Thursday, September 1 5:00 First Light 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert With Carl Stone. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Children's Literature. New titles and topics for the school year for the young and not-so-young. With Martha Jackson. 11:30 Probabilities. Kip Thorne, noted physicist, discusses his book, Black Holes and Time Warps, with hosts Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky. 12:00 Brainstorm New Dimensions Radio. Honoring Your Experiences with Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks. A remedy for liberating the "stuckness" in our bodies and our relationships by experiencing and honoring the inner reality of our bodily and emotional sensations. 1:00 Sing Out! Folk & not-so-acoustic music with Larry Kelp. 2:30 La Verdad Musical/The Musical Truth Music from the Pan-African Diaspora, with Avotcja. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Chupoo Alafonte 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Majority Report Feminist magazine of news, public affairs and political analysis, hosted by Reyna Cowan. 8:00 Count Me In Hosted by Ingrid Hoermann. 10:00 Evening Theater Joe Frank: Radio Noir. Tales from the darker side of the urban jungle from America's most surreal storyteller of the subterranean. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 Crack O'Dawn Crawling with Tarts, Mic and Suzanne Dycus-Gendreau, that is. The dynamic duo shows up at the "Crack" to premiere one of two new operas: Grand Surface Noise Opera #3 (Indian Ocean Ship). Crawling started out in the underground cassette network, and continually uses forms from different genres: electronic, opera, songs, recordings from the 40s and 50s plus some corporate stuff. Barbara Golden hosts. 3:00 Puzzling Evidence With Doug Wellman and Rev. Hal. Friday, September 2 5:00 First Light With Henri-Pierre Koubaka. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 8:30 Computer Access. With Chupoo Alafonte. 9:00 Morning Concert Music from Chapel, Court and Countryside presented by Joseph Spencer. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Morning Reading. New American Radio: Manananggal (Women Soignees) by M. Sumner Carnahan and Laetitia Sonami. A musical drama production about two diversely powerful women who come strongly under each other's influence, thereby releasing unconscious contents. 11:30 Behind the Scenes. Marilyn Hagberg talks with artist Gerard Howland, who is designing the sets for seven new San Francisco Opera productions this fall. 11:45 Dance on Air. The national and international dancerly arts hosted by Shantee Baker and Leigh Lightfoot. 12:00 Brainstorm The Medicinal Use of Marijuana. This program will discuss the growing movement for legalization of marijuana for medicinal reasons, exploring the changing attitudes among medical professionals, scholars and politicians. 1:00 Pig In A Pen Traditional and contemporary bluegrass and old-timey music with Ray Edlund. 2:30 Shoutin' Out with Mama O'Shea Shout out and fight back with Mama at 848-4425. Engineer: Barry Korengold. 4:00 Rhythm Drive Music to get you home, with Chuy Varela. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 5:00 KFCF Valley Environmental Forum Water, agriculture, pollution and environmental concerns with host Vic Bedoian. Fresno only. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 En Contacto Directo La Nueva Dimension. Sylvia Mullally Aguirre les ofrece entrevistas con personalidades destacadas en la comunidad latina/chicana, musica cheverísima de todas partes de LatinoAmérica, política y poesía. 7:00 KPFB 89.3 FM: Youth in Control. By and for teenagers. Berkeley only. 8:00 Living On Indian Time Native American/U.S. Government Listening Conference. Part 3 of a 5-part series. A conference between Navajo, Cherokee leaders and Clinton Administration cabinet members was held between May 5-6, 1994, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event was a listening session designed by Navajo Tribal Chairman Peterson Zah and Principal Chief of the Cherokee, Wilma Mankiller. Present at this historic meeting were Attorney General Janet Reno, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbit, BIA Director Ada Deer, and Housing Director Henry Cisneros. The issues discussed were; natural resource development; jurisdiction and law enforcement; religious freedom; housing and game. Produced by AIROS (American Indian Radio on Satellite) by Peggy Berryhill, Faye Eriacho, Chris Carty and Joseph Leon. 9:00 La Onda Bajita The best low riding oldies in Norte Califas, with Molina, Chuy and the La Onda staff. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 Harmonia Mundi Vocal Music from around the globe. Hosted by Opal Nations. 1:30 Bay Leaf Experience The contemporary urban adult sound, with Lonnie Lewis. 4:30 Nusantao/Aziatic Arts en Aztlan, The Great Turtle Island Roots Vibrations International with Kayumanggi. Saturday, September 3 6:00 The Gospel Experience Gospel music, hosted by Emmit Powell, with Sheila Williams. 9:00 The Johnny Otis Show Blues, R&B, gospel and jazz, with discussion and live performances. Hosted by Johnny Otis. 11:00 Bonnie Simmons Rock, country and folk music, hosted by Bonnie Simmons. 12:00 Women's Magazine Speaking in Tongues. Hosted by Odilia Galvan Rodríguez . 1:00 Who Owes. Produced by Debra Keipp and Anita Townes. 1:30 Queer in Your Ear. Produced by Emily Charles and Mary Salome. 2:00 Ahora 2:00 Noticiero Ahora. News and information from Latino USA, Noticiero Latino, and locally produced features. Host: Chuy Varela. 3:00 Agora Brasil. Music & information about Brazil with Elvira Cola & Eric Taller. 4:00 Salsa Picante. Host: Chata Guiterrez. 5:00 KFCF Southeast Asian Refugees Program News and information for the refugee community of Central California. Cambodian segment at 5:00. Fresno only. 6:00 KPFA Weekend News 6:30 Freedom Is A Constant Struggle Frank Talk on topical issues with Heber. Call-ins 848- 4425. 6:30 KFCF The Jazz Shoppe Lou Beck hosts. Fresno only. 7:00 Third World Special Asian Souls. A program about Asia and Asian peoples everywhere. Produced by Stephen Soong. 7:30 Come Alive! Khalid Al-Mansour with third world views on domestic and international relations. 8:00 The Secret's Out Jazz, reggae, world music and interviews with Bari Scott. 11:00 Ear Thyme The sound of Bay Area jazz artists, produced by Doug Edwards. 1:00 At Risk Radio Jazz and jungle grooves, soundtracks, soul & roll, usually something new, stories told by Maurice Jerome. Sunday, September 4 5:00 A Musical Offering Music of all kinds, featuring the work of J. S. Bach, presented by Mary Berg. 9:00 Sleepers! Awake Bach, baroque and beyond with political and social commentary by Bill Sokol. Community Calendar at 10:55. 11:00 Jazz, Blues & Folk With Phil Elwood or Chris Strachwitz. 1:00 Across The Great Divide Folk and popular music with Robbie Osman. 2:30 Focus on Women In Music On time for Brazilian Independence Day, September 7th, Elvira Cola from Agora Brasil! will present one-and-a-half hours of contemporary music celebrating the women of Brasil. Marisa Monte, Leila Pinheiro, Vania Bastos, Fatima Guedes, Lene Andrade, Clementina De Jesus and Dona Ivonne Lara are just a few of the very talented singers that will be featured. 4:00 Forms & Feelings The improvisational music known as "jazz". With Jim Bennett. 6:00 KPFA Weekend News 6:30 Outside The Moscow Beltway Readings, question/answer period. Call-ins at 848-4425. With William Mandel. 