SPR History Timeline

1980

· January 20 – KPBX goes on the air with Stravinsky’s version of “The Star Spangled Banner.”

· May 18 – Mt. St. Helens erupts, stopping the first ever pledge drive.

· Fall pledge drive November 10-15

· -interesting shows in 1980: Adventures in Good Music with Karl Haas, Radio Reader, Studs Terkel Almanac, Blues, Rags and Hollers, The Pied Piper, The Spider’s Web, Earplay Radio Dramas, Spokane Folklore Society hour, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Special Report (primary election coverage), A Prairie Home Companion begins airing in May, American Popular Song, Jazz Alive!, Jazzology, News & Cultural Calendar begins in June, Aging in America

· 1981

· February newsletter: November Drive makes $21,000 in 341 pledges, a total of $52,900 received in grants in last 6 months, KPBX honors the builders/designers who remodeled the studio, Goal for next drive set at $20,000
Staff List: Gen Manager/Prog. Dir: Marvin Granger; Devel Director: Jean Smith; Music Director: Richard Malawista; Producer/News/Public Affairs: Lisa DeAmicis; Producer/Arts: Vernice Cohen; Op. Manager: Kathy Grabicki (Sackett); PR: Caroline Walen; Asst to Development: Judy Phelan; Asst for Finances: Carl O’Leary; Pied Piper Director: Robin Woolman

· Dick Wellstood performs a benefit concert in the Skylight Court of Riverpark Square on April 25.

· James McTigue takes over as Board of Directors

· Jazz Trio of Brian Flick, Mark Ivester and Dan McCollim live on the air July 4

· Jazzathon held August 15 as a 12-hour fund raiser

· Beethoven Spectacular November 21 from 8am to 7pm

· -interesting shows: Poems to a Listener, Power in America, Options in Education, Issues & Ideas, Horizons, February starts Film Reviews with Ed Coker June/July Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, August: Jazz at the Institute, Black Cats Jump, Spokane’s Living Past, September: Micrologus with Ross Duffin, In Praise of People with Walter Simon, Ballads, Bards & Bagpipes, Star Wars reading, Saturday Night Hootenany with Ken Maffitt

· 1982

· KPBX Second Anniversary International Festivals at Moreland’s with Italian, German & Spanish cuisine.

· CAB to be held Feb 18 at GU

· May 16, Tin Ear presents KPBX’s Spring Jazz Festival featuring Art Lande

· Martha Shannon joins staff as Development Director. Bridget Piper is elected president of the board.

· Karl Haas of Adventures in Good Music in Spokane April 18

· Marvin Granger resigns; Richard Malawista takes over

· Red Clay Ramblers benefit concert, August 2 at Ahab’s Whale, 1221 N Stevens

· Big Band Bash, November 13 at the Sheraton-Spokane Hotel

· -interesting shows: About Books & Writers, At the Arabica, From Jumpstreet, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Ken Nordine’s Word Jazz, Blues & Other Colors with Ken Maffitt, Singer’s World with Wayne Conner, Ellingtonia, Jazz Revisited with Hazen Schumacher, The State of the Nations, Inland Folk, Great Decisions: Issues in Foreign Policy, Ten Pound Fiddle Concerts, The Sounds of Swing, The Bill of Rights Project, Nightfall: A series of macabre and haunting horror stories, Kindred Spirits

· 1983

· January – Lord of the Rings is read in a 26 part series

· Simulcast series with KSPS of Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen

· Inland Northwest Voices, produced by KPBX, feature interview with published authors living/working in the area.

· NPR ends “Communique,” “NPR Journal,” and “Options in Education”

· Live call-in to answer questions

· February

· Black History Month Specials: Jonah Jones, William Warfield, Eubie Blake and a Jazz Alive! Special

· The Empire Strikes Back & the Lord of the Rings continue

· Pledge week themed “Your Ticket to the Arts” with goal of $40,000.

· March

· International Buffets to benefit KPBX at Moreland’s Restaurant & wine bar, featuring Hungarian, American and Mediterranean food

· Pledge drive totals over $45,000 and 728 pledges

· April

· KPBX starts series of programs about Mozart, hosted by the Associate Professor of Music from UCLA

· Public affairs series on the nuclear war

· May

· SPR pledge drive dubbed “Election Fraud” asking listeners to vote for their favorite composers, artists, etc. “Remember, at KPBX, corruption counts!!”

· Jane Austin joins the staff as a reporter

· “The Mind’s Eye” series of dramatizations of Jane Austen’s work, starting with Pride & Prejudice

· June

· Results of “Election” with Mozart beating Beethoven, Bach, & Copland; Miles Davis beating out Coltrane & Ellington; Garrison Keillor/PHC beating Utah Phillips; a tie in Blues between Big Mama Thornton & Taj Mahal; and Bob Edwards edging out Susan Stamberg for newscaster

· August

· Concert with Alex DeGrassi at Ahab’s Whale

· Listener Call-in August 9

· Jazz Alive! Salutes women with 4 programs

· Participating in noontime concert series Out to Lunch with two concerts

· September

· Bob & Ray Returns

· 10-part series on Beethoven’s life and works begins

· 2^nd Annual Musical Feast: Information about music and cuisine!

· October

· Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz begins, as do Jazz Night from Las Vegas, Concert by Composers, Totally Wired, and The Opera Box with Jim Sveda

· Readings of Sherlock Holmes, and Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe

· Brainstorming session for a Prairie Home Companion party

· November

· Big Band Bash at Cavanaugh’s Inn at the Park, November 5

· Pledge Drive Stats: Goal of $60,000, Total of $60,411 by 1,041 listeners, 387 of whom were new

· Benefit recital for KPBX featuring members of the Organists Guild, Nov. 13

· Raffle from Edward Mashall Boehm Studios & the Crescent

· Special Benefit showing of La Traviata at the Magic Lantern Theatre, November 3

· December

· “Say it with radio” campaign. Honor a loved one with a day of programming dedicated to them. Announcements were broadcast 4 times throughout the day for $100.

· 1984

· January

· New format for guide, slightly, with underwriters listed by category of support at the beginning. Similar to the current guide format, actually

· February

· Radio Reader features “Growing Up” by Russell Baker, read by Garrison Keillor

· A four-part series on jazz on film

· The Corporate Conscience, a new series examining trends in business social responsibility.

· Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by the BBC

· “Going Places with KPBX” theme to pledge drive

· Obituary for Arthur Martin (who drew the cover art for most of the guides)

· March

· A Prairie Home Companion Party benefit, March 11 at the Sons of Norway Hall

· Four-part series focusing on “American Women in Jazz”

· 10-part series on Immigrant Women in America

· April

· Bob & Ray back again

· “Bradbury 13” a 13-part sci-fi series featuring the short stories of Ray Bradbury

· New jazz series “Duke Ellington is Forever”

· “Session” features jazz from the Netherlands

· Pledge Drive wrapup: goal of $60k, net of $63,568. The listeners called in pledges early, cancelling four days of the drive. For $60, listeners got a luggage tag to go with the theme of “Going Places” and for $120, they received a sports bag.

· Dictaphone needed!

· May

· “Voices from the Age of Elegance” A two-part documentary on historic Browne’s Addition, with interviews from the residents. Part of the Browne’s Addition Neighborhood Festival, May 12

· George Cole starts new series “Mind Set” about ideas, opinions and people of Spokane.

· “The Early Bluesman” series by Frank Delaney

· PHC 10^th anniversary trivia

· NPR new series “Faces, Mirrors & Masks: 20^th Century Latin American Fiction”

· June

· Four-part series “Quest for Peace” explores the history of American peace movements

· KPBX staff wins Browne’s Addition Festival Media Croquet Tournament in an “intense competition” on May 12. The “Melodious Mallet Masters” beat the “Features Flyers” and “Chris Peck and the InLaws” from the Spokesman/Chronical, and KREM’s “Striking Trio.” The team was Verne Windham, Martha Shannon and Mary Mitiguy.

· July

· South of France Buffet benefit at Moreland’s

· August

· Jazzathon on KPBX 8pm-7am with live performances

· First Annual Bikeathon

· KPBX production “Inland NW Voices” gets National distribution

· September

· Make a Sound Investment with KPBX at the next pledge drive. Premiums include: checkbook covers for $60 and up, and $120 and uppers will get a vinyl pocket secretary with a notebook and pen.

· First Annual KPBX Bike-A-Thon was held Aug. 5 and raised $12k with 47 “Pedal Pushers for Public Radio” whose names are listed

· Burlington Northern grand for the “Public Awareness Project” with encouragement to write thanks to B.N.

· Summer dinner benefits at Moreland’s Restaurant on July 19 and August 1 netted $925 for the station

· Thanks to participants in the Jazzathon from August 18, which raised $2,410 and featured a jazz poll.

· October

· Article about Reagan’s veto to “obviously excessive” funding for CPB

· Returning fall stories include “Star Wars” and “A Canticle for Leibowitz” as well as “The Mist” “Fall of the House of Usher” and “Radio Rep.”

· KPBX gets WAMPUM grant.

· 15-part series on “The Challenge of China and Japan” begins.

· Annual Big Band Bash to be held Oct 27 at Cavanaugh’s

· November

· Pledge Drive wrap-up: $69,619 net, 452 new members

· The Spokane Falls Brass Band appears on PHC, as well as a re-broadcast of Garrison Keillor’s speech “Changing the Lightbulbs: Can We Meet the Comedic Needs of the 80s?”

· Morning Edition turns 5

· Expanded pos-election coverage

· Summer Storm from local author Jake Wallace premiers on Radio Reader, as is Gore Vidal’s “Lincoln”

· December

· Article on Reagan’s second veto of CPB’s funding proposal.

· Letter from Mary Hawkins about a sparrow in the control room which flipped off the transmitter

· 1985

· January

· From a project in George Cole’s Basement to its 5^th year, a note from Susan Wallace, President of the Board. Also a good, concise history.

