KALW
- Call Letters: KALW
- Frequency: 91.7FM
- http://www.kalw.org
- Affiliations: BBC, NPR, PRI, APM, and NFCB and Greater Public
- Networks: Sound Opinions Private Network, PRX Remix Select, Reveal, LA Theatre Works Private Network, and American Public Media
KALW is rooted in the Bay Area and inspired by the world. We create and curate programming that is informative, innovative, inclusive, and entertaining. We nurture new and underrepresented voices. Our goal is to engage the individual and strengthen the connections between us.
With its diverse leadership and staff, and the voices of the communities we serve, KALW Public Media is on a mission to inspire audiences and tell the human story in all its breadth and richness. Justice, equity, and community creation are at the heart of everything KALW does.
The station is shaping public media’s future by building upon its legacy for innovation and what’s next, as well as by training, nurturing and amplifying local voices and makers. The station will continue to seek out and showcase the best from around the globe, and serve as an essential and trusted source for news, music, culture, podcasting and digital media.
Series
151 Pieces
New for 2023! A five part 6 minute mini-series for Women's History Month. 2015-2020: A weekly, one-hour show about how women rise up.
- From: KALW
- Updated: Feb 22, 2023
461 Pieces
Award winning writer, radio host, NPR contributor and novelist Sandip Roy brings his wit and insight to these personal audio diaries from his new life in his old home, India.
- From: KALW
- Updated: May 18, 2015
- From: KALW
- Updated: Jan 28, 2011
- From: KALW
- Updated: Jan 17, 2017
Latest Pieces
Can you name California’s State Song? Are you even aware that California has a State Song? Well, it does, and it used to be sung widely at special ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2013
- Length: 10:47
Just under 22 years ago, a fire caught in the Oakland hills. That fire killed 25 people and destroyed more than 3,000 homes, and it was so destruct...
- Added: Sep 16, 2013
- Length: 08:37
Sushmita Banerjee pled a full life. Full of danger, trying to make a difference in this world. This week Sandip Roy remembers her legacy.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 10, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
September 5th is "Teacher's Day" in India, and Sandip Roy remembers one of his.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
When we think of policing, we don’t always think about psychology. One is academic; the other, relentlessly real-world. But many police departments...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 09:51
The cost of living in the Bay Area has risen sharply, especially in the past few years, but the federal benefits that many seniors rely on are ofte...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 07:53
Nearly every city in the US has a Tenderloin. Here in San Francisco, it’s a neighborhood home to a dozen social service agencies, low-rent resident...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 08:52
Before artist and performer Ise Lyfe became Ise Lyfe, he was Isaac Brown, growing up in East Oakland, probably playing Nintendo games like he is ri...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 05:02
- Purchases: 1
The Citizens’ Police Review Board, or CPRB, was established in 1979 after two OPD officers killed Melvin Black, a 14-year-old African-American boy....
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 12:32
The last decade has seen more than a hundred officer-involved shootings – 39 of them fatal. When one of those shootings happens, OPD’s Internal Aff...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 08:12
Staff of KALW
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Ben Trefny (Admin)
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Malihe Razazan (Admin)
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David Boyer (Admin)
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Eric Wayne (Admin)
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Lauren Schiller (Admin)
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Angela Johnston (Admin)
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KALW Studio (Admin)
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Shereen Adel (Admin)
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Jon Carroll (Admin)
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Mario Butzner (Admin)
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