On-Air Talent
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Peter
Asmus | With Eyes Open Peter Asmus is a Stinson Beach writer, songwriter and poet. His day job involves writing about how to save our environment and he is the author of four books and plays in the band Space Debris. Interview guests reflect interests in renewable energy, political reforms, shamanism and bird watching. Peter loves all kinds of music, but plays retro rock and pop, jazz the likes of Coltrane and Davis, and pyschedelia. His show also features cooking tips from his French sweetheart, Catherine Broomhead of Green Cuisine. To learn more about Peter, see his website: www.peterasmus.com.
Catherine Broomhead | With Eyes Open "KT's Kitchen" Alternate Mondays, 8-10am Catherine Broomhead is a native of France, though she has lived in Marin County for the majority of the past few decades. She runs her own catering business -- West Marin Green Cuisine -- which specializes in Franco-Californian food featuring local suppliers of vegetables, meats, cheeses and wine. Her love of good food is contagious, and her radio spots offer family recipes tied to local seasonal produce, holidays and customs.
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Chris
Breyer Longtime deepdish boho political activist poet film scholar arts dilettante record collector darwinian dog person. Magic Radio is dedicated to the idea of music and crafted speech as a romance among the planet's cultures past & present, or, if you like, varied and pleasurable latenight listening. The Doctor Jazz Radio Programme focusses in on the 1st half of the recorded history of jazz, the 20s through, more-or-less, the 50s, informed, lets hope, with a taste for the whole of jazz and the richness of the musical landscape within which it has evolved.
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Mimi
Calpestri | Tea Time Books Thursday 4:30 - 5:30 pm Life Quest| Alternate Tuesdays 11am- noon |
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Kay Clements|
Roadhouse Twang Free Range Pickin', 2nd and 4th Saturday, noon -2pm Praise the lord and pass the hairspray, life’s just one big photo op at the Roadhouse where hick, hillbilly and honkytonk music provide the soundtrack every Wednesday eve and alternating with Rusty Gates Saturday afternoons. You can expect anything from recitations to recreational yodeling, even a double shot of polka going toe to toe with folk, rockabilly and old time. Off air, you can catch me driving the administrative bus at KWMR in my official role as Station Manager.
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David Cook | Fishtales 9:30 - 10 am Wednesdays |
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Jaime Crespo
| Faultline Radio Not much is known about Jaime Crespo (a.k.a. El Space Vato). Mystery seems to surround him. From his place of birth (California, Mexico or one of the moons of Mars) to his horrible, disfiguring accident while raising Fighting Albino Aardvarks (some say this is where he got his 'Radio Face') Jaime seems to be quite the 'International Man of Mystery.' Be sure to tune in every Tuesday evening from 8:30 pm-10pm (PST) and hear this man of mystery on his program, Fault Line Radio where Jaime looks at musical genres or pays homage with tributes to the artists who create them.
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Man of many hats but little hair "I love radio. Growing up in Southern California, I would spin the dial of my transistor radio late at night and listen to stations from Mexico and Los Angeles. It was exotic. The world was in the airwaves. These days I'm an evangelist for community radio. I wear a few hats at KWMR: board operator, technical support, substitute host, Jazz With Kendrick Rand. it's great fun."
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Richard
Dillman Some say Richard is a little on the obsessed side when
it comes to radio. But at KWMR that's a good thing. He's been with the
station since before it went on the air. These days he takes care of
the transmitters, antennas and other things that make it possible to
hear KWMR and he does the occasional spoken word radio show about, what
else?, radio of course. In keeping with his motto "There's no such
thing as too much radio", Richard is a founding member of the Maritime
Radio Historical Society which has preserved and restored the famous
RCA Morse code station KPH at Bolinas and Pt. Reyes, a part of west
Marin since 1913. See www.radiomarine.org
for details.