· Inland Northwest Voices, produced by Phyllis Silver, still going strong (small article)

· Sidran on Record is a 13 week series looking at new releases

· Six one-hour programs of Dixieland Jubilee, the world’s largest international jazz festival

· February

· Garrison Keillor comes to the Opera House, Feb 5 with Chet Atkins

· Prairie Home Companion party to be March 10 at the Sons of Norway Hall again

· Radio begins at 5am instead of 6, starting Feb 4, with Morning Edition

· March

· Women’s History Week programs

· Vintage Jazz from the Vineyard, midnight-1am on Saturday nights

· Celebrating 300 years of Bach, programming for his 300^th b-day on March 21, as well as a benefit from the American Guild of Organists at Messiah Lutheran Church

· KPBX participates in the live call-in Tax Clinic March 2

· April

· Fresh Air debuts

· Interview about Marian McPartland

· KPBX presents Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute at the Magic Lantern

· May

· PHC’s Butch Thompson appears with SJO

· Three new programs begin:

§ Bay Area Radio Drama

§ Now Nordine

§ New Age Spectrum

· KPBX carries two live broadcasts of the 14^th Annual Northwest Folk Festival

· KPBX presents Carmen at the Magic Lantern

· Series from Senator Paula Hawkins about children’s rights called “Children at Risk”

· June

· Second Annual KPBX Bike-A-Thon

· Article on Noah Adams, “the Indiana Jones of Public Radio”

· Nine-part series of radio dramas called “Midnight”

· New series “Jazz at the Institute” and “Now Nordine”

· Win a weekend in St. Paul with PHC

· Drive Results: goal of $65k, total of $66,449

· July - Cover: Doonesbury comic trying to get callers

· “NPR Stations Adopt New Funding Plan”

· “CPB President Resigns”

· Garrison Keillor receives the Edward R. Murrow Award

· New show: A Private Space: The Personal Diaries of Women

· August

· Hewlett-Packard gives $200,000 to NPR’s science coverage

· KPBX receives funding from WA State Arts Commission

· Tribute to Charlie Parker

· September

· 82 bicyclists raise $13,500 in pledges from the third annual Bike-A-Thon

· Noah Adams interview

· Note from the GM

· November

· Harlem Hit Parade history of 1940’s R&B series

· Hearts of Space begins

· KPBX shuffles programming: Morning edition 5-9, classical 9-4, ATC/pub affairs 4-6, radio drama 6-7, symphony concerts 7-10, jazz til signoff

· December

· Radio Reader features “The Grasshopper Trap” by Patrick McManus

· Listener letter from Jane Fairchild about news & public affairs programs

· (1986?)

· January 1987

· KPBX celebrates 7 years

· October 1987

· KPBX sponsors International Beer Tasting Festival at the Floral Hall at the Interstate Fairgrounds

· March 1988 - no articles

· August 1988 – no articles

· September 1988

· Dick Kunkel welcomed as General Manager and Program Director, effective

· October 15 1988

· New South Hill translator installed

· Winter 1988

· Dick Kunkel writes article explaining mission statement of KPBX

· Spring 1989 – NA

· Summer 1989

· Garrison Keillor returns to public radio with “American Radio Company of the Air”

· Autumn 1989

· Jim Feehan becomes News Director

· (at this point KPBX apparently began publishing by the season; the seasonal publication had narratives; then in addition they published monthly “Program Guides,” which carried only the broadcast schedules.)

· January February March 1990

· “Car Talk” begins on KPBX in January

· April May June 1990

· Marian McPartland comes to Spokane Public Radio

· Summer 1990

· Beginning on July 5 for seven consecutive Thursdays, KPBX broadcasts one-hour documentaries: “The Gorbachev Revolution: Promises and Perils.”

· July August September 1990

· Classic “Bob and Ray” show returns

· Spokane Symphony performances are broadcast at 8:00 pm on Tuesdays

· (monthly publications resume)]

· October 1990

· National Telecommunications and Information Administration (part of U.S. Department of Commerce) agree to pay 75% of the cost of setting up three new low power translators to help serve parts of north-central Washington. Another translator is being installed to serve Bonners Ferry, ID, thanks to the North Idaho Foundation’s grant assistance.

· After 10 years, Mary Hawkins resigns as music director (?). “I recall with a grimace an early interview with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. He had long been a hero of mine, and as was my habit then, I was over-prepared and nervous. At one point in the interview, I said, ‘I hear you do things with your instrument not normally associated with the clarinet,’ at which he replied, ‘I think you’ve been reading the wrong bio.’ I was nonplussed until it slowly dawned on me what I had said.”

· Also, Sylvia Baker resigns as Business Manager to work full time teaching private music lessons in saxophone, clarinet and flute. She had just completed 28 years with the Spokane Symphony.

· Linda Stowe is welcomed as the new Business Manager.

· November 1990

· Doug Nadvornik arrives in the newsroom.

· Many and varied letters from listeners asking for less jazz and more classical, less pop and more jazz, praising Morning Edition, decrying criticism of Verne Windham, asking for more of Michael (Patoray?).

· “Corporate Membership Drive Begins”

· December 1990

· “Translator Project Profile” Sandpoint ID to Creston BC (nice article)

· (All through this year and perhaps beyond, there are numerous and sometimes long letters from listeners)

· January 1991

· First mention of Recordings and Video Sale – “The KPBX Record, tape and CD Sale” at REI who hosted the event.

· February 1991

· The R&V sale “made almost $3,000” from 3,500 recordings. Special thanks to DJ’s Sound City, REI, Street Music, Frederick and Nelson and Waldenbooks.

· Susan Laney, KPBX’s afternoon classical music host, performs with Michael Price and Margaret Berry at the Metropolitan Performing Arts Center and is later broadcast.

· March 1991

· Verne Windham becomes Director of Arts and Performance Programming.

· Arlo Guthrie comes to Spokane, presented by the Columbia Folk Association and KPBX. Arlo performs at the Met. Performance scheduled for Sunday, April 7.

· April 1991

· Dick Kunkel thanks donors to the special war coverage campaign in February. In addition, because of that coverage, the BBC Overnight Service will continue. In addition, KPBX is now offering 24 hour-a-day broadcasting.

· May 1991

· Interesting article by Doug Nadvornik about how KPBX makes programming decisions.

· June 1991 – COVER picture of Verne Windham blowing his horn.

· Article about the come-and-gone Joe Zupan.

· “National Native News” broadcast by KPBX begins.

· Local program “Art a la Carte” begins broadcasting Fridays at 6:30 pm.

· July 1991

· First mention of “Evening Under the Stars” at Cliff House chaired by Katherine Gellhorn. Brian Flick, Richard Luna, Barbara Dodson and Steve Maurer comprised the jazz band City Lights and Verne Windham played the alpenhorn.

· August 1991 – COVER staff pictures

· Dick summarizes the past year – he calls it “eventful.”

· September 1991

· Picture on page 3 of Katherine Gellhorn serving cake (to Verne, it looks like) at the Evening Under the Stars.

· Vakhtang Jordania’s debut as artistic director of Spokane Symphony will air September 3.

· Long article by Dick Kunkel about business underwriting.

· October 1991

· Long article about Jim Armstrong who was a community producer.

· Long article about announcer Warren Harshbarger.

· November 1991

· Long article about Nancy Roth, alias Rita Heldenlaben, a volunteer.

· December 1991

· Long article about music programming on the 200th anniversary of Mozart’s death.

· January 1992

· Good photo of Dan Maher; good photo of Marian McPartland, also

· The River City Chili cookoff advertised for March: live blues, chili tasting, commemorative T’s, prizes benefiting SPR

· February 1992

· Iowa Writers Workshop: Saturdays at 3

· March 1992

· Fantastic photo of Brian Flick with long hair and a big smile

· April 1992

· Long article on volunteer Jack Brandmueller.

· May 1992

· Article about Nina Totenberg winning prestigious awards.

· Children’s Literature Roundtable article

· June 1992

· Beginning of 5 part series on fundamentalist religions called The Glory & The Power: Fundamentalisms Observed

· Article about Car Talk

· Free Olde Fashioned Picnic at CDA park for games, folk dancing, music and an opportunity to meet board and employees

· July 1992

· 9th annual Bikathon ad for August 1

· Books in motion read The Secret Garden

· August 1992

· Bob & Ray return again

· Susan Layne of afternoon classics writes a farewell note

· September 1992

· Thirteen week series on modern technology and communication begins: Communications Revolution 1992

· October 1992

· “American Indian Music Dance and Song: From the Dessert & the Tundra” featured on Folk Masters

· November 1992

· Neil Elwell hosts KPBX Blues Review

· Posting of the Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network 92-93 season: 20 operas

· December 1992

· Terrific picture of KPBX staff in (blue?) KPBX long-sleeved shirts

· 5th annual KPBX Classic Auction: Planet Lounge played, hors d’oeuvres, classic cars, etc, hosted by Silver Car Auctions: Admission $5

· January 1993

· Profile of board member Mike Currin

· Translator profile of Omak translator

· February 1993

· Recordings & Videos Sale at REI

· Announcer bio of Norvel Trosst

· March 1993

· Public Radio receives duPont Golden Baton award for overall news excellence. First time that the duPont-Columbia’s highest honor is given to news.

· April 1993

· Article about Dick Kunkel

· June 1993

· Celebrating Underwriter Appreciation Month with an article on pg. 15

· New building signs donated by Screen Tech and installed by Owen Mir

· July 1993

· Planned two specials about Ella Fitzgerald’s 75th birthday

· August 1993

· KPBX Jazz cruise: September 1: Complementary taco bar, fiesta décor, no-host beverage bar, $17.50 per person.

· September 1993

· More board member profiles: Chuck Harris

· October 1993

· PHC returns

· Shortened membership drive features performances by: Alex Bedini Trio, Jazz Sweet, Blues Review with live performances by Neil Elwell & guests

· November 1993

· Planning to air a special report on Florida’s Ginnie Springs called Water: Thirsting for Tomorrow. It’s a combination of NPR and National Geographic

· CBC series: “Cranial Pursuits”—a series about human brains

· December 1993

· Holiday concert schedule

· Broadcast of the Kids’ Concert

· January 1994

· “Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Traditions” series with NPR & the Smithsonian

· Article on African American Sacred Music history

· February 1994

· Talk about the R&V sale

· March 1994

· “Cures & Costs: Healthcare Reform in America” public issues forum presented by SPR and the Spokane Public Library with Doug Nadvornick moderating and a huge panel

· April 1994

· “Breaking the Cycle: How Do We Stop Child Abuse” – four-part series from NPR with local series hosted by Doug Nadvornick with local experts and listener call in

· May 1994

· Maya Angelou will host City arts of San Francisco

· Mothers Day special surveying religious music “Music of the Spirit: A Celebration of Inspirational Music from Gregorian Chant to Amy Grant”

· June 1994

· Family storytelling program: Rabbit Ears Radio with lots of notable names. Hosted by Mel Gibson on Fridays at 6:30s. With lots of nifty musicians also.

