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KUSF - We Want It Back!

by Bill Carpenter (wcarpent [at] ccsf.edu)
DJ Fari tells why she wants KUSF back.
Entercom headquarters.
San Francisco.

January 18, 2012.

Seven-minute QT movie. 40MB.
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[O]n January 18, 2011, something exceptional was taken from our city.... KUSF had been an essential part of the cultural life of San Francisco from 1977 until January 18, 2011. On that day, without the prior knowledge of student and community volunteers, KUSF stopped broadcasting. Later it was revealed that 90.3 FM had been sold in a complex back-room deal involving the University of Southern California and Entercom Communications, the fifth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. In mere minutes, a venerable independent radio institution, valued for its one-of-a-kind new music programming as well as by the tapestry of San Francisco communities that it served – including Armenian, Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Turkish – was no more.
--Friends of KUSF

For the complete story on KUSF and full audio from the January 18, 2012, demonstration go to DJ Rubble's account.

Save KUSF:
Part 1: This is Pt. 1.
Part 2: Tracy Rosenberg
Part 3: DJ Carolyn, DJ Jonny G, and Prof. Dorothy Kidd
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DJ Fari's Programs:

1)Francofun - a french program hosted in French. The focus is on new music from France, Quebec and other francophone countries. It also includes interviews with local and international artists and coverage of French events in the Bay area - saturdays 5 to 6 pm
My co-host on Francofun is DJ Zoe

2)Fermata - a classical music show focusing on non-commercial classical music from any era. Saturdays from 8 to 11 pm . My co-host on Fermata is dj Stevil

3) Havayeh Tazeh - a persian show focusing on new and traditional music of Iran, poetry, short stories of modern and old poets of Iran, interviews with local personalities, cultural news, children's stories, hosted in Persian, saturdays from 10 am to 12 noon

I have been a host and producer at KUSF for 12 years. I have also been production co-director for 7 years, creating many spots and station IDs for the station, training cultural producers on the board and on how to record their shows. I am currently the program co-director together with Stevyn Polk
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