Studio Upgrade: Before and after pictures!

For those of you who haven’t had the chance to come by and see the studio in person, take a look at before and after shots.  The upgrade added a glass door and two soundproof windows to the space, moved the blue equipment rack into a side room, replaced the carpet and furniture, and much more!  We were able to upgrade the space thanks to a grant from Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc. and the Denali Commission.

It’s Basketball Time!

 

 

We’re excited that we will be able to bring you all of the Raiders/Lady Raiders bball games on KUCB 89.7 FM this season! If you can’t make it to the gym this Friday and Saturday, tune in to KUCB!

Jan. 13 @ 7:30 PM Raider Girls v. Cook Inlet Academy, sponsored by the Hospitality Division of UniSea
Jan. 13 @ 9 PM Raider Boys v. Cook Inlet Academy, sponsored by GCI
Jan. 14 @ 6:30 PM Raider Boys v. Cook Inlet Academy, sponsored by USAFV
Jan. 14 @ 8 PM Raider Girls v. Cook Inlet Academy, sponsored by ILWU

Game sponsorships are still available for the rest of the schedule for $100 per game. The next games will be played out of town against Dimond in Anchorage on January 19, 20 and 21.  Help us defray our costs while supporting the Raiders and local radio! Call 581-1888 or email jane@kucb.org to discuss sponsorship options. THANKS! 

 

Happy New Year!

Unalaska Community Broadcasting will be closed on January 2, but please tune in to KUCB 89.7 FM for three special New Year’s programs:

Monday, January 2, Noon:  Aura Beatty’s ESL class with their favorites of the year

Monday, January 2, 1 – 3 PM:  DJ Daniel Weirich live with KUCB’s 2011 Top Songs Countdown

Monday, January 2, 5 PM: “Global Village”

We wish you a very happy 2012 and thank you for support throughout the year!

Holiday Programming on Channel 8 TV

Did you miss the PCR Glee Ensemble’s performance?  Didn’t make it to the school band concerts or one of the student holiday programs?  What about Lynda Lybeck-Robinson’s student piano recital?  Never fear, we have video of all these and more and will be playing them on Channel 8 over Christmas weekend.  We will also broadcast a holiday “Story Time,” a Nativity play, and two cooking shows.   AND most of these programs are available on DVD if you would like to have them for your library or for gifts.  Here’s the schedule for Channel 8!

Saturday, December 24:

9 AM–Preschool Holiday program

9:30 AM–Holiday Story Time

10 AM–Elementary Students’ program

11 AM–4th Grade Play “An Interview with Santa Claus”

11:30 AM–Nativity play

12 Noon–Holiday Story Time rebroadcast

1 PM–Piano Recital

2:30 PM–Nativity play rebroadcast

3 PM–”Everything’s Better with Bacon,” featuring non traditional holiday dishes  (Roger Bacon)

3:30 PM–”Flavors of Unalaska,” featuring two ways to cook salmon (Barry Malpass)

4 PM–PCR Glee Ensemble

4:30 PM–Preschool program rebroadcast

5 PM–Band concerts

5:30 PM–Elementary program rebroadcast

6 PM–Holiday Story Time rebroadcast

6:30 PM–Piano Recital rebroadcast

8 PM–Flash! Unalaska rebroadcast

8:30 PM–”Everything’s Better with Bacon” rebroadcast

9 PM–”Flavors of Unalaska” rebroadcast

9:30 PM–PCR Glee Ensemble rebroadcast

10 PM–Preschool program rebroadcast

10:30 PM–Band concerts rebroadcast

11 PM–Elementary program rebroadcast

Midnight–Yule Log with Christmas tunes

Sunday, December 25:

2 AM–Piano Recital

4 AM–9 AM Reader Board

9  AM–Preschool program

9:30 AM–Holiday Story Time

10 AM–Elementary program

11 AM–4th Grade Play “An Interview with Santa Claus”

11:30 AM–Nativity play

12 Noon–Holiday Story Time rebroadcast

12:30 PM–Piano Recital

2 PM–Nativity play rebroadcast

2:30 PM–”Everything’s Better with Bacon,” featuring a non-traditional holiday dishes (Roger Bacon)

3 pM–”Flavors of Unalaska,” featuring two ways to cook salmon (Barry Malpass)

3:30 PM–PCR Glee Ensemble

4 pM–Preschool program rebroadcast

4:30 PM–Band concerts rebroadcast

5 PM–Elementary program rebroadcast

5:30 PM–Holiday Story Time rebroadcast

6 PM–Piano Recital rebroadcast

7:30 PM–Nativity play rebroadcast

8 PM–”Everything’s Better with Bacon” rebroadcast

8:30 PM–”Flavors of Unalaska” rebroadcast

9 PM–PCR Glee Ensemble rebroadcast

9:30 PM–Preschool program rebroadcast

10 PM–Band concerts rebroadcast

10:30 PM–Elementary program rebroadcast

Midnight–Yule Log with Christmas tunes

Holiday Programming on KUCB

Tune in to KUCB 89.7 FM for lots of special holiday programming!