· July 1994

· Larry Josephson hosts “Bridges: A Liberal/Conservative Dialogue”

· Several July specials: Capitol Steps, Royal Blues, etc.

· July 4th radio spectacular by the Cincinnati Pops; Civil War concert by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason; music in the time of war; Cooking special: “4th of July Table”; American Roots

· September 1994

· Performance Today critic Ted Libby helps NPR & KPBX celebrate classical music month with a top 10 list of music for starting a classical music library on pg 12

· October 1994

· Gonzaga faculty jazz quartet featured in the KPBX kids’ concert.

· November 1994

· Bruce Davis starts Big Band Era Jazz with big article on pg 11

· December 1994

· KPBX airs Winter Solstice: 15th annual winter consort solstice celebration amongst other numerous holiday stuff

· Staff profile of Verne Windham

· January 1995

· 15th anniversary! Photo of Translator on Mica Peak and photo of Marvin Granger (1st GM)

· Future of Public Radio is on the line! “Calling in our Chips” article by Dick Kunkel

· February 1995

· Radio series goes inside the Gingritch revolution: 13 week series

· Announcer profile on Lakshmi Singh

· March 1995

· Update on healthcare reform in WA: Cures & Costs

· Presented on-air Timber Summit by Doug Nadvornick

· April 1995

· NPR Airs Eugene O’Neill’s play Lazarus Laughed

· May 1995

· Peter Schickele comes to Spokane May 23 for Thank You Concert in cooperation with EWU

· June 1995

· Public Forum on “NW Environment: Taking Responsibility” at city council chambers

· July 1995

· Photo of Arbor Crest Cliffhouse (cover) for Evening Under the Stars

· Two staff members leave for other opportunities: Staci Erickson Membership Director and Kitty Shelden Secretary

· August 1995

· Kids’ Concert in CDA at city park: Spokane Brass Works performed

· Article by Dick encouraging people to be in touch with federal representatives about public broadcast funds

· Article for an evening with Bob Edwards, Host of Morning Edition. Intermission reception done courtesy of Fugazzi, Caterina Winery and Cravens Coffee

· September 1995

· Underwriter award profile: Sayre & Sayre

· October 1995

· Spokane Area Children’s Chorus performs for Kids’ Concert

· Wynton Marsalis and Billy Taylor both have new Jazz shows

· November 1995

· Highlights include: Clesmer Conservatory Band on PHC, Arturo Sandoval on Jazz @ the Kennedy Center, Leslie Stratton-Norris of CDA, etc

· “Where Have All My Programs Gone” article by Verne Windham about changing of program roster…in one issue so many diverse programs changed/ended

· December 1995

· Hannukah, Solstice, Christmas & New Years’ specials abound

· January 1996

· “The Health Journal” begins, hosted by Doug Nadvornick. Weekly call-in health series

· February 1996

· “African American Music Tree II” series devoted to Black History Month

· Several programs for Black History Month

· Began Piano Fund campaign to buy the grand piano: article that has a lot of history of in-house performers from jazz to classical to everything else

· March 1996

· Radio Dramas presented by Spokane Civic Theatre: “The Last Touchy Feely Drama on the American Stage” by Greg Gamble and Lee Howard; “Atlantic Crossing” by Jeffey Embler

· April 1996

· Classic radio plays presented in “13 by Corwin” featuring famous voices

· May 1996

· Documentaries from NPR/National Geographic on nature conservation

· June 1996

· Guitar Summit, June 4, featuring Leon Atkinson

· July 1996

· Classic Folk Series: The Midnight Special from WFMT promising diverse/eclectic variety

· Music for Dancing and such by Pamela McGuire at An Evening Under the Stars

· August 1996

· New piano photo on the cover with key cast

· Key facts about the piano by A. Yamaha: “My parents were both pianos, and I pretty much knew that was what I wanted to do from the time they installed my black keys.” Made its debut on the 19th, starting the Piano Bench on Tuesday mornings.

· September 1996

· Ann Torigoe-Hawkins joins the staff

· Feature on Performance Today

· COWS begins

· Garrison Keillor interview Studs Terkel

· Long article: Is NPR for sale? Will editorial integrity take a back seat to the bottom line?

· Lots of great photos from the July Kids’ Concert

· October 1996

· Fall membership drive: Support the ones we love! Pledge for your program

· Janean Jorgenson became the Community Relations director

· Dick Kunkel writes “Federal Support Still Shrinking”

· 1980

· January 20 – KPBX goes on the air with Stravinsky’s version of “The Star Spangled Banner.”

· May 18 – Mt. St. Helens erupts, stopping the first ever pledge drive.

· Fall pledge drive November 10-15

· 1981

· Dick Wellstood performs a benefit concert in the Skylight Court of Riverpark Square on April 25.

· James McTigue takes over as Board of Directors

· Jazz Trio of Brian Flick, Mark Ivester and Dan McCollim live on the air July 4

· Jazzathon held August 15 as a 12-hour fund raiser

· Beethoven Spectacular November 21 from 8am to 7pm

· 1982

· KPBX Second Anniversary International Festivals at Moreland’s with Italian, German & Spanish cuisine.

· CAB to be held Feb 18 at GU

· May 16, Tin Ear presents KPBX’s Spring Jazz Festival featuring Art Lande

· Martha Shannon joins staff as Development Director. Bridget Piper is elected president of the board.

· Karl Haas of Adventures in Good Music in Spokane April 18

· Marvin Granger resigns; Richard Malawista takes over

· Red Clay Ramblers benefit concert, August 2 at Ahab’s Whale, 1221 N Stevens

· Big Band Bash, November 13 at the Sheraton-Spokane Hotel

· 1983

· January – Lord of the Rings is read in a 26 part series

· Simulcast series with KSPS of Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen

· Inland Northwest Voices, produced by KPBX, feature interview with published authors living/working in the area.

· NPR ends “Communique,” “NPR Journal,” and “Options in Education”

· Live call-in to answer questions

· February

· Black History Month Specials: Jonah Jones, William Warfield, Eubie Blake and a Jazz Alive! Special

· The Empire Strikes Back & the Lord of the Rings continue

· Pledge week themed “Your Ticket to the Arts” with goal of $40,000.

· March

· International Buffets to benefit KPBX at Moreland’s Restaurant & wine bar, featuring Hungarian, American and Mediterranean food

· Pledge drive totals over $45,000 and 728 pledges

· April

· KPBX starts series of programs about Mozart, hosted by the Associate Professor of Music from UCLA

· Public affairs series on the nuclear war

· May

· SPR pledge drive dubbed “Election Fraud” asking listeners to vote for their favorite composers, artists, etc. “Remember, at KPBX, corruption counts!!”

· Jane Austin joins the staff as a reporter

· “The Mind’s Eye” series of dramatizations of Jane Austen’s work, starting with Pride & Prejudice

· June

· August

· Concert with Alex DeGrassi at Ahab’s Whale

· Listener Call-in August 9

· Jazz Alive! Salutes women with 4 programs

· Participating in noontime concert series Out to Lunch with two concerts

· September

· Bob & Ray Returns

· 10-part series on Beethoven’s life and works begins

· 2^nd Annual Musical Feast: Information about music and cuisine!

· October

· Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz begins, as do Jazz Night from Las Vegas, Concert by Composers, Totally Wired, and The Opera Box with Jim Sveda

· Readings of Sherlock Holmes, and Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe

· Brainstorming session for a Prairie Home Companion party

· November

· Big Band Bash at Cavanaugh’s Inn at the Park, November 5

· Pledge Drive Stats: Goal of $60,000, Total of $60,411 by 1,041 listeners, 387 of whom were new

· Benefit recital for KPBX featuring members of the Organists Guild, Nov. 13

· Raffle from Edward Mashall Boehm Studios & the Crescent

· Special Benefit showing of La Traviata at the Magic Lantern Theatre, November 3

· December

· “Say it with radio” campaign. Honor a loved one with a day of programming dedicated to them. Announcements were broadcast 4 times throughout the day for $100.

· 1984

· January

· New format for guide, slightly, with underwriters listed by category of support at the beginning. Similar to the current guide format, actually

· February

· Radio Reader features “Growing Up” by Russell Baker, read by Garrison Keillor

· A four-part series on jazz on film

· The Corporate Conscience, a new series examining trends in business social responsibility.

· Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by the BBC

· “Going Places with KPBX” theme to pledge drive

· Obituary for Arthur Martin (who drew the cover art for most of the guides)

· March

· A Prairie Home Companion Party benefit, March 11 at the Sons of Norway Hall

· Four-part series focusing on “American Women in Jazz”

· 10-part series on Immigrant Women in America

· April

· Bob & Ray back again

· “Bradbury 13” a 13-part sci-fi series featuring the short stories of Ray Bradbury

· New jazz series “Duke Ellington is Forever”

· “Session” features jazz from the Netherlands

· Dictaphone needed!

· May

· “Voices from the Age of Elegance” A two-part documentary on historic Browne’s Addition, with interviews from the residents. Part of the Browne’s Addition Neighborhood Festival, May 12

· George Cole starts new series “Mind Set” about ideas, opinions and people of Spokane.

· “The Early Bluesman” series by Frank Delaney

· PHC 10^th anniversary trivia

· NPR new series “Faces, Mirrors & Masks: 20^th Century Latin American Fiction”

· June

· Four-part series “Quest for Peace” explores the history of American peace movements

· July

· South of France Buffet benefit at Moreland’s

· August

· Jazzathon on KPBX 8pm-7am with live performances

· First Annual Bikeathon

· KPBX production “Inland NW Voices” gets National distribution

· September

· Make a Sound Investment with KPBX at the next pledge drive. Premiums include: checkbook covers for $60 and up, and $120 and uppers will get a vinyl pocket secretary with a notebook and pen.

· First Annual KPBX Bike-A-Thon was held Aug. 5 and raised $12k with 47 “Pedal Pushers for Public Radio” whose names are listed

· Burlington Northern grand for the “Public Awareness Project” with encouragement to write thanks to B.N.

· Summer dinner benefits at Moreland’s Restaurant on July 19 and August 1 netted $925 for the station

· Thanks to participants in the Jazzathon from August 18, which raised $2,410 and featured a jazz poll.