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Howard Dillon
| Tea-time Books Howard Dillon, proud member of three acting unions was born in Dublin, Eire. He went to Rose Bruford Drama College in London; worked for twelve years in London Theatre before moving to Bolinas in 1981. |
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Susanna Henderson - World Playground " Hawaii Calling " First Saturday, 2-4pm Classical Friday: Opera in the Afternoon 4th Friday, 2-5pm I moved here in 1974 because it was the only place I could afford. I have seen the transformation of Point Reyes from the exciting days of the Tomales Bay Times to the extraordinary times of KWMR, and I am happy to have my fingers still in the proverbial pie. |
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Ian McMurray - Rhythm and Muse, first Sunday of the month, 4-6pm Songrwriter-guitarist Ian McMurray first came to the KWMR fold by assuming one of the rotating Rhythm and Muse slots. “Stone in the Water” became the moniker for his monthly two hours of old school “free-form FM”, Americana songwriters, and occasional music guest interviews. He was later joined by his wife and co-host Dusty Beeboh and together they stirred in a bit of astrology, poetry, and whatever else happened to be lying about. Ian is also an I.T. person by trade and answered the call to serve as KWMR’s own I.T. tech guy. You might also catch him helping the remote broadcast teams, provided he isn’t out playing music with his wild bunch of rockin’ amigos, the Detroit Disciples |
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Lyons Filmer On Reading Aloud: On Celtic Music:
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Neshama Franklin| Turning Pages: Reading to John Alternate Tuesdays 10-11 am Neshama Franklin is a passtionate, eclectic reader who works at Fairfax Library. She read to her husband, John, for many years before he died and now she reads what she loves to the radio audience. Sometimes stories, sometimes essays, a smattering of poetry--whatever seizes her and what she wants to savor by reading aloud. She's had some theater training, which sneaks into the readings, and in her spare time dances, hikes, and hangs out with her three beloved grandchildren. She's lived in Bolinas since 1971 and having her own radio show is like a Walter Mitty dream-come-true. |
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Rusty
Gates | Free Range Pickin' Rusty Gates grew up in the marshlands of the West, where life reveals itself slowly. Music’ll do that, too. He and his trusty steed Lazybones traverse the 4th dimension of American roots, searching for songs to move your feet and head and heart. You can find them tunes blooming spring timey from a one room country shack or lowdown on a mean street in a cold town. Swamp, holler, prairie, plain, juke joint cornfield back porch showtime, this dang land is busting out with . . . Aw shucks – it’s just finger lickin’ Free Range Pickin’. Saddle up with Rusty and come along for the ride.
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Ann
Gessert | Wake Up West Marin Ann Gessert has enjoyed her show since January of 2000. Waking up the community has been part of her life in one form or another since she first arrived in 1972 with a teaching position in the local middle school. Now she aims to gently educate and rock her listeners to wakefulness Tuesday mornings with classical music, advice on how to survive this dangerous world, short pieces on politics or environmental information, and regular forecasts of the weather. When not moving CDs from case to broadcast, she can be found doing any number of things, among them: yoga, ceramics, quilting, gardening, reading, eating fine foods, dancing, and games. Anything is possible when one is willing and able. Raul Gallyot - Wake Up West Marin Tuesday 8:30am-9:30am followed by Pleasures in Taste 9:30am - 10am Raul’s weekly interviews are with people from all over the world covering just about any topic imagineable. Through spontaneous and unrehearsed conversations, his broadcasts are explorations -- from examining or substantiating one’s beliefs to hearing about most any subject and personal experience. |
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Djimi
Gonbonzoghoti | Megalomedia Bazaar A child from the 60's, born and raised in West Marin,
I've seen a small sleepy town wake up to find its own radio station,
and decided, "That sounds tasty."
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Brian
Kirven | Rhythm & Muse Brian “Swervin’” Kirven studied film and creative writing at San Francisco State University, and with a bachelor of arts This bachelor, married to life as a work of art, took to the roads of North, Central and South America on various motorcycle trips spanning three years. He wound down in Tomales Bay, writing the Greater American novel, watching birds, kayaking, etc. To fulfill his innate wanderlust “Swervin” serves as a substitute driver for the West Marin Stagecoach bus route on which he does some informal DJ’ing with the cassette deck. The “Swervin’” Kirven Show’s a two-hour excursion using music and spoken word to touch upon themes of the day or take off on riffs highlighting the mood of those moments when audial lines intersect and form follows content. There can’t help but be bumps and detours along the radio highway, but don’t forget that swervin’ is not just a way of avoiding accidents and getting back on track, but also a reminder to enjoy the way of the life we’re given.