7:00 In Your Ear Saxophonist Charles Gayle, 55, has been playing the streets and subways of New York for the past 20 years almost completely ignored by the music industry. Homeless for many of those years, he has recently received international acclaim for a series of recordings and live performances. Hear music and an extended interview with host Art Sato. 8:00 KFCF Musike Notes Kyriakos Sfetsas: Colors in Double (1988) and Lyric Suite (1987). Pianist Klaus Hellwig: Mozart, Schumann, Debussy, Giles, Swaynea and Chopin. Recorded live in Fresno in 1988. Hosted by Alex Vavoulis. Fresno only. 9:00 The Spirit of Carnival Music of Africa and the Caribbean, presented by David McBurnie. 11:00 Music from the Hearts of Space The syndicated space music program, hosted by Stephen Hill. 12:00 Heartbeats The more active, rhythmic side of the space music genre, with Lloyd Barde. 2:00 4:30 Just listen. Monday, September 5 5:00 First Light With Kevin Vance. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 8:10 Kris and Philip talk to William Mandel on developments Outside the Moscow Beltway. 9:00 Morning Concert Classical, contemporary and early music with Dawn Nagengast. 11:00 Word and Image Writers On The Air. Denny Smithson talks with authors. Bay Area bookstore calendar at 11:50 am. 12:00 Brainstorm Wade in the Water. There is a Balm in Gilead: African American Composers and the Concert Spiritual Tradition. We examine the works of composers such as Harry T. Burleigh, Nathaniel Dett, and William Dawson, who applied Western classical music training to the traditional spiritual and created a new classical repertoire for the concert stage. 1:00 Blues By The Bay With Tom Mazzolini. 2:30 Lift Every Voice Reggae, soul, jazz and salsa, with Peja Peja. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Brotha' Kayumanggi. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 Labor Day Special The United Farm Workers Union. After the untimely death of UFW leader and founder, Cesar Chavez, many wondered where this pioneer farm labor union would head. Now the UFW is invigorating itself by returning to the source of its mission; the agricultural bounty that exists in the fields of California. In this program we will explore the UFW's direction under the leadership of its current president, Arturo Rodriquez. Produced by Chuy Varela. "Si Se Puede!" 7:00 Pulse 7:00 The Secret Side of Free Trade. A 13-part series focusing upon the international, economic, political and environmental impact of the GATT treaty (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) Part 1. Produced by Maria Gilardin. 7:00 KPFB, 89.3 FM: Berkeley Rent Board. 7:30 Labor Line. With Steve Zeltzer. 8:00 The Musical Whirligig 1: A child's toy having a whirling motion 2: Merry-go- round 3: something that continuously whirls or changes; also: a program of jazz and other improvisational music hosted by Michele Flannery. 9:00 Mob Ecstasy Pianist, violinist, and composer Vijay Iyer teams up with saxophonist and composer Harold Yen for a live performance from the KPFA Performance Studio. They will be performing their own compositions and collective improvisations with a few surprise guests. Producer: Ben Lindgren. 10:00 Evening Theater Minds over Matter. Join the panel of experts on KPFA's popular audience participation quiz show. Geography, film, history, people, and more...Nimble wits apply. Call (510) 848-4425. Your hosts: Dana Rodriguez, Leah Garchik and Gerald Nachman. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 The Majoon Traveler Traditional music from Asia, Arabia and Africa with Cheb i Sabbah. 1:30 Night Magic A unique blend of jazz, R&B and some rock, hosted by Alex Danzler. Tuesday, September 6 5:00 First Light With Mike MacLean. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert Freeform cross genre musical association. Produced and hosted by Catherine Gollery. 9:00 KFCF: Fresno County Board of Supervisors till noon. 11:00 The Communications Revolution Crime and Chaos. The federal government wants to introduce a "clipper chip" that allows eavesdropping into computer systems, supposedly to bust global electronic fraud, money laundering and hi-tech terrorism. From civil libertarians to software business people, critics are skeptical. What is the real story behind the debate? Produced by the Telecommunications Radio Project. Hosted by Jude Thilman. 12:00 Brainstorm 12:00 Mind Over Media. Jennifer Stone with her weekly commentary on the state of culture. 12:30 Legacies: Tales from America. Personal stories exploring the cross-cultural and cross-generational experiences of remarkable Americans of mixed ethnic heritage. 1:00 America's Back 40 The hicks from coast to coast! Mary Tilson with roots- based American music. 2:00 KFCF: Fresno County Board of Supervisors 2:30 Bring In The Noise Host Davey D with a unique blend of urban dance/rap and house music. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Cindy Medrano. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 Inside/Eastside. Weekly magazine with features, music and calendar from the Asian Pacific American community. 7:00 KPFB, 89.3 FM: Berkeley City Council Meeting. 7:30 Reese Erlich's Journal. Will a leftist labor leader become Brazil's next president? Just back from Brazil, Reese interviewed Ignacio Lula da Silva, the union leader likely to become that country's top leader. Call-ins welcome at (510) 848-4425. 8:00 Raga: Music of India North and South Indian Classical Music. Hosted by Prabha Gopal. 10:00 Evening Theater Sense and Sensuality: Eating for Pleasure. Food, literature and sensuality, recipes included. Part 23: "Harvest." Read and produced by Lyons Filmer. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 No Other Radio Network Music from the underground of the avant-garde movement, with John Gullak. 1:30 Beyond Midnight Urban contemporary music with Ken Pruitt. Wednesday, September 7 5:00 First Light With Sheilah Glover. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert World Music. Explore the roots and branches of World Music with host Sandy Miranda. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 The Green Room. Context and commentary on the local and national arts scene. Previews, reviews, interviews and in-depth features on stage, screen, garret and gallery events, highlighted through round table discussion and debate with guests and listeners. Hosted by Craig Martin, Chiori Santiago, Bernard Weiner and Sura Wood. Also, Marilyn Hagberg presents a fine arts commentary. 12:00 Brainstorm Blacks and Jews: Ambivalent Allies. Who are African Americans? Who are Jews? A look at the complex inner life of two diverse communities, their internal crisis of leadership, generation gaps, dissent and repression. Part 1 of a four part series produced by Bari Scott, Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman. 1:00 Folk Music from Near and Far Out Music from Ethnia and Beyond, live recorded and taped, from the collection of Gerda Daly. 2:30 The Reggae Experience With Doug Wendt and Spliff Skankin. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With David McBurnie. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 Fruit Punch: Gay Radio. With David Lamble, Dan Curzon and others. 7:30 Takin' Liberties. With Elaine Ellinson. 7:30 KPFB, 89.3 FM: The Berkeley School Board. 8:00 Grateful Dead Hour Produced by David Gans in cooperation with the Grateful Dead. 9:00 Music In America Connections. "Juke Joint Johnny" Lumsdaine rambles the back roads of down-home American music. 