Radio

Conservative Talk Radio Host Michael Savage Wins Compensation Against Former Employer

It's never a good look when someone with a net worth of $18 million dollars claims that his employer is forcing him into "indentured servitude." Then again, radio personality Michael Savage isn't a man of tact. In 2010, he sued Talk Radio Network, which controlled his syndicated radio show, for "a ... More >>

One Last Lecture

KCRW's Jeremy Sole on the Importance of Radio and His Addiction to "Black Crack"

Between saturating airwaves with his weekly soul and funk show on KCRW, and throwing an underground party known as theLIFT, Chicago-born DJ/producer/remixer/host Jeremy Sole is a busy and influential artist in the Los Angeles music scene. As a teen growing up in Chicago, inspiration came from his fa ... More >>

KUSF Supporters Appeal FCC Decision to Sell College Radio Station

Last month the Federal Communications Commission approved the unpopular sale of KUSF to the Classical Public Radio Network in SoCal, making it official -- University of San Francisco would lose its indie radio station for good. But KUSF supporters aren't yet giving up. Proponents filed the paperwork ... More >>

BREAKING: FCC Approves KUSF Sale to SoCal Radio Network, Jointly Fines Both Parties $50k

The Federal Communications Commission today approved the sale of KUSF 90.3 FM from the University of San Francisco to the Classical Public Radio Network, finding that the "public interest will be served by its approval." But the FCC also jointly fined USF and the Classical Public Radio Network $50,0 ... More >>

KUSF Sale Approved to SoCal Network

Much to the dismay of locals, the Federal Communications Commission today approved the sale of the radio station KUSF to the Classical Public Radio Network. The sale will be finalized immediately, and the FCC will allow CPRN to broadcast on 90.3 while the sale is pending. The FCC also concluded that ... More >>

Stretch Armstrong on the Demise of FM Radio and the Inanity of Celebrity DJs

One half of the Stretch and Bobbito Show on New York's WKCR through the '90s, DJ/producer Stretch Armstrong has played an essential part in the integration of hip-hop into mainstream radio. A fixture in the '90s hip-hop scene, he used media outlets such as mixtapes and radio programs to launch the c ... More >>

Tim Sweeney on His Radio Show, Beats in Space, and How He Joined DFA Records

Tim Sweeney​ Tim Sweeney's DJ and production career started out in his Baltimore basement at the young age of 15. Soon after moving to New York to attend NYU, he began broadcasting his radio show Beats in Space, which brought him notoriety across the airwaves. Now in its 12th year, listeners ... More >>

Harold Camping, Rapture Predictor, Moved to Nursing Home After Stroke

The man who claims he knew too much​Harold Camping's world just hasn't been the same since his erroneous prediction that the world would end May 21, 2011. He's taken heat from his followers over the failed Rapture, followed by a stroke that landed him in the hospital last month. His radio show, wh ... More >>

Harold Camping's Radio Show to Go Off the Air

His world is falling apart ​The man who erroneously predicted the Rapture -- twice -- will reportedly stop airing his Open Forum radio program at the end of the month. The Evangelical preacher used his Open Forum program to warn listeners about Judgment Day, which was supposed to be May 21, 2011. ... More >>

TV on the Radio Recasts Songs, Energizes Crowd at the Independent

Ian S. PortTV on the Radio at the Independent last night.​TV on the Radio IO ECHOTuesday, May 10, 2011@ The IndependentBetter than: Must See TV What's great about a TV on the Radio show? Well, there's the fact, for better and occasionally for worse (mostly when the sound personnel aren't up to th ... More >>

This Just In: The U.S. House of Representatives Hates NPR

National Public Radio is good. Very good. They entertain us with such shows as This American Life, inform us with Morning Edition, and drop some musical knowledge on All Songs Considered. But the United States House of Representatives doesn't feel the same way: today it voted to cut off government f ... More >>

KUSF Staff Files Petition to Block Sale of Radio Station

KUSF needs the FCC to listen​We had almost gotten used to the idea that KUSF would not longer be the indie college radio station we had known. But the station's staff reminded us this week when they filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission, officially asking it to block the sale ... More >>

USF Faculty Asks University to Cancel Sale of KUSF

Even teachers and librarians like music​The University of San Francisco is already feeling the pressure from the community to back off the sale of the college radio station, KUSF. There have been protests, rallies, and even the city's politicians are supporting the student body in its effort get i ... More >>