· October

· Article about Reagan’s veto to “obviously excessive” funding for CPB

· Returning fall stories include “Star Wars” and “A Canticle for Leibowitz” as well as “The Mist” “Fall of the House of Usher” and “Radio Rep.”

· KPBX gets WAMPUM grant.

· 15-part series on “The Challenge of China and Japan” begins.

· Annual Big Band Bash to be held Oct 27 at Cavanaugh’s

· November

· Pledge Drive wrap-up: $69,619 net, 452 new members

· The Spokane Falls Brass Band appears on PHC, as well as a re-broadcast of Garrison Keillor’s speech “Changing the Lightbulbs: Can We Meet the Comedic Needs of the 80s?”

· Morning Edition turns 5

· Expanded pos-election coverage

· Summer Storm from local author Jake Wallace premiers on Radio Reader, as is Gore Vidal’s “Lincoln”

· December

· Article on Reagan’s second veto of CPB’s funding proposal.

· Letter from Mary Hawkins about a sparrow in the control room which flipped off the transmitter

· 1985

· January

· From a project in George Cole’s Basement to its 5^th year, a note from Susan Wallace, President of the Board. Also a good, concise history.

· Inland Northwest Voices, produced by Phyllis Silver, still going strong (small article)

· Sidran on Record is a 13 week series looking at new releases

· Six one-hour programs of Dixieland Jubilee, the world’s largest international jazz festival

· February

· Garrison Keillor comes to the Opera House, Feb 5 with Chet Atkins

· Prairie Home Companion party to be March 10 at the Sons of Norway Hall again

· Radio begins at 5am instead of 6, starting Feb 4, with Morning Edition

· March

· Women’s History Week programs

· Vintage Jazz from the Vineyard, midnight-1am on Saturday nights

· Celebrating 300 years of Bach, programming for his 300^th b-day on March 21, as well as a benefit from the American Guild of Organists at Messiah Lutheran Church

· KPBX participates in the live call-in Tax Clinic March 2

· April – COVER – “Without the public, we’d just be radio”

· Fresh Air debuts

· Interview about Marian McPartland

· KPBX presents Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute at the Magic Lantern

· May

· PHC’s Butch Thompson appears with SJO

· Three new programs begin:

§ Bay Area Radio Drama

§ Now Nordine

§ New Age Spectrum

· KPBX carries two live broadcasts of the 14^th Annual Northwest Folk Festival

· KPBX presents Carmen at the Magic Lantern

· Series from Senator Paula Hawkins about children’s rights called “Children at Risk”

· June

· Second Annual KPBX Bike-A-Thon

· Article on Noah Adams, “the Indiana Jones of Public Radio”

· Nine-part series of radio dramas called “Midnight”

· New series “Jazz at the Institute” and “Now Nordine”

· Win a weekend in St. Paul with PHC

· Drive Results: goal of $65k, total of $66,449

· July - Cover: Doonesbury comic trying to get callers

· “NPR Stations Adopt New Funding Plan”

· “CPB President Resigns”

· Garrison Keillor receives the Edward R. Murrow Award

· New show: A Private Space: The Personal Diaries of Women

· August

· Hewlett-Packard gives $200,000 to NPR’s science coverage

· KPBX receives funding from WA State Arts Commission

· Tribute to Charlie Parker

· September

· 82 bicyclists raise $13,500 in pledges from the third annual Bike-A-Thon

· Noah Adams interview

· Note from the GM

· November

· Harlem Hit Parade history of 1940’s R&B series

· Hearts of Space begins

· KPBX shuffles programming: Morning edition 5-9, classical 9-4, ATC/pub affairs 4-6, radio drama 6-7, symphony concerts 7-10, jazz til signoff

· December

· Radio Reader features “The Grasshopper Trap” by Patrick McManus

· Listener letter from Jane Fairchild about news & public affairs programs

· (1986?)

· January 1987

· KPBX celebrates 7 years

· October 1987

· KPBX sponsors International Beer Tasting Festival at the Floral Hall at the Interstate Fairgrounds

· March 1988 - no articles

· August 1988 – no articles

· September 1988

· Dick Kunkel welcomed as General Manager and Program Director, effective

· October 15 1988

· New South Hill translator installed

· Winter 1988

· Dick Kunkel writes article explaining mission statement of KPBX

· Spring 1989 – NA

· Summer 1989

· Garrison Keillor returns to public radio with “American Radio Company of the Air”

· Autumn 1989

· Jim Feehan becomes News Director

· January February March 1990

· “Car Talk” begins on KPBX in January

· April May June 1990

· Marian McPartland comes to Spokane Public Radio

· Summer 1990

· Beginning on July 5 for seven consecutive Thursdays, KPBX broadcasts one-hour documentaries: “The Gorbachev Revolution: Promises and Perils.”

· July August September 1990

· Classic “Bob and Ray” show returns

· Spokane Symphony performances are broadcast at 8:00 pm on Tuesdays

· (monthly publications resume)]

· October 1990

· Also, Sylvia Baker resigns as Business Manager to work full time teaching private music lessons in saxophone, clarinet and flute. She had just completed 28 years with the Spokane Symphony.

· Linda Stowe is welcomed as the new Business Manager.

· November 1990

· Doug Nadvornik arrives in the newsroom.

· “Corporate Membership Drive Begins”

· December 1990

· “Translator Project Profile” Sandpoint ID to Creston BC (nice article)

· (All through this year and perhaps beyond, there are numerous and sometimes long letters from listeners)

· January 1991

· First mention of Recordings and Video Sale – “The KPBX Record, tape and CD Sale” at REI who hosted the event.

· February 1991

· The R&V sale “made almost $3,000” from 3,500 recordings. Special thanks to DJ’s Sound City, REI, Street Music, Frederick and Nelson and Waldenbooks.

· Susan Laney, KPBX’s afternoon classical music host, performs with Michael Price and Margaret Berry at the Metropolitan Performing Arts Center and is later broadcast.

· March 1991

· Verne Windham becomes Director of Arts and Performance Programming.

· Arlo Guthrie comes to Spokane, presented by the Columbia Folk Association and KPBX. Arlo performs at the Met. Performance scheduled for Sunday, April 7.

· April 1991

· May 1991

· Interesting article by Doug Nadvornik about how KPBX makes programming decisions.

· June 1991 – COVER picture of Verne Windham blowing his horn.

· Article about the come-and-gone Joe Zupan.

· “National Native News” broadcast by KPBX begins.

· Local program “Art a la Carte” begins broadcasting Fridays at 6:30 pm.

· July 1991

· August 1991 – COVER staff pictures

· Dick summarizes the past year – he calls it “eventful.”

· September 1991

· Picture on page 3 of Katherine Gellhorn serving cake (to Verne, it looks like) at the Evening Under the Stars.

· Vakhtang Jordania’s debut as artistic director of Spokane Symphony will air September 3.

· Long article by Dick Kunkel about business underwriting.

· October 1991

· Long article about Jim Armstrong who was a community producer.

· Long article about announcer Warren Harshbarger.

· November 1991

· Long article about Nancy Roth, alias Rita Heldenlaben, a volunteer.

· December 1991

· Long article about music programming on the 200th anniversary of Mozart’s death.

· January 1992

· Good photo of Dan Maher; good photo of Marian McPartland, also

· The River City Chili cookoff advertised for March: live blues, chili tasting, commemorative T’s, prizes benefiting SPR

· February 1992

· Iowa Writers Workshop: Saturdays at 3

· March 1992

· Fantastic photo of Brian Flick with long hair and a big smile

· April 1992

· Long article on volunteer Jack Brandmueller.

· May 1992

· Article about Nina Totenberg winning prestigious awards.

· Children’s Literature Roundtable article

· June 1992

· Beginning of 5 part series on fundamentalist religions called The Glory & The Power: Fundamentalisms Observed

· Article about Car Talk

· Free Olde Fashioned Picnic at CDA park for games, folk dancing, music and an opportunity to meet board and employees

· July 1992

· 9th annual Bikathon ad for August 1

· Books in motion read The Secret Garden

· August 1992

· Bob & Ray return again

· Susan Layne of afternoon classics writes a farewell note

· September 1992

· Thirteen week series on modern technology and communication begins: Communications Revolution 1992

· October 1992

· “American Indian Music Dance and Song: From the Dessert & the Tundra” featured on Folk Masters

· November 1992

· Neil Elwell hosts KPBX Blues Review

· Posting of the Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network 92-93 season: 20 operas

· December 1992

· Terrific picture of KPBX staff in (blue?) KPBX long-sleeved shirts

· 5th annual KPBX Classic Auction: Planet Lounge played, hors d’oeuvres, classic cars, etc, hosted by Silver Car Auctions: Admission $5

· January 1993

· Profile of board member Mike Currin

· Translator profile of Omak translator

· February 1993

· Recordings & Videos Sale at REI

· Announcer bio of Norvel Trosst

· March 1993

· Public Radio receives duPont Golden Baton award for overall news excellence. First time that the duPont-Columbia’s highest honor is given to news.

· April 1993

· Article about Dick Kunkel

· June 1993

· Celebrating Underwriter Appreciation Month with an article on pg. 15

· New building signs donated by Screen Tech and installed by Owen Mir

· July 1993

· Planned two specials about Ella Fitzgerald’s 75th birthday

· August 1993

· KPBX Jazz cruise: September 1: Complementary taco bar, fiesta décor, no-host beverage bar, $17.50 per person.

· September 1993

· More board member profiles: Chuck Harris

· October 1993

· PHC returns

· Shortened membership drive features performances by: Alex Bedini Trio, Jazz Sweet, Blues Review with live performances by Neil Elwell & guests

· November 1993

· Planning to air a special report on Florida’s Ginnie Springs called Water: Thirsting for Tomorrow. It’s a combination of NPR and National Geographic

· CBC series: “Cranial Pursuits”—a series about human brains

· December 1993

· Holiday concert schedule

· Broadcast of the Kids’ Concert

· January 1994

· “Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Traditions” series with NPR & the Smithsonian

· Article on African American Sacred Music history

· February 1994

· Talk about the R&V sale

· March 1994

· “Cures & Costs: Healthcare Reform in America” public issues forum presented by SPR and the Spokane Public Library with Doug Nadvornick moderating and a huge panel

· April 1994

· “Breaking the Cycle: How Do We Stop Child Abuse” – four-part series from NPR with local series hosted by Doug Nadvornick with local experts and listener call in

· May 1994

· Maya Angelou will host City arts of San Francisco

· Mothers Day special surveying religious music “Music of the Spirit: A Celebration of Inspirational Music from Gregorian Chant to Amy Grant”

· June 1994

· Family storytelling program: Rabbit Ears Radio with lots of notable names. Hosted by Mel Gibson on Fridays at 6:30s. With lots of nifty musicians also.