10:00 Evening Theater Shoestring Radio Theatre presents: For Better and Worse, My Love. Nina Scott seeks peace and quiet in the community where she grew up as a child. Instead she is confronted with a violent neighborhood murder, and only she can find the killer. (Monica Sullivan, writer/director) 10:30 Senior Prom Massacre. Everyone's got a date for the prom, except for the man-eating plant that comes stag. Listen to how Binky the science wiz saves the night in this original comedy by San Francisco playwright B.K. Wells. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 The Witching Hour The Reggae Starship. Women in Reggae, hosted by Akilah, the Woman Dread. 1:30 Beedle Um Bum Folk Music and more, with Larry and Lynn. Thursday, September 8 5:00 First Light 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert With Susan Alexjander. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Children's Literature. Presented by Martha Jackson. 11:30 Probabilities. Margaret Maron is an Edgar Award winning mystery author, whose latest novel is Shooting at Loons. She discusses her career with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. 12:00 Brainstorm New Dimensions Radio. Befriending your Local Landscape with Ken Carey. A delightful foray into what's possible if we redefine ourselves in terms of how we are with nature instead of simply with other people. 1:00 Sing Out! Folk & not-so-acoustic music with Larry Kelp. 2:30 La Verdad Musical/The Musical Truth Music from the Pan-African Diaspora, with Avotcja. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Chupoo Alafonte. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Majority Report Straight from the Source. Produced by Ayanna At-Thinnin and Dara Mola Crabral-Evins. 8:00 Evening Concert New Classical Releases. Hosted by Terry Hawkins. 10:00 Evening Theater Joe Frank: Radio Noir. Tales from the darker side of the urban jungle from America's most surreal storyteller of the subterranean. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 Over The Edge Receptacle programming from Negativland. 3:00 Puzzling Evidence With Doug Wellman and Rev. Hal. Friday, September 9 5:00 First Light With Henri-Pierre Koubaka. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 8:30 Computer Access. With Chupoo Alafonte. 9:00 Morning Concert Music from Chapel, Court and Countryside presented by Joseph Spencer. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Morning Reading. The Great Central Valley: California's Heartland. Edited by Stephen Johnson, photographs by Johnson and Robert Dawson, text by Gerald Haslam, UC Press, 1993. Continuing the journey through Fresno, south to Delano, Bakersfield and the Kern River. A look at the farm labor problems and the pesticide dilemma for farm owners and field workers, as well as the growth of the cities and the struggle for water. Fifth in a series of readings by Ed Markmann. To be concluded Sept. 23, 11 A.M. 12:00 Brainstorm Zero Tolerance for Radiation: The Savannah River Site. "You kick me out of the classroom, I'll make the community my classroom." Makini McLean is an outspoken schoolteacher turned-activist for environmental justice. In this interview with Penny Rosenwasser and Margaret Pavel, she recounts her struggle to organize her Southern African- American community against the toxic effects of radiation. 1:00 Panhandle Country Country music, bluegrass, western swing, cajun, honky- tonk, old-timey and country jazz. With Tom Diamant. 2:30 Shoutin' Out with Mama O'Shea Shout out and fight back with Mama at 848-4425. Engineer: Barry Korengold. 4:00 Rhythm Drive Music to get you home, with Chuy Varela. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 5:00 KFCF Fresno Traffic Jam Music, public affairs, etc. with Rych Withers. Fresno only. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 En Contacto Directo La Nueva Dimension. Sylvia Mullally Aguirre les ofrece entrevistas con personalidades destacadas en la comunidad latina/chicana, musica cheverísima de todas partes de LatinoAmérica, política y poesía. 7:00 KPFB 89.3 FM: Youth in Control. By and for teenagers. Berkeley only. 8:00 Living On Indian Time Native American programming with Titus Frenchman. 9:00 La Onda Bajita The best low riding oldies in Norte Califas, with Molina, Chuy and the La Onda staff. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 Harmonia Mundi Vocal Music from around the globe. Hosted by Opal Nations. 1:30 Bay Leaf Experience The contemporary urban adult sound, with Lonnie Lewis. 4:30 Nusantao/Aziatic Arts en Aztlan, The Great Turtle Island Roots Vibrations International with Kayumanggi. Saturday, September 10 6:00 The Gospel Experience Gospel music, hosted by Emmit Powell, with Sheila Williams. 9:00 The Johnny Otis Show Blues, R&B, gospel and jazz, with discussion and live performances. Hosted by Johnny Otis. 11:00 Bonnie Simmons Rock, country and folk music, hosted by Bonnie Simmons. 12:00 Women's Magazine Heritage. Hosted by Linda Spector. 12:30 Young Women in Radio. Hosted by Kibi Taylor. 1:00 Oye!! Hosted by Carmen Olivares. 2:00 Ahora 2:00 Noticiero Ahora. News and information from Latino USA, Noticiero Latino, and locally produced features. Host: Chuy Varela. 3:00 Ahora Para El Recuerdo. Latin America's musical heritage, explored with host Zac Salem. 4:00 Salsa Picante. Host: Luis Medina. 5:00 KFCF Southeast Asian Refugees Program News and information for the refugee community of Central California. Cambodian segment at 5:00. Fresno only. 6:00 KPFA Weekend News 6:30 Freedom Is A Constant Struggle A Luta Continua. Kiilu Nyasha interviews Dennis Cunningham, one of the attorneys who defended the Attica brothers indicted on various charges resulting from the September 13, 1971 uprising at New York's Attica State Prison. It was the first prison rebellion to be televised, claiming 43 lives. A class-action lawsuit was filed by Cunningham and others against N.Y. State officials and police. Produced by Kiilu Nyasha and Tamu Nyasha-Dennis. 6:30 KFCF Underground Railroad Music of the world with Michael Hill. Fresno only. 7:00 Third World Special Oba T'Shaka with interviews and commentaries about black political efforts and strategies. 7:30 Come Alive! Khalid Al-Mansour with third world views on domestic and international relations. 8:00 The Secret's Out Jazz, reggae, world music and interviews with Bari Scott. 11:00 Ear Thyme The sound of Bay Area jazz artists, produced by Doug Edwards. 1:00 Live from Aztlan Latin, oldies, rap, requests and dedications. Interviews & live guests. With the G-Spot. Sunday, September 11 5:00 A Musical Offering Music of all kinds, featuring the work of J. S. Bach, presented by Mary Berg. 9:00 Sleepers! Awake Bach, baroque and beyond with political and social commentary by Bill Sokol. Community Calendar at 10:55. 11:00 Jazz, Blues & Folk With Phil Elwood or Chris Strachwitz. 1:00 Across The Great Divide Folk and popular music with Robbie Osman. 2:30 Focus on Women In Music Featuring new releases as well as live acoustic performances by local alternative artists Valerie Stadler and Seven Day Diary. Hosted by Agusta Gunn. 4:00 Forms & Feelings The evolution of the violin in the history of jazz is examined for a second time on this program. Featured artists include Mark Feldman, Joe Venuti, Stephane Grappelli, Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Ray Nance, Gayle Dixon, John Blake, Leroy Jenkins, Billy Bang, Terry Jenoure, Ornette Coleman, Michal Urbaniak, L. Shankar, Charles Burnham, Regina Carter, Diane Monroe and Lesa Terry. With Jim Bennett. 6:00 KPFA Weekend News 6:30 The African Press With Walter Turner. Call-ins 848-4425. 