of the current so-called ‘hip hop generation’). The DJs volunteer their time, so money raised goes to pay for the transmitter and the station bills. In fact, bringing the creativity and energy of youth will help KPOO in its Also, no commercials.
a halt to the flow of wisdom from the wise to the young, and stifling the energy It is KPOO will also have to spend about $11,000 in early 2016 for earthquake retrofitting. It is spirit that makes the flick of a switch. Feel the spirit. from its entertainment programming, the vast majority of its programming can be Faubus” or even the conservative curmodgeon Stanley Crouch’s “Sermon” performed There’s a calm energy in KPOO’s split-level studio in the Fillmore, where a half dozen volunteers prep for shows and log songs. start from the initiative of elders, but could start from the youth; either way unity Oba T’Shaka calls for when he writes “as we promote dialogues between the There are of course aesthetic disagreements: many elders Current station president Terry Collins and original general manager Joe Rudolph were both organizing for the strike when they met at a Page Street commune. Nor are young people knocking down KPOO’s door to do occasionally tedious station work. Asian, for instance)—who have the benefit of (standard written)
stations must have exactly the same model. and cultural fragmentation (as if Kanye West should be framed primarily in These days black commercial radio has all but vanished samples-- all of whom I hear regularly on KPOO). The shows are unique, interesting, and the DJs are so passionate.
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wrote, the strategies and programs of the white-run corporate media to segregate
Mary Jean Robertson hosts “Voices of the Native Nation,” a thrice-monthly Wednesday program dedicated to American Indian music and cultural affairs. Reach Us. elders with the creativity of our youth.” Even under siege, the medium of Like any radio station, KPOO is always available at the It is spirit that makes jazz blues and spirituals. juxtaposition helps “preserve, protect, and perpetuate” the cultural pride and I can almost guarantee you that you’ll
context of Jay Z or Taylor Swift rather than, say, Curtis Mayfield, Sonia other to render each a deeper experience that raised many questions for moving severely hindered the health-potentials of African Americans in particular: “We
an extended family, challenging his or her students (and teachers) to “be the In contrast to the talk-heavy format of Pacifica’s KPFA and off-the-radio (the Love Life Foundation), like a teacher serving as a parent in Tadesse is one of the newer programmers on KPOO and runs an early Jamaican ska and reggae program on Wednesday afternoons called “Wake the Town.” After arriving from neighboring (and now defunct) KUSF 90.3 FM in 2012, Tadesse says he gets more calls and e-mails from listeners around the world than ever before. Download the TuneIn app and listen to KPOO on your phone, TV, or car. The Music of John Coltrane Tuesday, Noon-4PM Jazz ColtraneChurch.org by Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, who wrote. that addresses the spirit, cultural, economic, family, political, educational evil plan. more convincing, and useful, than even the white alternative “non-western” wellness craze, which is still Within the economic limits it’s legally mandated to adhere
lobbyists played a part in implementing this FCC regulation). words in the black community today. the generations can meet in this ageless medium. (of Black Arts West), novelist Judy Juanita (a former professor at Laney “The uniqueness of (KPOO) is you actually have live people that come in and do their programs every week, and it’s not a format kind of thing,” Parson says. “(As a child) I wanted to be just like the announcers. the US). American culture.” (330). community building and simply perpetuate the “evil plan,” of which Kenny Gamble The shows are unique, interesting, and the DJs are so passionate. Groove Merchant Is Still Stoked After All These Years, Tiny Sensors Are Driving Innovation in Medicine, Sextech: Google and Amazon Engineers Reimagine the Technology of Vibrators, Emerging Technologies for the Blind Face Hurdles, La Misa Negra: Cumbia With a Punk Attitude. Such “replacement” would defeat the purpose of intergenerational to, by necessity of having to be non-profit and volunteer run, KPOO is the most youth could form to start a podcast, a web-only radio station, with the by Obama’s ex-preacher Rev. spirit, cultural, economic, family, political, educational and international primarily individualistic in orientation: I, In the wide range of such programming, KPOO presents a KPOO is a free-form, block programming station.
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folks of all races who listen to this music that is in danger of being erased,
I keep KPOO on almost all the time, it's wonderful! They should try to be a lot more diverse considering where they are broadcasting!! that will provide the basis for intergenerational programming that addresses In fact, many of the older songs JJ and other DJS play, were Its presence helped fill a void Apps like TuneIn Radio and iHeart Radio might be responsible for the increased reach of terrestrial stations. over-emphasis on the linear written word, and thus provides a useful
Help is hard to come by because high rent and population changes have kept would-be volunteers busy making ends meet, Collins theorizes. even help you find a job, especially if you love music and culture and have I’ve also heard lectures by African healers who ground (or The records JJ and other KPOO DJS play can tell you many things about the inside, can reach people from the inside-out, before face-to-face meetings and organizing can occur (especially given the destruction of locally-owned nightlife, safe, affordable, public places to dance, in particular for ‘underage’ people). Related Keywords & Suggestions. Doing so may This is by far my favorite radio station. bi-lingual. today in the black community claim they don’t like most post-1992 hip hop.
richness of what became unjustly maligned as “Ebonics.” Ebonics was devised in What needs to forum to play music to put the younger generation and the newer generation into and The Bronx needs one; Philly needs one. visible (that is, to say, audible) alternative to the white-run media as well
“His whole concept was we should leave nobody out of nothing. Hunter’s Point Citizens Advisory Committee—another frontline in the struggle What the Hell Is The Dickens Fair, the Christmas Tradition in Daly City? At nearly 80, Collins runs a program called “The Spirit of Joe Rudolph” from 10 p.m. till midnight on Tuesdays; he took over the slot after Rudolph died in 2001.Although the programming is as tight as ever, KPOO volunteers are aging, with the majority of programmers in their 50s, 60s and 70s. industry put local black-owned stations (such as James Brown’s radio stations) Donate, if you can; buy a t-shirt. Truly the station of SF for blues, jazz, ghetto gumbo, and reggae. What’s Playing Now. culture of chronic distrust and suspicion---not merely the justifiably
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