· July 1994

· Larry Josephson hosts “Bridges: A Liberal/Conservative Dialogue”

· Several July specials: Capitol Steps, Royal Blues, etc.

· July 4th radio spectacular by the Cincinnati Pops; Civil War concert by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason; music in the time of war; Cooking special: “4th of July Table”; American Roots

· September 1994

· Performance Today critic Ted Libby helps NPR & KPBX celebrate classical music month with a top 10 list of music for starting a classical music library on pg 12

· October 1994

· Gonzaga faculty jazz quartet featured in the KPBX kids’ concert.

· November 1994

· Bruce Davis starts Big Band Era Jazz with big article on pg 11

· December 1994

· KPBX airs Winter Solstice: 15th annual winter consort solstice celebration amongst other numerous holiday stuff

· Staff profile of Verne Windham

· January 1995

· 15th anniversary! Photo of Translator on Mica Peak and photo of Marvin Granger (1st GM)

· Future of Public Radio is on the line! “Calling in our Chips” article by Dick Kunkel

· February 1995

· Radio series goes inside the Gingritch revolution: 13 week series

· Announcer profile on Lakshmi Singh

· March 1995

· Update on healthcare reform in WA: Cures & Costs

· Presented on-air Timber Summit by Doug Nadvornick

· April 1995

· NPR Airs Eugene O’Neill’s play Lazarus Laughed

· May 1995

· Peter Schickele comes to Spokane May 23 for Thank You Concert in cooperation with EWU

· June 1995

· Public Forum on “NW Environment: Taking Responsibility” at city council chambers

· July 1995

· Photo of Arbor Crest Cliffhouse (cover) for Evening Under the Stars

· Two staff members leave for other opportunities: Staci Erickson Membership Director and Kitty Shelden Secretary

· August 1995

· Kids’ Concert in CDA at city park: Spokane Brass Works performed

· Article by Dick encouraging people to be in touch with federal representatives about public broadcast funds

· Article for an evening with Bob Edwards, Host of Morning Edition. Intermission reception done courtesy of Fugazzi, Caterina Winery and Cravens Coffee

· September 1995

· Underwriter award profile: Sayre & Sayre

· October 1995

· Spokane Area Children’s Chorus performs for Kids’ Concert

· Wynton Marsalis and Billy Taylor both have new Jazz shows

· November 1995

· Highlights include: Clesmer Conservatory Band on PHC, Arturo Sandoval on Jazz @ the Kennedy Center, Leslie Stratton-Norris of CDA, etc

· “Where Have All My Programs Gone” article by Verne Windham about changing of program roster…in one issue so many diverse programs changed/ended

· December 1995

· Hannukah, Solstice, Christmas & New Years’ specials abound

· January 1996

· “The Health Journal” begins, hosted by Doug Nadvornick. Weekly call-in health series

· February 1996

· “African American Music Tree II” series devoted to Black History Month

· Several programs for Black History Month

· Began Piano Fund campaign to buy the grand piano: article that has a lot of history of in-house performers from jazz to classical to everything else

· March 1996

· Radio Dramas presented by Spokane Civic Theatre: “The Last Touchy Feely Drama on the American Stage” by Greg Gamble and Lee Howard; “Atlantic Crossing” by Jeffey Embler

· April 1996

· Classic radio plays presented in “13 by Corwin” featuring famous voices

· May 1996

· Documentaries from NPR/National Geographic on nature conservation

· June 1996

· Guitar Summit, June 4, featuring Leon Atkinson

· July 1996

· Classic Folk Series: The Midnight Special from WFMT promising diverse/eclectic variety

· Music for Dancing and such by Pamela McGuire at An Evening Under the Stars

· August 1996

· New piano photo on the cover with key cast

· September 1996

· Ann Torigoe-Hawkins joins the staff

· Feature on Performance Today

· COWS begins

· Garrison Keillor interview Studs Terkel

· Long article: Is NPR for sale? Will editorial integrity take a back seat to the bottom line?

· Lots of great photos from the July Kids’ Concert

· October 1996

· Fall membership drive: Support the ones we love! Pledge for your program

· Janean Jorgenson became the Community Relations director

· Dick Kunkel writes “Federal Support Still Shrinking”

· November 1996

· Holiday Auction at Silver Car Auctions

· Article entitled “NPR is not for sale!”

· Pledge drive photos

· December 1996

· Holiday stuff

· Article on pg 22 by Doug N. “Election Results: Too Much, Too Soon Discourages Voters”

· Classical music with Verne featured Dr. Hans Moldenhauer

· Ice storm creates cold radios & warm hearts: power outages knocked radio off air for a day!

· January 1997

· Cover: Mica Peak equipment after mega-snowstorm

· SPR encourages listeners to write to congress for long term support (Reps from WA, OR, ID, MT listed)

· February 1997

· Cover: Patrick & Ann buried in vinyl, Celtic Nots (w/pic) kids’ concert

· KSFC announced for coming year! Inland Journal returns 4 times a week!

· Volunteer Dan Treecraft saves KPBX antenna in wild storm

· March 1997

· Letter from listener in Zacatecas, Mexico

· KPBX health forum about environmental impact/hazards to health

· April 1997

· Family of Thomas Griner had memorial donations made to SPR

· KPBX hosts Magic Flute at the Magic Lantern

· First 7-day membership drive announced

· Big story on Doug Hurd, author of Brain Rot

· May 1997

· Listener letter about too much focus on Gay/Lesbian issues

· KPBX hosts forum about retirement planning

· KPBX wins 3 Society of Professional Journalism awards

· Arbitron analysis proves fiscal efficiency compared with other public radio stations

· June 1997

· Further information on SPJ awards for news team – 15 in total!

· July 1997

· KPBX gets a generator!

· Auction list for An Evening Under the Stars

· August 1997

· KPBX theatre critic Jerry Kraft got his at the dunk tank

· Evening Under the Stars pics

· September 1997

· KPBX starting an endowment?

· This American Life hits the airwaves

· Remembering Katherine Gellhorn

· October 1997

· Rabbit Ears Radio presents kids classics, followed by the complete Star Wars Trilogy Saturdays

· New newsman Brian Bull

· GREAT mugshot of Dick Kunkel, Brian Flick, Doug Nadvornick, Jerry Olson & Verne Windham

· November 1997

· Eric & Kate Meisfjord present Pipkin Family Puppet Theater at kids’ concert

· PHC announced to come to Spokane June 26, 1998.

· NPR follows Unabomber trial

· Nancy Roth joins the staff as Underwriting Rep

· December 1997

· The generator’s merit proven & explained

· Staff photo

· Opera articles as well as features: the Met returns to SPR

· January 1998

· X-mas 07 playlist from Brian’s Jazz on Friday show

· Kate Hawkins born (& pictured)

· “Race at the Kitchen Table” panel headed by Doug Nadvornick

· February 1998

· Gunther Schuller in Spokane, Verne to interview

· Banjo extravaganza kids concert

· March 1998

· Health forum on menopause

· R&V, Kids Concert recaps

· April 1998

· Volunteer thank you event takes you around the world in 2 hours

· May 1998

· NPR documentary on the history of disabilities and the people who live with them

· Local Robert Theobald creates 6-part series on cultural interconnectivity, aired in cooperation with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

· June 1998

· News team awarded for journalistic excellence

· PHC is here! Stories about the performers to come & local recipe contest winners

· Dixieland Dandies play June KC

· KSPS lends a hand during satellite problems

· July 1998

· Listener feedback about local commentaries

· Weekend programming reshuffle…less opera

· KPBX broadcasts the Royal Fireworks Concert live

· August 1998

· Thank you note from PHC producer

· Linda Yates joins the crew

· Behind the scenes of PHC

· Kids Concert with Mozart & Susan Windham

· September 1998

· Brian’s playlist 9/25/98

· KPBX pays tribute to American Songbook

· Local story about Spokane’s COPS program on NPR by local producer/reporter Joe Zupan

· October 1998

· PHC Spokane to air on Halloween

· Gina McFarland & Karen Bell staff bios

· November 1998

· Kids Concert features a season preview with Spokane Public Library, Spokane Youth Orchestra String Quartet, Music for Youth and Spokane Civic Theatre

· KPBX airs series of citizens’ panels on homosexuality issues

· December 1998

· Opera returns!

· Fall drive a success, with photos of ex-board pres Warren Gross and George Cole, owner of the South Hill Basement of old.

· Evergreen Radio Reading Service article

· January 1999

· Sounds of the century showcased on All Things Considered.

· Marty Demarest features music of the 20th century, delving deep into the SPR music library.

· Birthday open-house announced

· February 1999

· R&V info & Gospel Choir at the KC

· Farewell to Doug Hurd’s commentaries

· March 1999

· Shoestring Quartet: classical meets jazz, folk & rap at KC

· Health forum tackles cancer

· April 1999

· KPBX hosts chocolate cook off (of sorts) during Zorba’s “For the Love of Chocolate Day”

· PHC features North Idaho teen

· Opera moves to Wednesdays at 7pm

· May 1999

· Variety Pak does big-band at Kids Concert, honoring centennial of Duke Ellington

· June 1999

· Volunteers of the Year: Bob Glatzer, Carlos Alden, Norma Rosenburger, Gavin Cooley

· NPR coverage of Kosovo aired

· More SPR news awards

· July 1999

· Not So Celtic Hour becomes Nacho Celtic (with great description! “Cheese on Corn”)

· An Evening Under the Stars auction list & write up

· “KSFC: SPR 48 hours a day!” Nifty new station up & running

· Staff & national “What are your reading this summer?” list

· August 1999

· Steve Jackson joins news team

· Interview with SPR intern Lilya Susko

· Carillon concert with Dr. Andrea McCrady

· KSFC program schedule

· Movies 101 debuts!