Monday, December 19, 8 PM:  “Hawaiian Christmas” with Slack Key Master Kapono Beamer, who weaves tales of his family’s holiday traditions and rich musical legacy.

Wednesday, December 21, 1 PM:  “Happy Christmas, Unalaska!” with Board member Melanie Magnusen and staff member Jane Bye.  Join us for an eclectic mix of holiday tunes.

Wednesday, December 21, 9 PM: “A Bay Whalin’ Christmas” with Wendy Hladick.

Thursday, December 22, 8 PM: “Country Classics” from KUHB

Friday, December 23, 12 Noon: “The Plot to Overthrow Christmas,” a locally produced Christmas radio play from a couple of years ago.

Friday, December 23, 1 PM: “Happy Christmas, Unalaska!” with Melanie and Jane.

Friday, December 23, 5 PM: “Santa’s Greatest Hits,” hosted by Steve Jencks with classic Christmas tunes from Eartha Kitt, Perry  Como, Bing Crosby, Tommy Dorsey and more.

Saturday, December 24, 5 PM: “Soul Christmas” will be aired in lieu of R & B Chronicles in this time slot.

Saturday, December 24, 6 PM: “A Bay Whalin’ Christmas” rebroadcast

Saturday, December 24, 7 PM: Radio Deluxe Christmas special

Saturday, December 24, 10 PM: “A ’40′s Radio Christmas,” featuring music and programs from the 1940′s.

Monday, December 26, Noon:  “Holiday Traditions” with Aura Beatty’s ESL class

Monday, December 26, 5 PM:  “Notes on  Winter, A Seasonal Music Special”

Monday, January 2, Noon:  Aura Beatty’s ESL class with their favorites

Monday, January 2, 1 – 3 PM:  DJ Daniel Weirich live with KUCB’s 2011 Top Songs Countdown

Monday, January 2, 5 PM: “Global Village”

Community Advisory Board Meeting

We want to hear from you! Our Community Advisory Board provides input and feedback about Channel 8 TV and KUCB radio to our Board of Directors.  The next meeting takes place on Thursday, December 15 at 6 PM in our offices at the Burma Road Chapel.  Light refreshments will be provided and the meeting should not last more than an hour.  If you’d like to offer us your ideas and opinions, ask questions, or discuss TV and radio programming and scheduling, please join us!  For more info or to sign up, call 581-1888 or email jane@kucb.org.

Staffing Changes at KUCB

Stay tuned for programming changes on KUCB!  Daniel Weirich has given up his role as live host of the Mid-Day Music Mix on KUCB due to his work schedule.   But fear not, we’ll be keeping his talent on the air, we just have to find him a new time slot!  We’ll miss Daniel in the afternoon and wish him the best in his new endeavors.  For the next few weeks you’ll hear a variety of voices in the afternoon, including Monica Southworth who is back in town for a couple of months.  That means the request lines will stay open in the afternoons.  We’ll keep you posted about upcoming schedule changes.  Thanks for your patience! 

This means we have a job posting:  Unalaska Community Broadcasting seeks an individual to cover on air shifts at KUCB Radio.  Part-time position, up to 30 hours per week.  Flexible schedule varies based on UCB needs, including possible evening and weekend work.  Responsibilities include production of regularly scheduled content for KUCB Radio; and voicing and scheduling of radio PSAs, station identifications, and funding acknowledgements.  Call Lauren at 581-1888 for details, or stop by. Complete job description available on our website.  Click HERE.

We hate to say goodbye to Peggy McLaughlin, who has worked on our  video archiving project for the past several months.  Peggy established a database of just under 4000 video records and set up and categorized a library of all of Channel 8′s video content.  The inventory portion of the project is complete and the next step is to seek funding for digitization.   We appreciate all of Peggy’s hard work and wish her the best as she begins her new job as a customer service rep for TelAlaska!

My Top Five: Shawna Rudio

Shawna teaches English for UCSD and collaborated with KUCB on a broadcasting class last year.  She is a talented singer and member of “Our Band.”   Shawna could not stop with just five songs and insisted on giving us six.  We could not deny her.

Ring them Bells by Sara Jarosz

Half Moon by Blind Pilot

Kick Drum Heart by the Avett Brothers

Sit with Me Tonight by Garrison Starr

Dance Me to the End of Love by the Civil Wars

You and Me by Elizabeth the Catapult

Skye Stafford

Skye chose her Top Five psychedelic hits:

Incense and Peppermints by the Strawberry Alarm Clock

Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers

Eight Miles High by the Byrds

White Room by Cream

In the Year 2525 by Zager and Evans

My Top Five: Rosie Glorso

Rosie works for the City of Unalaska in the Planning Department.  She volunteers for several local nonprofits, including KUCB.  Here are her Top Five songs:

Bandages and Scars by Son  Volt

Bouncing off Clouds by Tori Amos

Straight Face by Son Volt

Fifteen Keys by Uncle Tupelo

Something that I do by Robert Earl Keen

 

 

Rosie is shown with her dad.