7:00 In Your Ear Jazz and Musica Latina with Art Sato. 8:00 KFCF Sunday Evening Classics Hosted by Bruce Kennedy. Fresno only. 9:00 The Spirit of Carnival Music of Africa and the Caribbean, presented by David McBurnie. 11:00 Music from the Hearts of Space The syndicated space music program, hosted by Stephen Hill. 12:00 Flight of Fantasy Music for dreamtime, with Dawn Nagengast. 2:00 Serendipity Doo Dah Beedle Um Bum Larry explores the music library. Monday, September 12 5:00 First Light With Kevin Vance. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 8:10 Kris and Philip talk to William Mandel on developments Outside the Moscow Beltway. 9:00 Morning Concert New releases and historical recordings with host Sarah Cahill. 11:00 Word and Image Writers On The Air. Denny Smithson talks with authors. Bay Area bookstore calendar at 11:50 am. 12:00 Brainstorm Wade in the Water. I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always: The African-American Spiritual and the Struggle for a New Classical Concert Tradition. The struggle of African Americans seeking careers as professional classical music concert artists, featuring Roland Hayes, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle and others. 1:00 Blues By The Bay With Tom Mazzolini. 2:30 Lift Every Voice Reggae, soul, jazz and salsa, with Peja Peja. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Brotha' Kayumanggi. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 The Secret Side of Free Trade. A 13-part series focusing upon the international, economic, political and environmental impact of the GATT treaty (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) Part 2. Produced by Maria Gilardin. 7:30 Voices of the Homeless. With Keith McHenry. 8:00 Difference Tone New and unusual music with Russ Jennings. 9:00 Eyes of Chaos/Veil of Order The first of two programs featuring alumni of the Berkeley Public Schools' music instruction programs, currently threatened with extinction due to budget cuts. Featured musicians will include Peter Apfelbaum (and various members of the Hieroglyphics Ensemble), Benny Green, Craig Handy, David Murray, Lenny Pickett and Joshua Redman. Hosted by Phil Lesh and Gary Lambert. Produced by David Gans. 10:00 Evening Theater Poetry Program. Tonight's show is the first half of a two part program featuring Jan Kerouac, poet, novelist, and daughter of Jack Kerouac. Kerouac will be heard in rare tapes and in an interview with Gerald Nicosia, author of Memory Babe, a biography of Jack Kerouac. Host: Jack Foley. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 The Majoon Traveler Traditional music from Asia, Arabia and Africa with Cheb i Sabbah. 1:30 Night Magic A unique blend of jazz, R&B and some rock, hosted by Alex Danzler. Tuesday, September 13 5:00 First Light With Mike MacLean. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert Cover Tunes. Richard "Bob" Green of the a cappella group The Bobs co-hosts with Dean Suzuki, a premiere of The Bobs new CD of (mostly) cover tunes by The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman and others. Richard "Bob" and Dean will also select and play cover tunes plus arrangements as performed by Robert Dick, Bill Risell, John Zorn, Pascal Comelade, and others. 9:00 KFCF: Fresno County Board of Supervisors till noon. 11:00 The Communications Revolution Liberation Technology: From Disabled to Enabled? Voice activated computers, Braille touch-screens, teleconferencing for people who are homebound–how available are these new goods and services? How much do they cost? Will people with disabilities have an access ramp to the superhighway? Produced by the Telecommunications Radio Project. Hosted by Jude Thilman. 12:00 Brainstorm 12:00 Mind Over Media. Jennifer Stone with her weekly commentary on the state of culture. 12:30 Legacies: Tales from America. Personal stories exploring the cross-cultural and cross-generational experiences of remarkable Americans of mixed ethnic heritage. 1:00 America's Back 40 The hicks from coast to coast! Mary Tilson with roots- based American music. 2:00 KFCF: Fresno County Board of Supervisors . 2:30 Bring In The Noise Host Davey D with a unique blend of urban dance/rap and house music. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Cindy Medrano. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 Inside/Eastside. Weekly magazine with features, music and calendar from the Asian Pacific American community. 7:00 KPFB, 89.3 FM: Berkeley City Council Meeting. 7:30 Beat of a Different Drum. Hosted by Norma Scheurkogel. This program features issues concerning disability, wellness and empowerment. 8:00 People Playing Music 8:00 Live from KPFA Studios, The Bobby Murray Band plays burning blues and funk, featuring vocalists Beverly Watson and Freddie Hughes. 9:30 Former Ikettes The Stovall Sisters sing a' cappella gospel. Joel Sachs hosts. 10:00 Evening Theater Tusitala Blues. Urban griot Michael Franti stops by to kick some spoken word and share some soon-to-be-released tracks from the forthcoming Spearhead album (vinyl, you know what I'm sayin?). The former frontman of Beatnigs and Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy will also discuss the role of hiphop as a vital oral tradition. Produced by Cari Core and Weyland Southon. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 No Other Radio Network Music from the underground of the avant-garde movement, with John Gullak. 1:30 The Colours of Aire Improv radio, celebrated, mixed & hosted by Andrew Rosenthal. Wednesday, September 14 5:00 First Light With Sheilah Glover. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert World Music. Explore the forests floors, arboreal branches, dunes, swamps, bayous, townships, and meccas of world music with musical botanist Sandy Miranda. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Afterwords. Life questions explored in world literature. O Pioneers! Sparseness of resources, of time, of words but not of courage was the lot of American women who lived and moved west in the eighteen hundreds. Some found the strength of spirit to become physicians and writers in their own right. Readings from fact and fiction including As Long as Life: The Memoirs of a Frontier Woman Physician. Guest Priscilla Ebersole, RN, writer, speaking about some of the pioneer women in medicine who are still alive today. Hosted by Muriel Murch. 12:00 Brainstorm Blacks and Jews: Ambivalent Allies. Conception of the Other. A look at stereotypes, internalized racism and anti Semitism, civil rights and affirmative action. Is there a specifically Jewish form of racism, a specifically Black anti-Semitism? Part 2 of a four part series produced by Bari Scott, Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman. 1:00 Folk Music from Near and Far Out Na Mele O Ka Aina. Hawaiian music, presented by Rena Kalehua Nelson. 2:30 The Reggae Experience With Doug Wendt and Spliff Skankin. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With David McBurnie. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 Fruit Punch: Gay Radio. With David Lamble, Dan Curzon and others. 7:30 Reel to Real. A look at filmmakers in the independent film world of features and documentaries with Reyna Cowan. 7:30 KPFB, 89.3 FM: The Berkeley School Board. 8:00 Grateful Dead Hour Produced by David Gans in cooperation with the Grateful Dead. 9:00 Music In America Connections. "Juke Joint Johnny" Lumsdaine explores the connections between many different American roots-music styles. 9:00 Music In America Blues, Jazz, Rock and Roll, R&B, Zydeco, Ragtime and more with Joel Sachs. 