opportunity to interview these two sweethearts before their show at the Rio Theatre in Santa…
Slug Soccer Broadcast
By Michael Bryant | Published September 25th, 2010UC Santa Cruz sports are back in action and KZSC covers it all. On Friday, October 1st, KZSC will broadcast live coverage of men’s soccer. It’s the Slugs vs.La Sierra University from Riverside. These teams just faced off down south with UCSC coming out on top 1-nil. Will this match between the Slugs and Golden…
New Ideas, New Fall Radio
By Michael Bryant | Published September 24th, 2010The imaginations of KZSC’s programming staff are working overtime to create new shows for fall. What ideas will see the light of day (or night)? The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind…and will reveal themselves next Monday, October 4th on the airwaves at 88.1 FM. Have a favorite program that you cannot live…
KZSC Off The Air Right Now
By Michael Bryant | Published September 18th, 2010KZSC went off the air at noon today to perform some scheduled repairs at our transmitter site. In the meantime, our Side Stream webstream will still be playing great music for your enjoyment. To access the tunes, click off the Main Stream and click on Side Stream. We should be returning to the airwaves with…
Hawaii Fine-Oh!
By Michael Bryant | Published September 14th, 2010Fresh from Hawaii – brand new music releases plus some bonus tracks that have not been heard in years. DJ Lani B has turned over the controls on Wiki Wiki Wednesday so you can hear what’s new & happening on the islands as of this week. We’ll also be covering some island politics, current events…
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
By Michael Bryant | Published September 14th, 2010KZSC is not immune to the seasons. We will be celebrating the arrival of fall by switching our program schedule on Monday, October 4th. Do you have a favorite show from this summer? Long-time listeners: is there a program you want us to bring back? We have some surprises coming, but the Great 88 always…
KZSC Special This Afternoon
By Michael Bryant | Published September 4th, 2010Paul Gilbert remembers when KZSC was a little 10-watt station on the UCSC campus. “If you lived off campus or near a hill, you practically had to climb on your roof to get a signal.” Back in 1975 when Paul was a DJ here, “Saturday Night Live” premiered on TV, Led Zeppelin was still recording…
KZSC’s Signal
By Michael Bryant | Published August 25th, 2010Yesterday’s heat wave at the UC Santa Cruz caused a series of power outages around the campus which had an impact on KZSC’s signal too. We are currently broadcasting at reduced power but expect to be up and running per usual later this [Wednesday] morning. The good news is that the heat wave that caused…