In case you missed it, you can catch last night’s debate between sheriff candidates Mike Hislop and Mike Downey here: This was the first in a series of KHUM/ NCJ -produced round table discussions among candidates for the June 8 primary elections. Hank Sims and I are taking turns moderating, with help from Eric Kirk […]
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Lost Coast Communications buys KXGO
Big news in the local radio world: Lost Coast Communications is buying KXGO from Redwood Broadcasting. This brings the Ferndale-based radio group up to four stations, the others being the KHUM flagship, the “new rock” station KSLG and KWPT, The Point. LCC CEO Patrick Cleary confirmed the purchase. “It’s a great station. It’s a real […]
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KEET’s Redwood Park doc on KHUM
KEET-TV’s Claire Reynolds paid a visit to KHUM this morning with a couple of the “redwood warriors” featured in KEET’s new documentary, Redwood National Park: Preserving Ancient Forests. Here’s a portion of the interview:
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Blago Does KSLG
Chron. KSLG DJ John Matthews has long been the local master of the “get.” But this is astounding, even by his high standards: September 18, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich with John Matthews on 94.1 KSLG Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will discuss his new memoir, The Governor with John Matthews […]
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Media Alert
I’ll again be Keith Henty’s guest on tomorrow morning’s edition of The Jefferson Exchange, starting at 8:05 a.m. or thereabouts and blathering on for 10 or 15 minutes or so. Topic? Dunno! Keith was vague this time around. Humboldt County, I suppose. Tune in! That’s on the News & Information Service of Jefferson Public Radio […]
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Programming Note
hours. John Matthews of KSLG often has a strange and eclectic guest list — who can forget his quasi-romantic tete-a-tetes with Ann Coulter? — but this morning trumps all. 8:40 AM Tami Farrell, who became Miss California USA last week when Donald Trump dumped Carrie Prejean, promises to avoid controversy during the< five months of […]
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What happened to KEET?
folks! Some of you may have noticed that your one and only PBS affiliate and/or some radio station you listen to disappeared today. Wondering why? KEET outreach coordinator Claire Reynolds explains: MANDATORY SHUTDOWN AT THE KEET-TV TOWER INTERRUPTS TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING Due to work on the KEET-TV tower in Kneeland, KEET-TV’s digital signals […]
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Trish Regan on KSLG
Marijuana, Inc. , the CNBC documentary about the weed economy in and around the North Coast, got a lot of attention when it first aired a couple of weeks back. Reviews were generally positive. Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m., John Matthews of KSLG radio (94.1 FM) will interview Trish Regan, the CNBC correspondent who reported […]
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Media Alert
I’ll be David Cobb’s guest on KHSU’s Thursday Night Talk tonight. According to David, we’ll be talking about “big picture stuff” Humboldt County stuff — culture, politics and economy — as well as the rapidly changing newspaper and media landscape, both nationally and locally. Callers are welcome to throw whatever else they’ve got into the […]
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Weed Chat Today
Radio alert: Friend o’ the Journal Jennifer Savage sent this along this morning: Thursday, Feb. 12 at 1 p.m., Jen Savage will conduct a conversation with bloggers Kym Kemp, Eric Sligh and “Sohumborn” in the KSLG studio. Kemp’s blog, “Redheaded Blackbelt,” covers issues inherent to living in the Southern Humboldt hills. Sligh’s blog, “Humboldt […]