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
Think about your neighborhood. Your house. The street. Does your neighborhood have a playground? If yes, you’re one of the lucky ones. And if not, ...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 05:28
It’s the year 1942. The United States has just joined the war in the Pacific. On the home front, the FBI is investigating and interning Japanese-Am...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 01:56
- Purchases: 1
In California, many of the farm workers who harvest the state’s crops are undocumented. Their lack of legal status often means they don’t have heal...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 1
Bruce Stephan is probably the luckiest San Franciscan alive. He happened to be driving across the Bay Bridge on October 17, 1989, the very moment t...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 03:49
- Purchases: 2
Sisters Ritwika and Radhika Mitra are 16 and 18 years old. They started a nonprofit called “Renaissance Now,” based in their Fremont home, and they...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 06:25
Now we’re going to hear from a young woman who recently completed her college education. Kadie Kelly was a stay-at-home mom when she first went bac...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 03:10
- Purchases: 1
Although some economists claim that the recession is officially over, California is still experiencing a 12% unemployment rate – the second highest...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 02:10
- Purchases: 1
Life can be scary for children caught in the family court bureaucracy, but even kids with intact families often face harrowing ordeals – that’s wha...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 04:28
Dealing with death can be emotionally draining, but one man says we shouldn’t fear the experience. Instead, it should be embraced as a natural part...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 08:25
- Purchases: 1
West Oakland is a community of about 24,000 residents, and about a quarter population living below the poverty level. It’s bordered on three sides ...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 05:45
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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