10:00 Evening Theater Listen to the Lambs by Johnny Otis (1968). In 1968 Johnny Otis was in Watts and caught up in the riots. This rare chronicle fully outlines the plight of the African- American underclass. Select passages read by Opal Nations. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 The Witching Hour Latinas in Music with Patricia Terrazas Medina. 1:30 Beedle Um Bum Folk Music and more, with Larry and Lynn. Thursday, September 15 5:00 First Light 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert With Carl Stone. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Morning Reading. New American Radio presents Dreamtime by Barrett Golding. A collaged narrative teeming with evocative descriptions of a dreamscape both real and surreal, insightful and entertaining. 11:30 Probabilities. Peter Benchley is the author of Jaws and other novels, the most recent of which is White Shark. He talks about his career with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. 12:00 Brainstorm New Dimensions Radio. The Feminine Face of Science with Linda Jean Shepherd. Today's science operates primarily on the competitive model, technically, economically and otherwise. But we need to ask, "What are the consequences going to be?" 1:00 Sing Out! Folk & not-so-acoustic music with Larry Kelp. 2:30 La Verdad Musical/The Musical Truth Music from the Pan-African diaspora, with Avotcja. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Chupoo Alafonte. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Majority Report 7:00 Equal Means. An exploration of economic solutions. Hosted by Sadie Williams. 8:00 Count Me In Women in Jazz, Women in Blues. Hosted by Betty Lawson Eugene. 10:00 Evening Theater 10:00 Joe Frank: Radio Noir. Tales from the darker side of the urban jungle from Americas's most surreal storyteller of the subterranean. 10:30 Community Pool Night. One man's routine night at a pool hall turns into an unusual encounter with a woman's advances. Featuring Ed Bernstein, Susan Grace and David Kanig. Produced by Robert Ferrer. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 Over The Edge Receptacle programming from Negativland. Friday, September 16 5:00 First Light With Henri-Pierre Koubaka. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 8:30 Computer Access. With Chupoo Alafonte. 9:00 Morning Concert Music from Chapel, Court and Countryside presented by Joseph Spencer. 11:00 Word and Image 11:30 Morning Reading. Animal Stories. Creature features from real life which are bound to attract even the most fur-allergic among us. 12:00 Brainstorm Priscilla Settee: Environmental Healer. Priscilla Settee is a member of the Cree tribe living in Winnipeg, Canada. She discusses her activism around aboriginal and environmental issues, as well as her family relationships, with Penny Rosenwasser and Margaret Pavel. 1:00 Pig In A Pen Traditional and contemporary bluegrass and old-timey music with Ray Edlund. 2:30 Shoutin' Out with Mama O'Shea Shout out and fight back with Mama at 848-4425. Engineer: Barry Korengold. 4:00 Rhythm Drive Music to get you home, with Chuy Varela. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 5:00 KFCF It's a Queer Thang Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual issues with Liz "Get it Girl" Maines and Jeff Robinson. Fresno only. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 En Contacto Directo Spanish-English bilingual programming. Host: Ines Hernandez. 7:00 KPFB 89.3 FM: Youth in Control. By and for teenagers. Berkeley only. 8:00 Living On Indian Time Native American programming with the International Indian Treaty Council. 9:00 La Onda Bajita The best low riding oldies in Norte Califas, with Molina, Chuy and the La Onda staff. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 Harmonia Mundi Vocal Music from around the globe. Hosted by Opal Nations. 1:30 Bay Leaf Experience The contemporary urban adult sound, with Lonnie Lewis. Saturday, September 17 6:00 The Gospel Experience Gospel music, hosted by Emmit Powell, with Sheila Williams. 9:00 The Johnny Otis Show Blues, R&B, gospel and jazz, with discussion and live performances. Hosted by Johnny Otis. 11:00 Latino Heritage Day 11:00 Sabor Latino Musical. Jose Ruiz kicks off Latino Heritage Day with a diverse mix of musica latina from throughout the hemisphere. 12:00 Oye Celebrando La Independencia con Sabor a Centro America The latest to, from, and about the barrio with a twist of news, a dash of poetry, bastante teatro, ensaladas musicales, exquisitas recipes de Dona Pepa, y chiles/cholos/chismes y otras chiverias. With Carmen, Cece, Ricardo y assorted guests. Produced by Carmen Olivares. 2:00 Ahora 2:00 A hora Para El Recuerdo. Zac Salem hosts a special edition of his radio program with vintage sounds from Latin America's rich musical heritage. 3:00 Agora Brasil. Music & information about Brazil with Elvira Cola & Eric Taller. 4:00 Salsa Picante. Host: Patricia Terrazas Medina. 5:00 KFCF Southeast Asian Refugees Program News and information for the refugee community of Central California. Cambodian segment at 5:00. Fresno only. 6:00 KPFA Weekend News 6:30 Youth on the Air Latino students of the noted Youth Radio Project directed by Ellen O'Leary, take to the KPFA airwaves with a mix of music, features, interviews, "y mucho mas." 6:30 KFCF Day Sleeper Wide awake with John T. Fresno only. 8:00 Sol Es Vida Fabiola Zepeda looks at Latina literature through song, poetry, and perspectives. 9:00 Yoruba Tamu Du Ewa explores the secular influence of Yoruban ritual and religion in Latino culture. 10:00 Poesia, Musica y Mas con Raquel Aguirre. 11:00 Fin Latino Heritage day concludes. 1:00 At Risk Radio Jazz and jungle grooves, soundtracks, soul & roll, usually something new, stories told by Maurice Jerome. Sunday, September 18 5:00 A Musical Offering Music of all kinds, featuring the work of J. S. Bach, presented by Mary Berg. 9:00 Sleepers! Awake Bach, baroque and beyond with political and social commentary by Bill Sokol. Community Calendar at 10:55. 11:00 Jazz, Blues & Folk With Phil Elwood or Chris Strachwitz. 1:00 Across The Great Divide Folk and popular music with Robbie Osman. 2:30 Focus on Women In Music Showcasing women as composers and musicians. Hosted by Michele Flannery. 4:00 Forms & Feelings The improvisational music known as "jazz". With Jim Bennett. 6:00 KPFA Weekend News 6:30 Outside The Moscow Beltway Readings, question/answer period. Call-ins at 848-4425. With William Mandel. 7:00 In Your Ear Jazz and Musica Latina with Art Sato. 8:00 KFCF Sunday Evening Classics Concerts from Deutsche Welle, and other surprises. Randy Stover hosts. Fresno only. 9:00 The Spirit of Carnival Music of Africa and the Caribbean, presented by David McBurnie. 11:00 Music from the Hearts of Space The syndicated space music program, hosted by Stephen Hill. 12:00 Wavelength A free-wheeling, shape-changing forum for new music and ideas, with Jane Heaven. 2:00 4'33" Just listen. Monday, September 19 5:00 First Light With Kevin Vance. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 8:10 Kris and Philip talk to William Mandel on developments Outside the Moscow Beltway. 9:00 Morning Concert Classical, contemporary and early music with Dawn Nagengast. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Morning Reading. William K. Everson, professor, critic, Pacific Film Archive lecturer and author, talks with host Dana Rodriquez about rare, rediscovered films and popular cinematic genres. (Denny Smithson returns with Writers on the Air next week.) 12:00 Brainstorm Wade in the Water. The Legacy of the Golden Gate Quartet. Focusing on this internationally renowned ensemble, innovators of the "jubilee" singing style which influenced the national sound of quartets in the Black community before World War II. 1:00 Blues By The Bay With Tom Mazzolini. 