· September 1999

· NPR journalist Susan Stamberg in Spokane

· LeLola Scales becomes the next Development Assistant

· Local Spokane resident gets recipe on Zorba

· October 1999

· Tower upgrade for KPBX

· Listener looks back at 25 years of PHC

· KPBX salutes WA Trust Bank & Walt’s Mailing Service (with articles)

· New Volunteer Coordinator Lunne Stembridge

· November 1999

· Letter to KSFC from Eric Martin from Native American Calling

· Kids Concert: The Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Part 1

· Photo of Jerry with translator-decorated cake

· Charter Member reception kicks off anniversary festivities

· December 1999

· Holiday staph photo (16 pictured)

· Kids Concert: Songs and Stories of the Solstice

· Talk of the Nation listening & phone-in tips

· January 2000

· Kathy “then & now” photos at the KPBX board

· Article on history of station, starting with basement and extending beyond

· John Vlahovich & Rusty Nelson join the team

· New show: Beyond Computers

· KPBX & KSFC grids both appear on the back cover

· February 2000

· Ira Glass of This American Life appearing in Spokane, April

· Recap of 20th b-day bash

· March 2000

· Health forum on heart health

· Live performance for Nacho Celtic at the Civic

· SPR website gets an overhaul and more accessibility.

· Juan Williams becomes Talk of the Nation host.

· April 2000

· Local reader reads local book

· Special lecture series: Voices of Public Intellectuals: Feminism and the Practice of Democracy”

· Birthday presents for listeners: movies with the Movies 101 crew and more!

· May 2000

· Verne out for surgery and cancer treatments

· Zorba comes to Spokane

· The Cultivated Gardener on KSFC, article

· June 2000

· Summer traveling tips from NPR Tokyo correspondent Eric Weiner

· Verne thanks listeners for support during his leave

· Loose Leaf Book Company on KSFC, childrens’ books for grown-ups with Tom Bodet

· July 2000

· Coeurimba plays kids’ concert

· KSFC turns 1 and new license granted by FCC

· August 2000

· EUS, Kids’ Concert and Blues Cruise articles

· A Chef’s Table on KSFC

· September 2000

· Kids’ Concert honors Leonard Bernstein

· More awards for News Department

· KPBX series explores Loss

· World Radio Network Host & Exec. Producer John Fitzgerald article for KSFC

· October 2000

· KPBX and KSFC cover Election 2000

· Brian Lindsey joins the Saturday crew

· String band Salty Gravy for Kids Concert

· November 2000

· Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll part 2: Songs of Change & Protest

· Jaqueline Almdale leaves SPR

· First live broadcast at the Fall Folk Festival

· December 2000

· Holiday photo

· KPBX airs the Wonderful Wizard of Oz series over Christmas week

· Janean’s point of view of NPR studios during election night

· January 2001

· Kids’ Concert exploring the sounds of animals and machines

· Nancy Roth reads local memoir, Atomic Farmgirl: The Betrayal of Chief Qualchan, The Appaloosa, and Me by Teri Hein

· Fred Child becomes host of Performance Today

· Volunteer profile with Peg Mayer, stepping in while a full-time receptionist is found

· Movies101 interview and bio, of sorts

· February 2001

· SPR announces “special mention” announcements to honor b-day, graduation, etc

· Employer matching for SPR memberships

· Vol. Coordinator Lynne Stembridge moves on, Keli Cunningham takes over (articles)

· All Things Considered spin-off All Songs Considered becomes NPR’s first online-only show

· March 2001

· Women’s history month tribute to the women of NPR

· Health forum: The Mystery of Multiple Sclerosis

· Sue Stiritz hired as Mon-Tues receptionist

· April 2001

· Murrow Award to Doug Nadvornick for report on helping the homeless, locally

· Ira Glass visits KPBX

· Article on web streaming

· May 2001

· Listeners beg to get KSFC signal expanded

· Arts week feedback: send us your thoughts and comments about arts in the area, call-in show

· All Things Considered turns 30

· June 2001

· Summer reading recommendations from the staff

· Summer travel tips from NPR’s Julie McCarthy

· Photos from Greater Spokane Music and Allied Arts Festival

· Hawaiian music of Lokomaika’i at upcoming Kids’ Concert

· New series Pacific Time focuses on Asian interaction with the world…a different view for KSFC

· July 2001

· Running on Empty documentary on KSFC examines the energy crisis

· KSFC turns 2, with a fund drive to boost power!

· August 2001

· Article on KJ McCleary, taking the front desk Wed-Fri

· Dick describes what KSFC is and is not (not “talk”, but informative, intelligent discussion)

· Juan Williams talks to KPBX

· September 2001

· Kevin Klose and Don Gonyea to talk at the Met in September

· Nacho Celtic goes on hiatus, Boombox Classroom fills in (article)

· Article on LatinoUSA on KSFC

· Ann Torigoe-Hawkins comes back!

· October 2001

· Letter from Doug about Sept 11 coverage and what’s to come for the News crew

· Forum talks about End of Life issues

· UW Thank you event used as forum to talk about Terrorism

· Interview about KPBX monthly show “A Fine Frenzy”

· November 2001

· Live broadcast of Fall Folk Fest upcoming

· Kids Concert with Holladay & Siems

· Chas Schlesinger returns to the airwaves (big article)

· December 2001

· KSFC upgrade falling behind schedule as weather approaches

· Kids’ Concert of New Years Waltzing

· January 2002

· B-day party at Cameo Catering

· Bill Roesch series, “A Collector’s World of Opera” airs Wednesdays at 7pm

· Marty Demarest starts 15-part series exploring the string quartets of Shostakovich

· SPR hosts NPR’s Murray Horwitz

· February 2002

· EWU percussion ensemble to perform at upcoming Kids’ Concert, previous concert with Silver Spurs and Spokane Youth Orchestra recapped

· Photos from the birthday bash

· Story about Clark Fork, ID couple winning PHC getaway tickets

· March 2002

· Health Forum to discuss the “Dangers of Diabetes”

· Note from Dick regarding his heart surgery & medical leave

· “String Jam takes cartoon music to explore styles” – Kids’ Concert at North Central High School

· April 2002

· Article: “Public radio listenership at all-time high”

· KSFC begins to air On Point with article about the restructuring of the KSFC lineup

· Drawing for Jerry Seinfeld tickets and dinner at Cyrus O’Leary

· NPR’s Daniel Schorr receives Murrow Award & appears at WSU

· May 2002

· Piano Summit to be Thank You Concert: Brent Edstrom, Linda Siverts & Scott Kirby

· SPR to air African Opera

· Musicfest Northwest (Finally a name change!) featured on air.

· SPR to explore area poverty problem with featured programming

· June 2002

· Volunteers & Underwriters of the Year listed with bios.

· Upcoming kids’ concert with On The Side Band, featuring Dixieland, previous kids’ concert with Musicfest Northwest wrap-up

· July 2002

· Evening Under the Stars auction list

· New radio series The Brahms Chamber Music Project hosted/produced by Alex Goukassian

· NPR to follow cover as much worldwide information, especially the activity in Afghanistan

· August 2002

· KSFC power-boost update

· Watergate documentary series to air on KPBX

· Traditional and contemporary Native American tribal music at upcoming kids’ concert

· Farewell to Keli Cunningham, Volunteer Coordinator

· September 2002

· Opening letter from Dick Kunkel about cost of programming

· Airing of September 11th aftermath specials on KPBX and KSFC

· Forum examines standardized testing in Washington State

· Cheryl-Anne Millsap welcomed as new Volunteer Coordinator

· SPR news team gets PRNDI awards

· October 2002

· Improvements to virtual newsroom announced

· Blues Review evolves into Down Home Blues Saturdays from 10-midnight

· November 2002

· Sue Stiritz says so-long to receptionist job and returns to the life of a volunteer

· Fall Folk Fest feature

· Info of kids’ concerts: SPARC and Bottom Line String Duo

· First SIX day pledge drive

· December 2002

· NPR to bring back the Yiddish Radio Project

· Features about the history of Santa, Kwanzaa, Festival of Lights, as well as holiday programs

· Morning Edition releases its first ever original radio play, I’d Rather Eat Pants.

· January 2003

· Kids’ Concert presents “A Day in the Life of Mrs. Bach” featuring Darnelle Preston & the Spokane Children’s Chorus

· Michele Norris & Melissa Block join All Things Considered, also Steve Inskeep

· February 2003

· SPR and Spokane Regional Health present Growing Up Healthy with live forums

· Dawnelle Shaw joins the crew as Financial Assistant

· The Homeless Marathon airs on KSFC, 14 hour marathon focusing on nation’s homeless

· March 2003

· Martha Haynes joins as Mon-Tues receptionist; Cheryl-Anne Millsap leaves

· Large feature from NPR Ombudsman answering, “Why listen to public radio?”

· Navigating the Health Care Maze forum panelist bios & info

· April 2003

· Get Lit! with Jack Prelutsky

· Growing Up Healthy segment about child immunizations

· Info about KSFC range, also request to know if you can hear it where you are

· “Behind the mic: balancing news and fundraising”

· Stephanie Ingoldby joins the staff as Volunteer Coordinator

· May 2003

· Prairie Flyer bluegrass at kids’ concert

· Musicfest NW in the studio

· Pearl Django thank-you concert

· June 2003

· Volunteers of the year thanked

· Moko Jumbie kicks off 10th anniversary of Kids’ Concerts

· Live broadcast from Artfest coming up

· July 2003

· Evening Under the Stars auction list & info

· Genevieve (Janean’s daughter) born in May & noted here

· Comedy College: 13 part series of half hour shows showcasing comedians

· August 2003

· The Trailer Park Girls at the MAC, upcoming Kids’ Concert

· ADD call-in part of growing up healthy

· Summer Intern bios

· September 2003

· Mini-membership campaign for KSFC

· David Brown joins Marketplace

· NPR does “America through European Eyes” series; History of the Blues from African roots in fall

· NPR article on Wait-Wait’s Phil Goedicke, limerick master

· October 2003

· Kids’ Concert at Lewis & Clark to feature the pipe organ

· Fall Folk Festival moves to SCC (article)

· Mini-Obit of Ron Varela, long-time volunteer voice

· KSFC drive a success!

