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
459 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
Given the high demand for living space in San Francisco, it may be hard to believe that any apartment is sitting around empty. But there's at least...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 07:02
- Purchases: 1
Diana Arbas has been retracing the ups and downs of teaching ninth graders at Oakland High School. In her first semester she was guided by a mentor...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 09:40
Diana, 27, is learning to lead in the classroom with the help of her Coordinating Teacher, or CT. She has felt a sense of responsibility to her stu...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 07:50
This is Diana’s radio diary of her first year teaching at Oakland High in a ninth grade English class. You’ll hear what was challenging and what wa...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 11:05
Micah Tron is a rapper born and raised in San Francisco. She’s a queer woman of color, but the hurdles she has faced go even beyond her race, sexua...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 07:04
- Purchases: 1
If someone steals your bike, it can feel pretty hopeless. So with the police mostly unable to help, bike theft victims are turning to social media ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 08:14
- Purchases: 2
Since 2001, about 2.5 million people have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, at least a third of them more than once. When they return, many ve...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 06:36
One of the attractions of living in the Bay Area is that you have the buzz and activity of towns located near impressive natural surroundings – eve...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 04:52
On Sunday morning, while the Fillmore District is brunching or sleeping in, I’m sweating to attend something I’ve never run for in my life: church....
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 13:25
- Purchases: 1
Sandip takes a different view of this very "American" super hero.
- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
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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