2:30 Lift Every Voice Reggae, soul, jazz and salsa, with Peja Peja. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Brotha' Kayumanggi. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 The Secret Side of Free Trade. A 13-part series focusing upon the international, economic, political and environmental impact of the GATT treaty (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) Part 3. Produced by Maria Gilardin. 7:00 KPFB, 89.3 FM: Berkeley Rent Board. 7:30 The Other Americas Radio Journal. With Eduardo Cohen. 8:00 Ode To Gravity New music with Charles Amirkhanian. 10:00 Evening Theater Minds over Matter. Join the panel of experts on KPFA's popular audience participation quiz show. Geography, film, history, people, and more...Nimble wits apply. Call (510) 848-4425. Your hosts: Dana Rodriguez, Leah Garchik and Gerald Nachman. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 The Majoon Traveler Traditional music from Asia, Arabia and Africa with Cheb i Sabbah. 1:30 Night Magic A unique blend of jazz, R&B and some rock, hosted by Alex Danzler. Tuesday, September 20 5:00 First Light With Mike MacLean. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert Free form cross genere musical association. Produced and hosted by Catherine Gollery. 9:00 KFCF: Fresno City Council meeting till noon. 11:00 The Communications Revolution Competition and You. Almost monthly, FCC and PUC decisions, buyouts and mergers among phone, cable and other entities, state and federal legislation are changing the landscape of telecommunications goods and services. How can consumers plug into the issues and be sure their interests are being served? Produced by the Telecommunications Radio Project. Hosted by Jude Thilman. 12:00 Brainstorm 12:00 Mind Over Media. Jennifer Stone with her weekly commentary on the state of culture. 12:30 Legacies: Tales from America. Personal stories exploring the cross-cultural and cross-generational experiences of remarkable Americans of mixed ethnic heritage. 1:00 America's Back 40 The hicks from coast to coast! Mary Tilson with roots- based American music. 2:00 KFCF: Fresno County Board of Supervisors . 2:30 Bring In The Noise Host Davey D with a unique blend of urban dance/rap and house music. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Cindy Medrano. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 Inside/Eastside. Weekly magazine with features, music and calendar from the Asian Pacific American community. 7:30 Globalthink. House of Straw. 6,000 years ago Mesopotamians built houses out of tall reeds from the Tigris River. Now straw bale construction has become the newest, economical, ecological approach to home building. Hear architect Robert Theis and owner Carolyn North report on their straw bale house in Mendocino County. Produced by Joan Levinson. 8:00 Music of Afro-Asia Musical culture from the depths of Africa to the heights of the Altai Mountains and everywhere in between. Host: Kutay Derin Kugay. 10:00 Evening Theater Aché. Exciting literature from the African-American community, read by Eric McGill. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 No Other Radio Network Music from the underground of the avant-garde movement, with John Gullak. 1:30 Beyond Midnight Urban contemporary music with Ken Pruitt. Wednesday, September 21 5:00 First Light With Sheilah Glover. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert World Music. Explore the popular, obscure, down home, otherworldly, and emerging roots and branches of World Music with Electromagnetic musical botanist Sandy Miranda. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 The Green Room. Context and commentary on the local and national arts scene. Hosted by Craig Martin, Chiori Santiago, Bernard Weiner and Sura Wood. 12:00 Brainstorm Blacks and Jews: Ambivalent Allies. The Experience of Coalition and Exclusion. The role of Jews and Blacks in the Communist Party, the left in general, the Civil Rights Movement. Did the FBI try to break up the alliance? Farrakhan comes to Fresno; Spielberg comes to Castlemont; how the media creates conflict; the uses of racism and antiSemitism for political gain. Part 3 of a four part series produced by Bari Scott, Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman. 1:00 Folk Music from Near and Far Out The Gershn Yankl Show. Gerry Tenney presents traditional music of Yiddish-speaking peoples. 2:30 The Reggae Experience With Doug Wendt and Spliff Skankin. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With David McBurnie. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 Fruit Punch: Gay Radio. With David Lamble, Dan Curzon and others. 7:30 Voices from the Arab World. With Imad Harp. 7:30 KPFB, 89.3 FM: The Berkeley School Board. 8:00 Grateful Dead Hour Produced by David Gans in cooperation with the Grateful Dead. 9:00 Music In America Harps Afire. The blazing blues harmonica masters are alive and well. Joel Sachs provides new and recently released proof. 10:00 Evening Theater A tribute to William Everson, Brother Antoninus, poet and printer, born Sept. 10, 1912, died June 2, 1994. Excerpts from his readings, an interview, and poetry read by Robert Hawley and Ed Markmann. Produced by Ed Markmann, Drama and Literature staff. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 The Witching Hour Music by women, with Nancy Delaney. 1:30 Beedle Um Bum Folk Music and more, with Larry and Lynn. Thursday, September 22 5:00 First Light 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert With Susan Alexjander. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Morning Reading. 11:30 Probabilities. The Probabilities Review. Monthly book review of genre fiction, with Richard A. Lupoff, Richard Wolinsky, and Shelley Singer. 12:00 Brainstorm New Dimensions Radio. African Tales of Wisdom with Sobonfu and Malidoma Somé. 1:00 Sing Out! Folk & not-so-acoustic music with Larry Kelp. 2:30 La Verdad Musical/The Musical Truth Music from the Pan-African diaspora, with Avotcja. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Chupoo Alafonte. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Majority Report 7:00 On the Table. A women's political roundtable, analysis and discussion of current events by women journalists, activists, and community leaders. Produced and hosted by Sandy Leon. 8:00 Evening Concert New Classical Releases. Hosted by Terry Hawkins. 10:00 Evening Theater Joe Frank: Radio Noir. Tales from the darker side of the urban jungle from Americas's most surreal storyteller of the subterranean. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 Over The Edge Receptacle programming from Negativland. 3:00 Puzzling Evidence With Doug Wellman and Rev. Hal. Friday, September 23 5:00 First Light With Henri-Pierre Koubaka. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 8:30 Computer Access. With Chupoo Alafonte. 9:00 Morning Concert Music from Chapel, Court and Countryside presented by Joseph Spencer. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Morning Reading. The Great Central Valley: California's Heartland. Edited by Stephen Johnson, photographs by Johnson and Robert Dawson, text by Gerald Haslam, UC Press, 1993. Valley problems with increasing urban growth, decreasing availability of farm land and water. The paradoxes in "The Garden of the World". Conclusion of a six-part reading by Ed Markmann. 