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Every other Monday night, 8:30-10:30 pm, you are welcome to join the Soul Picnic for DJ Mandee McPhee's variations on swurvy, sonic soul snacks! Sometimes it's a camel caravan through the desert with some saxophones, sometimes we sit in a four-cornered room with electronitc oddities. Where ever we go, you are sure to start shakin' what your momma gave you. |
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Paul Knight | KWMR Soundman and Roadhouse Twang substitute. Paul is a veteran bass player who has played and recorded with Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis, Sandy Rothman and others. He is Road Manager and Engineer for David Grisman and has had a sound and production complany, PDK Sound System working in acoustic sound for the last twelve years. You can contact him at pdksound@svn.net. |
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Michael
Lerner | New School at Commonweal: Conversations Michael Lerner is president and and co-founder of Commonweal, the health and environmental research institute in Bolinas. He is a 35-year Bolinas resident. His work at Commonweal has focused on the Commonweal Cancer Help Program, which for 22 years has offered week-long residential retreats for cancer patients, and the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, an international partnership exploring the science of how the environment affects our health. Michael works with Cynthia Loebig and Michelle Moore on the New School at Commonweal, which is weaving a tapestry of conversations and experiences that nourish the body, the mind and the heart in ways that move us toward a viable future for our grandchildren and remind us of the sanctity of all life. We are glad to share these conversations with our KWMR neighbors. You
can find all the conversations to date, and a schedule of upcoming conversations
and events, at our website: www.commonweal.org/new-school.
The recordings are also available as MP3 downloads on our Audio Archives
page. If you would like to join the New School and receive one email
per week letting you know about our events and calls, please email us
at: thenewschool@commonweal.org |
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Vicki
Leeds | Vicarious Traveller A first generation San Franciscan, born of Dutch and German parents who were avid travelers (her father traveled over a million miles the year she was 16) Vicki and her brother Robbie were taken on many trips during their childhood. Usually without a set itinerary, only a beginning and ending date, travel was always an adventure and it continues to be so. Vicki has lived in Pt. Reyes Station for nearly thirty years, having raised her children here. She has been a local business owner for 25 years. Involvement with various non-profits and volunteer organizations, participation in the international folk dance ommunity, women’s chorus, yoga, Capoiera, horseback riding, organic gardening, and having numerous pets, friends and visitors, keeps her busy. Vicki decided to begin traveling through the radio waves in 2003. Enjoying very much the people she interviews on her show, she has found local folks who have gone just about everywhere, from the mundane to the obscure, and have had many fascinating, wonderful and amazing adventures which they are gracious enough to share with Vicki and KWMR listeners.
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Jerry
Lunsford | Hippie From Olema listening to the immortal KFAT from Gilroy. His life was forever changed after meeting some guys who called them selves the Holy Modal Rounders while they were camped out near White House Pool at the headwaters of Tomales Bay in the late 1960s. Banana wrote a funny tune about his tribe of folks from Olema several years later. Sadly enough he is one very small remnant of the hippie tribe that once resided in Olema.Tune in on Mondays at 6:30 and see what it is all about.
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Liberacha, Happy Hour, Friday, 5-6:30pm Liberacha is the DJ formerly known as Sally Phillips. It all started when a celestial visitation by the ghost of Liberace convinced her that she might become his spiritual bride. Her musical pantheon is ever expanding and includes artists like Count Basie,Sammy Davis Jr.,Gabor Szabo, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Errol Garner, Teddy Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Spike Jones,Jackie Gleason,Jackie Paris and Jerry Lewis. Join Liberacha every Friday at 5pm, in West Marin's answer to The Purple Pit-KWMR! |
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Joy
Maulitz | Waves of Joy When I was a kid, I used to read sitting in the branches of the plum tree in our yard in Birmingham, Alabama. Then I went to college back east and read some more. Now I interview people who write books, every other Wednesday morning on "Waves of Joy" at KWMR. I also work part-time at KPFA (I help produce the Morning Show), and write criminal appeal briefs out of my home. And occasionally I do a little writing myself. |
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Wendy
McLaughlin Wendy McLaughlin became a Sufi Muslim in 2002. Her radio show grows out of her passion for the Path and her joy in sharing it with others. By offering a forum for practicing Muslims from all walks of life to present their beliefs, she tries to present a view of Islam rarely seen in the conventional media. Like Frank Zappa, who once said that all of his songs should be considered "one long song", Wendy hopes that over time, her show will reveal a faithful portrait of Islam, in all of its complexity and incredible beauty. my website address is www.sufiradio.com |
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Jeff
Morrison Wiseacre, the Roots and Routes of Rock'n'Roll Friday 6:30pm - 8:30pm |
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Muriel
Murch | In 1989, under the gentle guidance of Erik Bauersfeld, Director of the Dram and Literature Dept, I began work at KPFA Pacifica in Berkeley. Muriel joinged KWMR's jolly band of brothers and sisters in the role of founding Program Director in 1998. Now, as program host, she produces: "Letter From A. Broad" written from around the world or just over the hill, and "Living with Literature" . Muriel, aka Aggie Murch also runs Blackberry Farm found on marinorganic.org.
