Programs A-Z
With about 85 volunteer hosts, our programming reflects the wide variety of interests these programmers bring, and reflects the character and nature of the people and places of West Marin. All hosts, whether of music or talk shows, regularly bring on guests, principally from our West Marin villages, and also from around the Bay Area and the world.
While Americana/bluegrass music is a big part of our schedule, KWMR airs music of almost all genres: Celtic, Reggae, Latin, Jazz & Swing, Blues, Alt Rock, World, Happy Hour music. We even have a show highlighting just the new releases in our music library. Bringing live performances on-air is part of the fun for music hosts and listeners!
Between roughly 8 am and midnight, KWMR airs about two hours of music to every one hour of talk. Our interview hosts cover culture, politics, environment and ecology, agriculture, literature, spirituality and psychology, health and science, the performing arts, parenting issues... with about 6 hours a week of Spanish-language and bi-lingual music and talk shows.
KWMR has a process for training new programmers in the technical skills and interview/host skills needed for the live shows. Programmers who become competent in these areas can then go on to learn audio recording and editing in the production studio, field recording, news production, and remote broadcasts using phone lines and RPU gear. If you are interested in volunteering as a programmer click here to find out more.
...looking at more than one side of the story.....
With your host:
"Aldo Leopold and the Emerging Land Ethic"
With your host: Loretta Farley
For the 50th anniversary of the Point Reyes National Seashore, park interpreter Loretta Farley presents some of the large collection of recordings from the PRNS archives.
With your host: Elia Haworth
Conversations with flexible, creative, uncommon guests.
Nonviolence works, and in this series we will explore concrete ways of how it has been put into practice. We will consider current nonviolence in the news with commentary by nonviolence scholar, and sometimes co-host, Dr. Michael Nagler. As well, we'll listen to the stories of, and engage in conversation with, those who have been exploring the power of nonviolence in their activism, work and everyday lives.
Along with "concrete" examples, we will emphasize some of the finer theoretical details that help us interpret nonviolence as a new paradigm of relationships and community building. We encourage you to explore the peace paradigm on your own and come back every other Friday at 1 pm to build upon those experiences.
With your host: Susan Santiago
An exploration, through interviews, of conflict resolution and mediation practices.
As part of "West Marin Matters", Susan's archives can now be found on that "uber" page: http://www.kwmr.org/show/7
With your host:
Philosopher Jacob Needleman hosts guests on the 1st Wednesday of the month on "Epicenter"
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....is on hiatus while Norman is running for elected public office.