· November 2003

· Tom Lewis to sing sea songs at upcoming Kids’ Concert

· Growing Up Healthy: Tackling harassment in schools

· December 2003

· SPR announces cuts to programming for budget; NPR gets substantial contribution

· Holiday tradition history lesson from NPR librarian

· January 2004

· Chinese music at Kids’ Concert; SPR 24th b-day at CenterStage

· KPBX to air all three hours of Dan Maher’s Inland Folk

· Photos from Kids’ Concert at Auntie’s with harpist Krista Puller and stories from Auntie Violet

· Behind-the Scenes of Morning Edition

· February 2004

· Gearing up for R&V sale

· Homeless Marathon to air from Cleveland, OH mid-month

· SPR joins the Northwest Public Affairs Network (N3?) with article about Tom Banse

· March 2004

· Haran Irish Dancers to perform at next Kids’ Concert with Celtic Nots

· SPR forum to address careers, housing, government programs and more for Baby Boomers

· April 2004

· Next Kids’ Concert to feature safari based on Adventures of Riley book.

· Bob Edwards reassigned from Morning Edition to Senior News Correspondent position

· Alistair Cooke retires from BBC, ending the Letter from America series.

· May 2004

· Dick writes note about recent re-positioning of Bob Edwards; NPR does too

· Mothers’ Day Kids’ Concert with South Hill Ramblers (bluegrass)

· Thank you concert with Scott Kirby (piano) and Spokane Brass Works

· LeLola Scales moves to Business office; Native American Calling looks for new host

· June 2004

· Lots of listener praise for The Bookshelf replacing Radio Reader

· Underwriters/volunteers of the year thanked

· Wrap up of recent events: Get Lit!, ArtFest, MusicFest NW

· July 2004

· Listener and NPR response to Reagan coverage

· Evening under the stars info

· Upcoming Kids’ Concert to feature Celtic-centric dance and music

· Mary Cravens joins the SPR membership team

· August 2004

· Kids Concert to present ‘folkabilly’ with band “Sidetrack”

· Bob Edwards coming to Get Lit! next April

· September 2004

· Kids’ Concert: Oktoberfest with SPARC

· Marty Demarest moves on

· Story about young artists from Christopher O’Riley with local article on the NW arts scene

· Behind-the-scenes of All Things Considered

· October 2004

· Northwest News Network correspondent bios

· 11-part documentary series to honor Leonard Bernstein

· KPBX to air Bush-Kerry debates live with KSFC repeat

· 15 years of Marketplace article

· November 2004

· Spokane to bring back the Canote Brothers for upcoming Kids’ Concert

· Fall Folk Fest feature

· 30th Anniversary of radio hosting for Chas

· Dick Evans from Board of Directors to take over as Sunday Classical Host while Leonard is out

· Tom Bacon joins the team (in September)

· December 2004

· Upcoming Kids’ Concert at Aunties with Big Red Barn

· Michael Patoray feature, including 25th anniversary information

· LeLola Scales moves on

· January 2005

· New logo for SPR; lots of changes coming to the Guide (color, bi-monthly)

· SPR through the ages: recap of the last 25 years in timeline form

· February 2005

· Men in Black: Percussion quartet next Kids’ Concert

· Feature on Lakshmi Singh; R&V feature

· KPBX re-airs Jazz Masters, a 1987 series featuring local talent; Also re-airs The Pied Piper

· March/April 2005

· The Klezmer Band Kids’ Concert; Get Lit features Robert Munsch

· Health Forum about prostate problems

· Bob Edwards & Susan Stamberg at Get Lit; David Sedaris to appear at the Met

· Recap of the 25th Anniversary party with quotes from founders

· SPR welcomes financial assistant Cindie Treece

· May/June 2005

· Spokandolin featured at next Kids’ Concert, also Milogna (Latin dance music)

· Thank-you concert to feature the up and coming young musicians of the area

· Doug Nadvornick heads to DC for a bit; Suzanne Schreiner (an EWU journalism student) will help produce shows in his absence

· Terry Gross coming to Spokane in the fall

· Inland Journal in the running for national Murrow award

· KSFC to air Travel with Rick Steves

· July/August 2005

· Kids’ Concerts: Viva La France & Military Brass

· Katherine Gellhorn remembered at 15th annual Evening Under the Stars

· Article about CPB fighting congress to keep funding

· SPR gets several Murrows

· Kai Ryssdal joins Marketplace

· September/October 2005

· Kids’ Concert to feature Old-time Americana songs; Smart City’s Carol Coletta to speak in Spokane

· Q&A article with Terry Gross

· KSFC gets new programs and slight schedule shift

· Q&A info from July Community Advisory Meeting

· November/December 2005

· No copies in the folder…do you have one in your personal archives somewhere?

· January/February 2006

· Kids’ Concert to feature Mardi Gras with music by The Dixie Dandies and square dancing music by River City Ramblers

· Tori Piecuch joins the SPR family

· Performance Today pays tribute to Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks

· JazzSet returns to KPBX with host Dee Dee Bridgewater

· R&V Sale to feature the Olinda Duo and Keeler, Melvin, and Morse

· March/April 2006

· SPR Health Forum examines ADHD in children and adults

· Kids’ Concert to feature square dancing

· Poet Jack Prelutsky feature for April 22 Kids’ Concert

· Verne Windham feature

· R & V Sale moves more than 40,000 records

· May/June 2006

· Kids’ Concert features musical theatre “Give My Regards to Broadway”

· Woody Guthrie’s Legacy-Roll on, Columbia concert for Underwriters & Volunteers

· SPR features A Prairie Home Companion that hit the big screens June 2006

· Linda Yates returns, bio; intern Nick Fields

· July/August 2006

· Brassworks performs songs from Walt Disney movies and other shows through Spokane Symphony outreach program

· KSFC adds Word for Word program provided by American Public Media

· Feature on public radio podcasts: listen on your schedule, not ours

· September/October 2006

· Feature on the benefits of sustaining members

· KSFC Election Forum feature

· Despite summer storm, KPBX has a successful Evening Under the Stars

· Features on community intern Lisa Gonnella and engineering intern Todd Gibson

· November/December 2006

· Northwest Steel Guitar Association featured at the Met for Nov. 18 Kids’ Concert

· KPBX announces live broadcast of 11th Annual Fall Folk Festival

· NPR’s “This I Believe” has collected more than 10,000 personal essays

· January/February 2007

· Feature on Spokane Youth Orchestra

· Feature on R&V Sale

· Lincoln Center remembers Ed Bradley

· Performance Today moves to Minneapolis

· Feature on feedback from SPR listeners

· March/April 2007

· No copies in folder…

· May/June 2007

· KPBX hopes to keep streaming music despite new Internet radio rules

· Nacho Celtic Band featured at June Kids’ Concert

· Feature on Public Radio Talent Quest

· Amanda Loder joins SPR’s reporting staff

· Autism explored at SPR Health Forum

· July/August 2007

· Feature on benefits to becoming a sustaining member

· Olinda Duo brings music of South America to August 10 Kids’ Concert

· Preview feature and photos of Evening Under the Stars

· Preview feature and photos of Blues Cruise

· May 12 “Asian Intonation” featured traditional music from Japan and China

· Pearl Django visits Spokane’s Bing Crosby Theater and Sandpoint’s Panida Theater for the Underwriter and Volunteer Thank You concerts

· September/October 2007

· Preview feature on Election Forum

· Feature on Brian Flick

· November/December 2007

· Verne Windham shares his thoughts behind seasonal programming

· Fall Folk Festival article features profiles of different performers

· Shelley Sharp takes on marketing & public relations coordinator

· Volunteer spotlight on Valarie Compton

· January/February 2008

· Stephanie gives a positive spin on New Years Resolutions & giving

· Bill Wright: “The Guru’s Guide to the R&V”

· Mike Grabicki: “Rambling of a Confessed Vinyl Junkie”

· Cap’n Ruby & The Scurvy Dogs Kids Concert coming up

· Amy Laskowski joins the SPR team as Wed-Fri receptionist; John Johnson takes a break from JIHOP; Tina Bjorklund starts Village Rock; Frank Sennet ends The Alternative Source and goes to Chicago

· March/April 2008

· Health Forum: Focus on Fertility March 18

· SPR introduces Capital Campaign Director Kathleen Langenheim

· Kids’ Concerts to feature The Silver Spurs and Get Lit! 2008 presents children’s author Sarole Lexa Schaefer

· Feature on the Spring 2008 Pledge Drive

· Feature celebrating 20 years of Car Talk on NPR

· Feature on talk radio choice “Talk of the Nation”

· May/June 2008

· Live broadcast from Musicfest Northwest

· Q & A with Patrick Klausen

· Kids’ Concerts to feature Sidetrack and 12 talented performers including Headliner and Tedesca

· Feature on NPR winning the 67th Annual George Foster Peabody Award for the news quiz show “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!”

· Feature on special anniversary event celebrating 15 years and 150 events and counting

· News Director John Vlahovich reveices two Edward R. Murrow Awards

· July/August 2008

· Evening Under the Stars Preview

· Blues Cruise featuring Too Slim & The Taildraggers

· New programs were added to KSFC; Justice Talking, The State We’re In, Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Are We Alone?, A World of Possibilities, Wait…Wait. Don’t Tell Me, Le Show

· Feature on local sleep research that may lead to more efficient law enforcement

· September-October 2008

· A message from SPR’s new Board Chairman Paul Paroff

· Kids’ Concerts featuring Jenny Edgren/Molly Tenbrooks and music from Wide River

· SPR welcomes Development Assistant Neesha Schrom

· Doug Nadvornick returns to SPR as North Idaho Bureau Chief

· Feature on SPR Election Forum 2008: Initiative-1000

· NPR host and journalist Scott Simon speaks at SCC President’s Series

· NPR’s Juan Williams to speak in CDA to benefit the Idaho Humanities Council

· SPR staff heads to the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival, Art on the Green, and the Garland Street Fair to support the arts and meet listeners

· Feature meeting the 2008-09 Board of Directors

· November-December 2008

· SPR was awarded the Business Benefactor Award by the Spokane Arts Commission

· Other awards include 9 from Washington AP, 7 from Pacific NW Society of Professional Journalists, 4 1st place awards from Public Radio News Directors and nine from Edward R. Murrow awards

· December Kids’ Concert featured music from SPARC

· 2008-2009 Board of Directors, Part II

· Feature on America’s only multi-media celebrity chef, Jim Coleman

· January-February 2009

· KPBX Host John Johnson discusses a “A Hard Days Night,” the movie that started it all, and the band that influenced music forever…

· March-April 2009

· SPR Health Forum examines the causes & effects that hinder sleep, and introduces treatments that lead to uninterrupted rest… and features the forum’s experts

· March Kids’ Concert features tropical music from Moko Jumble & dance from The Silver Spurs

· SPR’s Match the face to the voice

· Website update

· KSCF introduces new program, “Sound Medicine”

· SPR welcomes Julie Bookstrom, membership office

· May-June 2009

· Musicfest Northwest broadcasts live from KPBX studios

· Feature on Musicfest alumna Rachel Cox

· Kids’ Concerts feature Austin Little, Don Thomsen, John Sylte, The Skillet Pickers and the Spokane British Brass Band Ensemble

· Feature on the Bike to Work Week

· Amanda Loder receives Regional Edward R. Murrow award for Native Health news series

· July-August 2009

· Kids’ Concerts feature Jenny Edgren, The Working Spliffs, and Carlos Alden

· Blues Cruise featuring Too Slim & the Taildraggers

· SPR podcasts

· September-October 2009

· New KSFC line-up & SPR on Facebook

· Upcoming Events: Cowboy music & poets Kids’ Concert, Fall Folk Fest on Halloween, State of the Region panel with local politicians & professionals, Fall Fund Drive

· Ira Glass gets Murrow Award; Verne Windham gets Allegro’s Bravo Award

· November-December 2009

· Kids’ Concert “The Swing Years” features Ann Fennessy and Kristina Ploeger, The Jazz Boyz and The Silver Spurs.

