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KCLU to battle KCBX for market share

Written on 20 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

National Public Radio station KCLU announced it is expanding its reach to include northern Santa Barbara County and southern San Luis Obispo County beginning in mid-June. Both KCBX and KCLU are nonprofit public radio stations that carry programming from National... (Continue reading)

NORCAST equipment failure impacting local businesses

Written on 11 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Phone services downed because of an equipment failure at NORCAST Telecom Networks are slate to be corrected Thursday afternoon, a spokesperson said. Early Wednesday morning, multiple businesses found that their phone services were intermittently breaking down. Many were not able... (Continue reading)

Supervisor Adam Hill targets radio talk show host

Written on 30 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 100 comments

Update: Supervisor Adam Hill removed his name from the online petition sometime on Saturday. A second name Patty Truin was also removed. One name is currently left on the petition. Original story: San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill launched... (Continue reading)

Radio station drops Spanish programming

Written on 29 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

King City’s KC102 radio station has scrubbed its nighttime Spanish-language programs after two decades, and station officials plan to extend news coverage into north San Luis Obispo County. The station’s signal reaches south to the Cuesta Grade, north to Salinas,... (Continue reading)

Bill Benica signs off from KYNS

Written on 27 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

San Luis Obispo County veteran radio broadcaster Bill Benica said goodbye to his listeners last Friday before leaving his keys at the front desk. Benica, who has been on the San Luis Obispo airwaves for more than 35 years, said... (Continue reading)

KCBX gone less Public?

Written on 9 Jan, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 35 comments

OPINION By LINDE OWEN KCBX turned off a 22 year old community tradition last week when they followed through with their removal of the Tuesday airing of the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors weekly meeting. Their reasoning was... (Continue reading)

The Cork Dorks Anniversary Party, event photos

Written on 16 Nov, 2012 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

Over a dozen wineries and their winemakers took time away from a busy harvest to share their local wines, laughs, and experiences at the Cliffs Resort in Pismo Beach for the The Cork Dorks reunion and anniversary party. The Cork... (Continue reading)

KCBX to stop airing supervisor meetings

Written on 25 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE KCBX announced they no longer planned to air the San Luis Obispo County Boards of Supervisor meetings in a letter to the county received on Monday. In the letter, KCBX General Manager Frank Lanzone said the station... (Continue reading)

Where do you get your news?

Written on 1 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION By GARY NEMETH Where do you receive your news? How do you keep current on what is happening in Paso Robles and the community? I was very fortunate recently that Dave Congalton who is on KVEC radio interviewed me... (Continue reading)

New ebook serves as Talk Radio 101

Written on 5 Sep, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | 8 comments

Two San Luis Obispo radio talk show hosts have co-authored a new ebook about radio and what it takes to be an effective guest. Deborah Bayles and Dave Congalton, both of whom host shows locally for KVEC 920 AM, wrote... (Continue reading)