12:00 Brainstorm Esther Yazzie: Interpreter for Her People. Esther Yazzie is from the Diné tribe in Windowrock, Arizona where she works with the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum. She explains her focus on recultivating traditional teachings among young Navajos. With Penny Rosenwasser and Margaret Pavel. 1:00 Panhandle Country Country music, bluegrass, western swing, cajun, honky- tonk, old-timey and country jazz. With Tom Diamant. 2:30 Shoutin' Out with Mama O'Shea Shout out and fight back with Mama at 848-4425. Engineer: Barry Korengold. 4:00 Rhythm Drive Music to get you home, with Chuy Varela. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 5:00 KFCF Fresno Traffic Jam Fresno only. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 En Contacto Directo Spanish-English bilingual programming. Host: Raquel Aguirre. 7:00 KPFB 89.3 FM: Youth in Control. By and for teenagers. Berkeley only. 8:00 Living On Indian Time Native American programming with Dennis Jennings. 9:00 La Onda Bajita The best low riding oldies in Norte Califas, with Molina, Chuy and the La Onda staff. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 Harmonia Mundi Vocal Music from around the globe. Hosted by Opal Nations. 1:30 Bay Leaf Experience The contemporary urban adult sound, with Lonnie Lewis. 4:30 Nusantao/Aziatic Arts en Aztlan, The Great Turtle Island Roots Vibrations International with Kayumanggi. Saturday, September 24 6:00 The Gospel Experience Gospel music, hosted by Emmit Powell, with Sheila Williams. 9:00 The Johnny Otis Show Blues, R&B, gospel and jazz, with discussion and live performances. Hosted by Johnny Otis. 11:00 Bonnie Simmons Rock, country and folk music, hosted by Bonnie Simmons. 12:00 Women's Magazine A Woman's Well-Being. Issues of health, self-acceptance and change. Produced by Chupoo Alafonteé and Kirsten Thomas. 12:30 Queer in Your Ear. Local lesbian programming, produced by Mary Salome and Emily Charles. 2:00 Ahora 2:00 Noticiero Ahora. News and information from Latino USA, Noticiero Latino, and locally produced features. Host: Chuy Varela. 3:00 Ahora Para El Recuerdo. Latin America's musical heritage, explored with host Zac Salem. 4:00 Roots of Salsa. With Emiliano Echeverria. 5:00 KFCF Southeast Asian Refugees Program News and information for the refugee community of Central California. Cambodian segment at 5:00. Fresno only. 6:00 KPFA Weekend News 6:30 Freedom Is A Constant Struggle The Sounds of Struggle. With Emiliano Echeverria and/or Lincoln Bergman. 6:30 KFCF Jazz for a Blue Planet Kent Stratford, the Jazz Doctor, hosts. Fresno only. 7:00 Third World Special Spotlight Africa. Interviews and commentary on political, economic and cultural realities of the largest continent. Host: Assumpta Oturu. 7:30 Come Alive! Khalid Al-Mansour with third world views on domestic and international relations. 8:00 The Secret's Out Jazz, reggae, world music and interviews with Bari Scott. 11:00 Ear Thyme The sound of Bay Area jazz artists, produced by Doug Edwards. 1:00 Live from Aztlan Latin, oldies, rap, requests and dedications. Interviews & live guests. With the G-Spot. Sunday, September 25 5:00 A Musical Offering Music of all kinds, featuring the work of J. S. Bach, presented by Mary Berg. 9:00 Sleepers! Awake Bach, baroque and beyond with political and social commentary by Bill Sokol. Community Calendar at 10:55. 11:00 Jazz, Blues & Folk With Phil Elwood or Chris Strachwitz. 1:00 Across The Great Divide Folk and popular music with Robbie Osman. 2:30 Focus on Women In Music Showcasing women as composers and musicians. 4:00 Forms & Feelings Trumpeter Dennis Gonzales is profiled this afternoon, in the various contexts of his recordings for the Silkheart label and other projects for Konnex and Daagnim (an organization he co-founded years ago with pianist Art Lande. It stands for the Dallas Association for Avant- Garde and Neoimpressionistic Music). In his body of work, a directness, spirituality and compassion emerge. With Charles Brackeen, Michael Session, Kidd Jordan, Carlos Ward, Louis Moholo, Malachi Favors and Ahmed Abdullah, among others. Hosted by Jim Bennett. 6:00 KPFA Weekend News 6:30 The African Press With Walter Turner. Call-ins 848-4425. 7:00 In Your Ear Jazz and Musica Latina with Art Sato. 8:00 KFCF Pipe Organ Showtime Music performed on the King of Musical Instruments, with host Ron Musselman. Fresno only. 9:00 The Spirit of Carnival Music of Africa and the Caribbean, presented by David McBurnie. 11:00 Music from the Hearts of Space The syndicated space music program, hosted by Stephen Hill. 12:00 Flight of Fantasy Music for dreamtime, with Dawn Nagengast. 2:00 Serendipity Doo Dah Beedle Um Bum Larry explores the music library. Monday, September 26 5:00 First Light With Kevin Vance. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 8:10 Kris and Philip talk to William Mandel on developments Outside the Moscow Beltway. 9:00 Morning Concert David Harrington, first violinist of the Kronos Quartet, introduces the quartet's latest album, Night Prayers, featuring works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Ali Zadeh, Giya Kancheli and others, collaborations with the Throat Singers of Tuva and Dawn Upshaw. He talks with host Sarah Cahill. 11:00 Word and Image Writers On The Air. Denny Smithson talks with authors. Bay Area bookstore calendar at 11:50 am. 12:00 Brainstorm Wade in the Water. Birmingham, Alabama Regional Quartet Tradition. Exploring the proliferation of the community based quartet tradition originating in and around Birmingham and its spread throughout the country. 1:00 Blues By The Bay With Tom Mazzolini. 2:30 Lift Every Voice Reggae, soul, jazz and salsa, with Peja Peja. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Brotha' Kayumanggi. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 The Secret Side of Free Trade. A 13-part series focusing upon the international, economic, political and environmental impact of the GATT treaty (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) Part 4. Produced by Maria Gilardin. 7:30 "A Women's Work..." A series about women in non traditional occupations, hosted by C.J. Thompson-White. 8:00 Evening Concert New Music. Richard Friedman's monthly review of recent releases of new and unusual music from here and abroad. Send for a complete playlist of tonight's recordings: Richard Friedman c/o KPFA Music Department. Include a stamped return envelope. 10:00 Evening Theater Poetry Program. The second half of a two-part program featuring Jan Kerouac, poet, novelist, and daughter of Jack Kerouac. Host: Jack Foley. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 The Majoon Traveler Traditional music from Asia, Arabia and Africa with Cheb i Sabbah. 1:30 Night Magic A unique blend of jazz, R&B and some rock, hosted by Alex Danzler. Tuesday, September 27 5:00 First Light With Mike MacLean. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert Discreet Music. Ambient and minimal music featuring new and old releases by Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Daniel Lentz, Ruben Garcia, Eugene Bowen, Dominique Lawalree, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Robert Rich, Simeon ten Holt, Jeff Greinke and others. Dean Suzuki hosts. 9:00 KFCF: Fresno County Board of Supervisors till noon. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Morning Reading. Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatima Mernissi. "I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez." begins this exuberant recreation of the author's childhood. Subjects ranging from female equality under Islam to bedtime stories by modern day Scheherazades, read by Susan Stone. 