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi to Introduce Resolution Supporting KUSF, Rally Planned at City Hall

Gone but not forgotten​Since USF officials shuttered KUSF college radio last week, volunteers and students have come up with an organized campaign to wrestle back their beloved indie station, 90.3 FM. They've garnered attention and support throughout the community with online petitions and a  ... More >>

USF Sells Off KUSF, Its College Radio Station, Escorts Staff Out

Black Out​USF officials abruptly shut the doors to KUSF, the college's well-known indie radio station today, locking out students and DJs with no notice. Security guards walked into the station on campus this morning in the middle of a show and ordered everyone out, according to one student DJ. Th ... More >>

'Foodie Chap': Liam Mayclem Launching Chefs' Radio Segment, Website

CBS5Liam Mayclem's chef-interview radio segments (with companion website) launch Jan. 17 on KCBS.​Local TV host Liam Mayclem began his media career in the U.K. as a teenager working for BBC Radio. He's returning to his radio roots for "Foodie Chap," a new chef-oriented feature airing daily, sh ... More >>

Michael Savage Sues Talk Radio Network Over 'Indentured Servitude'

Michael Savage is an angry man. ​Conservative talk radio host Michael Savage is trying to dump Talk Radio Network, but claims in a federal lawsuit that the radio syndicate is not taking to the split nicely, threatening him with a $4 million lawsuit for breaking his contract. Meanwhile, Talk Radio ... More >>

The Radio Pirate Goes Legit

Now Pirate Cat Radio is following the rules.

Pirate Cat Radio slapped with hefty fine, pushed off the FM dial

Microcaster DJs get screwed under new licensing fees

SF Weekly Letters

The Demise of Hyphy

Thizzle, bling, and blunts may have helped bring down the overhyped hyphy movement. But KMEL pulled the trigger.

Online Pandora Radio Invites You to a Get Together in Oakland February 7th

Net Radio Royalty EXTRA -- UPDATES: David Byrne, Cover feature

Dark Payola Emerges

“Direct licensing” is the new threat to Webcasting´s meritocracy of music

The Day the Music Dies

Internet radio stations like SomaFM have launched bands and influenced what mainstream DJs play. On July 15, they could be gone forever

Radio Waves

Inside the Savage Nation

He adored beatniks, trolled the streets of North Beach in a beret, and was once Timothy Leary's gatekeeper, and now he packs a gun.

Cardinal Sin

DJ Kevvy Kev hosts the longest-running hip hop radio show in the world on Stanford's KZSU -- sans recognition

Radio Free Nepal

An S.F. organization is providing radios and radio programming that just may save lives a world away

Rise of the Pod People

Podcasting: What it is, how to get it, and what it means for a radio dial near you

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, January 19, 2005

BOA II

Muni, KPFA, and Disneyland on one stage? Yep, it's the Bay Area One-Acts festival

Going for Broke

Broker/Dealer scores a tidy windfall with its minimalist brand of techno

Scratch Attack

How a white punk from Ireland helped jump-start the Bay Area hip hop and turntablist scenes

Rebel Yell

For over 20 years Detroit icon Mick Collins has been rebelling against everything -- including rebellion

Best Radio Station

KUSF-FM (90.3)

Shearer Delight

The voice of Flanders is the voice of reason, absatively posilutely

Stream a Little Stream

Or How to Succeed in Webcasting Without Selling Out

Notes From Underground

For two years, Beni B and Oakland's ABB Records have taken on the hip-hop establishment one vinyl single at a time

Get an Eiffel

Death Ray From Outer Space

Satellite radio brings 100 stations and digital sound to San Francisco's car stereos. Can local broadcasting survive?

Stage

What's the Frequency, Arnold?

Taking Howard Stern Seriously

Letters

Bitch, Bitch, Bitch

Politicos, prudes, and the paranoid protest the programming heard on Bay Area radio stations to the highest authority in the land -- the Federal Communications Commission

Mal on the Street

Verbal Prankster Mal Sharpe and his partner, Jim Coyle, bushwacked San Francisco in the early '60s, posing absurd man-in-the street questions to the unsuspecting. Taping the encounters, the dup invented a shtick that was part comedy, part performance art