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Claire
Peaslee | Coast Live Oak Claire Peaslee (www.clairetalk.net) hosts "Coast Live Oak: Exploring the Natural History of West Marin," heard in alternate weeks on Monday at 11 AM and Thursday at 5:30 PM. Topics range from marine biology to the jet stream, earthworms to albatrosses -- and know no bounds. Claire's day job is editing and graphic design, both free-lance (call 415-663-1634) and on staff with PRBO Conservation Science (www.prbo.org). Also "the naturalist from Point Reyes" on Sedge Thomson's NPR program "West Coast Live" (www.wcl.org)... a performer and teacher of Action Theater improvisation... public speaker and sustainability advocate, etcetera... Claire is obviously overenthusiastic about life. |
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Adrienne
Pfeiffer| Morning Thunder
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Grey Shepard - Between Rock and a Jazz Place 2nd and 4th Sunday evenings, 6-8pm Grey Shepard was born and raised in NYC three blocks from Times Square. He arrived here in West Marin after spending 20 years in Boulder, CO. as a social worker during the day and rock 'n roll stage manager and theatrical sound designer at night. Grey has worked at Boulder's KGNU as a live engineer and has now enjoyed the privilege of programming his music-oriented radio show for KWMR since 2002. Between Rock And A Jazz Place favors instrumental rock, and jazz-rock fusion influenced music, but also features a Tunes-On-A-Theme section which focuses on Live material or spotlighted Musicians. John McLaughlin, Jim Messina, Miles Davis, and Steve Vai; Eva Cassidy, Jimi Hendrix, Weather Report, and Sly; Lennon, Richards and Sonny Rollins too. Hot Tuna, and X-Tabay to name just a few. Contact e-mail: greydio@gmail.com " |
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Stefano
Resta | Gypsy Radio Stefano Resta is an artist, a poet and a musical collaborator; he has published two collections of poetry, Earth Temples, Fires & Mandolins and FISH BIRD STONE STAR: The Selected poetry of Stefano Resta. Stefano Resta grew up in Bolinas and elemental to his work are the natural landscapes of the local coastline. His work is also deeply inspired from the volcanic geography of the Hawaiian Islands and the high mountains villages of Mexico. As an artist, Stefano Resta leverages the power of creative collaboration to produce multi-media, multi-disciplinary outputs. He works with musicians, dancers, painters, and other artists. Resta is also released two CD collaborations with his evolving group of core and guest artists, the Rhythm Inventors. His CD collaborations include: “The Idea of the Muse,” and “Under the Curve of Blue”. As a poet, Resta’s primary influences include Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, the Modernists, and local poets. Lawrence Ferlinghetti has said: “Stefano Resta may be the next great Bolinas Native Poet.” Resta also believes in the the importance of food, cooking as theater, food as theater, the meal as an event. On KWMR, Stefano hosts “Gypsy Radio” featuring “Music from the house of the … (recent guests include Stone masons, winemakers, sculptors, artists, etc.) Visiting guests bring in the music that inspires them as creative people. Contact the artist at www.stefanoresta.com
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Larry Rippee | Coast Highway Blues
Born in San Francisco, Rippee spent his youth in South Modesto among primitive Christians.He first met the blues in person in 1966, where in one afternoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival, he saw Muddy Waters, Shakey Horton, Memphis Slim, Big Mama Willie Mae Thornton and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Thereafter, he pursued blues acts at the early Fillmore Auditorium. During the Disco era Rippee slipped into a coma only to be revived with the most recent Blues Renaissance. Rippee’s career attempts include cartoonist, cappuccino maker, school teacher and prune drier (not necessarily in that order).He currently lives in Fairfax and works in the San Geronimo Valley. Coast Highway Blues has been on KWMR since January 1999.
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Janet
Robbins Born and raised in England, Janet spent her early adult years in South Africa before coming to Los Angeles in 1966 to work in film production. She moved to Inverness in 1975 with husband, Matthew, and daughter, Sonya. Son Alex arrived in 1978. In 1983, Janet began an 18-year career with the California Academy of Sciences, working in the Education Department, instilling a love for the natural world in people of all ages. Radio beckoned in 1999 with the debut of KWMR’s morning reading programs. It was love at first word; Turning Pages at Nature’s Pace presents readings (fiction and non-fiction) that connect all of us to the world of nature. At the Concert Hall followed a year later. In this three-hour monthly music show, Janet shares favorite classical works ranging from the Baroque to the Modern Era. Having grown up with daily doses of the BBC in England, she feels happily at home in the exciting, often unpredictable, world of KWMR community radio.