12:00 Brainstorm 12:00 Mind Over Media. Jennifer Stone with her weekly commentary on the state of culture. 12:30 Legacies: Tales from America. Personal stories exploring the cross-cultural and cross-generational experiences of remarkable Americans of mixed ethnic heritage. 1:00 America's Back 40 The hicks from coast to coast! Mary Tilson with roots- based American music. 2:00 KFCF: Fresno County Board of Supervisors . 2:30 Bring In The Noise Host Davey D with a unique blend of urban dance/rap and house music. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Cindy Medrano. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 Inside/Eastside. Weekly magazine with features, music and calendar from the Asian Pacific American community. 7:00 KPFB, 89.3 FM: Berkeley City Council Meeting. 7:30 Global Exchange. With Kevin Danaher. 8:00 Air Magic Music from the Silk Route, with Shafi Hakim. 10:00 Evening Theater O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia but moved to Nebraska at the age of eight. O Pioneers! was the book in which Cather claims she found her own voice for the first time. Selections read by Muriel Murch. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 No Other Radio Network Music from the underground of the avant-garde movement, with John Gullak. 1:30 The Colours of Aire Improv radio, celebrated, mixed & hosted by Andrew Rosenthal. Wednesday, September 28 5:00 First Light With Sheilah Glover. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert World Music. Summer releases from Africa and the Caribbean plus great conversations with Babatunde Olatunji, Angelique Kidjo, Calypso Rose and others. Hosted by Henri- Pierre Koubaka. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Feminine Genius. This year Jane Hirshfield has added a valuable anthology to the poetry world with Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women, which she edited. Today she reads from her own book of poems: The October Palace, also out this year from Harper Collins. Hosted by Maggie Switzer. 12:00 Brainstorm Blacks and Jews: Ambivalent Allies. "There's gotta be a way out of here." Who are the visionaries and leaders who want change? This program looks at the struggle for dissent and against silencing the debate in both communities; confronting racism and anti-Semitism inside each. Part 4 of a four part series produced by Bari Scott, Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman. 1:00 Folk Music from Near and Far Out A Terrible Beauty. Old and new music from the Celtic regions, hosted by Padraigin McGillicuddy. 2:30 The Reggae Experience With Doug Wendt and Spliff Skankin. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With David McBurnie. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Pulse 7:00 Fruit Punch: Gay Radio. With David Lamble, Dan Curzon and others. 7:30 Steppin' out of Babylon. With Sue Supriano. 7:30 KPFB, 89.3 FM: The Berkeley School Board. 8:00 Grateful Dead Hour Produced by David Gans in cooperation with the Grateful Dead. 9:00 Music In America Rockin' the House. All "live", all burning rhythm and blues on stage. Joel Sachs mixes personal favorites with all-time classics. 10:00 Evening Theater O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. A classic novel of early settlers. Selections read by Muriel Murch. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 The Witching Hour Women doing womanish things after dark. Hosted by Audrey Lee and Kirsten Thomas. 1:30 Beedle Um Bum Folk Music and more, with Larry and Lynn. Thursday, September 29 5:00 First Light 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 9:00 Morning Concert Charles Shere presents string quartets by Robert Erickson, John Cage, and Lou Harrison. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Morning Reading. New American Radio presents Sooner or Later by Bob Ostertag. A recording of a young Salvadoran boy burying his father killed by El Salvador's National Guard becomes a haunting musical work evoking bravery, survival and strife. 11:30 Probabilities. William F. Nolan is a multi-talented author, best known for his novel and screenplay, Logan's Run. His latest book is a mystery, The Black Mask Murders, featuring detectives Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Hosted by Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky. 12:00 Brainstorm New Dimensions Radio. The Blessings of Mourning with Anne Brener. A unique perspective on grieving and mourning drawn from the Jewish tradition. 1:00 Sing Out! Folk & not-so-acoustic music with Larry Kelp. 2:30 La Verdad Musical/The Musical Truth Monthly blues special, hosted by Avotcja. 4:00 Rhythm Drive With Chupoo Alafonte. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 Majority Report Gynecentricity. This is a new program of lively discussion and informative reviews by panelists from all facets of feminist intellectual life. Erica Lopez and others join host Maggie Switzer. 8:00 Evening Concert New Classical Releases. Hosted by Terry Hawkins. 10:00 Evening Theater Joe Frank: Radio Noir. Tales from the darker side of the urban jungle. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 Over The Edge Receptacle programming from Negativland. Friday, September 30 5:00 First Light With Henri-Pierre Koubaka. 6:30 The Morning Show With Kris Welch and Philip Maldari. 8:30 Computer Access. With Chupoo Alafonte. 9:00 Morning Concert Music from Chapel, Court and Countryside presented by Joseph Spencer. 11:00 Word and Image 11:00 Morning Reading. The Saint of Mott Street by Gary Wills. Even if the Catholic Church delays forever canonizing the extraordinary and difficult Dorothy Day, she is already a saint to thousands of people, Catholic or not. Read by Dorothy Bryant. 12:00 Brainstorm Rainbow Serpent: Women for a Plutonium-Free Future. Penny Rosenwasser and Margaret Pavel interview Mayumi Oda and Claire Greensfelder, co-founders of Rainbow Serpent, a multicultural international organization of women working to end nuclear power. They will speak to current issues, strategies and actions. Questions from listeners welcomed: (510) 848-4425. 1:00 Pig In A Pen Traditional and contemporary bluegrass and old-timey music with Ray Edlund. 2:30 Shoutin' Out with Mama O'Shea Shout out and fight back with Mama at 848-4425. Engineer: Barry Korengold. 4:00 Rhythm Drive Music to get you home, with Chuy Varela. 4:30 Pacifica Network News 5:00 Flashpoints News, commentary, and analysis. 5:00 KFCF Poetry Enjambment The seventh reading in the monthly Poetry Enjambment series. The August reading: Bana Witt, a Fresnan now living in San Francisco, author of Eclipse of Reason, released in May. Also featured; Lanfranco Tredici, whose work has been published in the Berkeley Poetry Review and the Bay Area Periodical Metier. Fresno only. 6:00 KPFA Evening News 7:00 En Contacto Directo Spanish-English bilingual programming. Host: Fabiola Zepeda. 7:00 KPFB 89.3 FM: Youth in Control. By and for teenagers. Berkeley only. 8:00 Living On Indian Time Native American programming with Inez Hernandez Avila. 9:00 La Onda Bajita The best low riding oldies in Norte Califas, with Molina, Chuy and the La Onda staff. 11:00 KPFA Evening News Rebroadcast 12:00 Tweak & Peak Silence for six hours of maintenance and repairs. Get some sleep. 12:00 KFCF That Time of the Month Music of the slightly deranged takes on new meaning when Multi-Personality Host #4 plays music from the vaults of the forgotten 8-tracks. 6 hours. Fresno only. .