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Jonathan
Rowe | America Offline As a kid I listened to Curt Gowdy (Red Sox) and Johnny Most (Celtics) at night on the little Arvin radio by my bed. Sometimes, when I was lucky, I stumbled onto X Minus One, the great science fiction show that was a last gasp of radio drama. The old timers called radio the "theater of the mind." That's why I'm here, even though my show is interviews and serious stuff. By day I am a free lance writer, contributing editor at the Washington Monthly and YES! magazines, a fellow at the Tomales Bay Institute, and co-director of West Marin Commons. I've been a journalist, a U.S. Senate staffer, and various other things along that line. |
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Ellen
Shehadeh | ViewPoint I have loved radio since I was a child growing up in Los Angeles. Much later in life, when I was completely addicted to public affairs programming, I was fortunate to work for 2 years as an intern, volunteer and free lance producer on KQED's "Forum". The eclectic format suited my natural curiosity, and I got a certain rush when Noam Chomsky took my calls. Noam hasn't called since I left KQED.
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Lil'
Shorty | Shorty's Bunkhouse Alternate Thursdays 6:30 - 8:30pm |
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Jennifer
Stock Jennifer currently works as an education and outreach coordinator with NOAA's Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary and has had her foot in the ocean since she was a wee tot. Her lifelong passion is exploring and witnessing the amazing life in our ocean and patrolling the shores hoping for an encounter with something from the sea. Jennifer’s show will dive into the depths and
reveal the amazing science and mysteries that marine biologists are
discovering out on, and in the big blue! Contact Jennifer at Jennifer.stock@noaa.gov, mailto: <jennifer.stock@noaa.gov>
for suggestions on topics you’d like to hear about. To hear archived shows or subscribe to Ocean Currents
as a podcast, click here:
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(Eliza)Beth
Underwood Rhythm ‘n’ Muse—To Hell & Bach 4th Sundays, 4-6 pm Fourth-generation Californian (rare photograph of species at left), raised in Redondo Beach, Beth’s been living in Marin for almost 20 years with her strange but true cat, Señorita Cinco de Meow. She puts bread on the table and cat food in the bowl by writing and editing in the wonderful world of advertising—hey, it’s a living! Former professions include radio announcer/programmer, vocalist, and audio and video producer. After falling in love with radio many years ago, she’s thrilled to be part of it again—the KWMR experience is a total joy for her. To Hell & Bach professes no musical borders, and was conceived as a journey through time and genres, via historical, mythological, poetic and purely musical motifs—but ultimately, it just hopes to cock an ear, or raise an eyebrow along the way.
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Anneke
Van der Veen In moving to Point Reyes in 1999. I rediscovered classical music again after a long season, much too long, of dormancy, in which I raised a family and worked as an emergency nurse. When KWMR approached me to become a classical music programmer, it reopened all those doors of delight and excitement again, and that is what I want to share with the audience.
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Vickisa
| Coastal Airwaves The last Friday of each month finds Vickisa settling
in to on air conversations with people who, for the most part, live
locally and love what they do. From completely loving her own work,
Vickisa was keen to explore the topic with those who were fortunate
enough to do the same. As a professional artist and art teacher, Vickisa
covers a lot of local ground working with children as Director of the
Summer Camp at the local Community Center and promoting art shows at
the local gallery of which she is a member. Vickisa has also worked
for many years as a dedicated volunteer firefighter and emergency medical
technician. and is the proud mother of a grown son. Having attended Bard
college,Vivkisa pursued her BFA at the University of Arizona and
was awarded her Masters degree at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is a member of Gallery Route One in Point Reyes Station and exhibits widely. |
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Tammy Whynut | What's New? with Jimo 1st Tuesdays, 2-4 pm
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Anthony
Wright | Attunement Anthony Wright has a degree in communications and psychology, and graduate training in clinical hypnotherapy and clinical psychology. He has worked as a recordist for Robert Bly, James Hillman, Michael Meade, and Richard Bandler. He is a piano technician, since 1970. He is an astrologer, student of eastern philosophy, Certified Hypnotherapist, and Master Practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming. He has training in community and post-divorce mediation. He is a harper, currently performing every Saturday night at the Pelican Inn in Muir Beach, and recently performed with energy healer and psychiatrist, Dr. Judith Orloff, MD, in San Francisco. His website: http://www.attunement.biz/ |
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