· Kids’ Concert “Traditions of Jewish Music” with the Kosher Red Hots

· January-February 2010

· Recording and Video Sale

· Kids’ Concert celebrates SPRs 30^th birthday with “A Rhythm & Bluegrass Birthday Bash”

· The Brazilian Hour added to Friday night line up from12-1am KPBX.

· Brion Foster awarded Inland Northwest Blues Association’s “Best Blues Radio Program” Empire Award.

· New program hosted by Tony Flinn, Just A Theory starts on KSFC, Sundays 6-6:30pm

· March- April 2010

· Kids’ Concert “Celtic Dance Party” featured The Celtic Nots and Haran Irish Dancers

· Kids’ Concert April 10 features Animal Crackers movie hosted by Leonard Oakland.

· Health Forum examines “Immunization Insights”

· May June 2010

· SPR Program Guide moves to quarterly publishing

· Kids’ Concert “Adventures!” features Spokane Youth Symphony

· Kids’ Concert features Panhandle Polecats

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcast

· SPR Thank You Concert features Spokane Falls Brass Band

· A Prairie Home Companion live broadcast from the Spokane Arena.

· Desmond Boston begins hosting Village Rock Saturdays at midnight

· July-September 2010

· Evening Under the Stars fundraising event, “Latin Fiesta”

· Kids’ Concert “Songs of Woody Guthrie” July 9

· KPBX Blues Cruise with Too Slim and The Taildraggers August 18

· SPR booth at Art of the Green event July 30-Aug 1

· October – December 2010

· Tom Parker joins SPR Board of Directors

· Kids’ Concert “Oktoberfest” featuring The Bottom Line and The Silver Spurs

· Kids’ Concert “Songs of the Sea” featuring Tom Lewis

· Kids’ Concert “Countdown to the Holidays” featuring Spokane Area Children’s Chorus

· KPBZ Remix Radio begins broadcasting at 90.3

· January – March 2011

· KPBX begins broadcasting in HD

· Kids’ Concert “The Roots of Ragtime” features composer/pianists Scott Kirby

· Kids’ Concert “Swingin’ Sock Hop” featuring The Shades and The Silver Spurs

· Recordings and Video sale

· April – June 2011

· Jack Wigen joins board of directors.

· Mary Harvill (receptionist) and Jessica Robinson (N3 correspondent) join SPR.

· SPR Presents “An Evening with Carl Kasell” at the Bing.

· SPR Thank You Concert -“Too Slim Unplugged”

· Kids’ Concert “Tribute to Django Reinhardt”

· Kids’ Concert “Leonardo’s World”

· MusicFest Northwest 2011 live broadcasts

· SPR Health Forum looks at the “Evolution of Alternative Medicine”

· SPR partners with Design Spike to launch new website.

· July – September 2011

· Kids’ Concert “Kutamba Coeurimba” celebrates the music of Africa

· SPR hosts booth at Art on the Green event at North Idaho College campus

· An Evening Under the Stars fundraising event

· Reporter and All Things Considered host Amanda Loder departs SPR for New Hampshire Public Radio

· October – December 2011

· Soundspace host and Arts Calendar producer Norvel Trosst retires after 20 years at SPR.

· Kids’ Concert “Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons featuring Tedesca String Quartet

· Kids’ Concert “The Songs of World War II”

· SPR welcomes Cokie Roberts to the Bing Crosby Theater

· Fall Folk Festival live broadcast

· Indie Bandstand hosted by Tim Herold starts on KPBX at 12am Sunday mornings.

· Mary Alberts and Jeff Foundation join the board of directors.

· Jenny Edgren (underwriting rep) and Luke Hutchinson (engineering assistant) join SPR.

· January – March 2012

· News correspondent Paige Browning joins SPR.

· Kids’ Concert featuring music of stage and screen,

· Kids’ Concert “Funkytown” featuring Soul Propierter

· SPR Health Forum March 13 examines “Northwest Water: Your Health, Your Life”

· SPR introduces new streamlined Program Guide

· Backwater Blues Hour hosted by Frank Delaney returns to KPBX on Saturdays at 10pm.

· Philosophy Talk and America’s Test Kitchen added to KSFC lineup.

· April – June 2012

· Kids’ Concert featuring The Portatos: Young Radical Accordion Band”

· SPR Presents: BeauSoliel avec Michael Douct

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcasts

· SPR Thank You Event with Scott Kirby main Street Souvenirs Concert

· Kids’ Concert: “A 100^th Year Tribute to the Father of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe”

· July – September 2012

· Laura Citino joins SPR as weekend board operator

· Kids’ Concert: Movie Matinee featuring Fantasia

· An Evening Under The Stars “Toga Party” fundraiser event

· Ask Me Another and LiveWire! Added to Saturday KPBX lineup.

· October – December 2012

· Dr. Cary Boyce joins SPR as General Manager.

· Kids’ Concert: “A Celtic Harvest” featuring Floating Crowbar

· SPR Presents “The Crazy Cool of Nellie McKay”

· SPR Presents “An Evening With Paula Poundstone”

· Kids’ Concert: “Music of the Revolutionary War”

· Service to Brewster restored following forest fire.

· January – March 2013

· Kids’ Concert “Teen Mozart”

· Recording and Video Sale

· Kids’ Concert: “Swing Time Sock Hop” featuring Spokane Jazz Orchestra

· April – June 2013

· SPR holds One Day Membership Drive

· SPR Presents NPR Political Correspondent Don Gonyea at the Bing Crosby Theater

· Kids’ Concert:“Dylan For Kids’”

· MusicFest Northwest 2013 live broadcast May 14-18

· SPR Thank You Event “SPR Goes to the Movies”

· TED Radio Hour comes to KSFC

· July – September 2013

· The Takeaway and Q with Jian Ghomesi replace the discontinued Talk of the Nation on KSFC

· Kids’ Concert: “Singalong with Dan Maher”

· Mary Cravens, Membership Coordinator, retires from SPR after 9 years

· October – December 2013

· SPR holds second “Done in One” single day pledge drive.

· Science Friday reinstated on KSFC

· Kids’ Concert:“Baroque Tuba” featuring S.P.A.R.C.

· SPR Presents Renee Montagne

· Kids’ Concert “Happy Days are Here Again” featuring Spokane Area Youth Choirs

· January – March 2014

· Kid’s Concert: Kids’ Guitar Hour with Leon Atkinson

· SPR Presents “Mardi Gras” with BeauSoleil

· Kids’ Concert: “Jammin’ Celtic Dance Party” with Carlos Alden

· “Done In One” March Pledge drive surpasses goal of 300 new members.

· April – June 2014

· Kids’ Concert: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs with Panhandle Polecats and Christopher Arndt

· Health Forum examines “Navigating Obamacare”

· SPR Presents Paula Poundstone

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcasts

· SPR Presents Fred Newman

· Kids’ Concert: Vagabonds Balkan Brass Band

· SPR breaks ground on new Fire Station studio at 1229 N Monroe Street

· Lewis & Clark High School students intern at SPR in production and marketing.

· July – September 2014

· Kids’ Concert: Moko Jumbie with reggae/calypso music

· SPR Goes to the Movies: A Hard Day’s Night

· Inland Northwest History Moment, a collaboration of SPR and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, airs Mondays and Sundays on KPBX

· Underwriting Representative Nancy Roth retires from SPR.

· October – December 2014

· Construction begins on Fire Station No. 3 studios.

· Kids’ Concert: Urban Coyote Bush Band

· SPR Presents Dr. Zorba Paster at the Bing

· SPR Presents Pearl Django

· Kids’ Concert: “Hope in Hard Times” featuring Depression-era music.

· Three day Fall membership drive “3x3”

· January – March 2015

· SPR celebrates 35 years of broadcasting.

· SPR Goes to the Movies: Coen Brothers Films

· Kids’ Concert: “Sixteen Strings” featuring symphony musicians

· Kids’ Concert: “Celtic Dance Party” with Floating Crowbar

· SPR Health Forum looks at “Unraveling the Mystery of MS”

· April – June 2015

· Kids’ Concert: “Western Reunion” featuring cowboy music and poetry

· SPR Presents Cokie Roberts at the Bing

· Kids’ Concert: MusicFest Northwest live at the Bing

· SPR Thank You Event featuring Too Slim and the Taildraggers Unplugged

· SPR Goes To The Movies: 2001 A Space Odyssey

· Kids’ Concert: The Canote Borthers

· July – September 2015

· Fundraising for equipment and installation for the new station begins.

· Kids’ Concert: Old Time Jam featuring Carlos Alden

· SPR Talks “Our Water, Our Future” on KPBX and KSFC

· October – December 2015

· SPR begins moving staff and equipment to new Fire Station No. 3 studio.

· “Warp Drive” cyber pledge drive raises funds to sustain operation during move.

· Kids’ Concert: “Tedesca” string quartet plays music in honor of autumn

· SPR Goes to the Movies: Alien at the Bing

· SPR Presents Paula Poundstone

· Wind storm knocks out power city-wide on first day of fall pledge drive

· January - March 2016

· SPR completes move to Fire Station No. 3 location.

· Open House held January 23

· Live performances begin in new SPR performance studios.

· Rescheduled “Fall Drive” held in January.

· April – June 2016

· Kids’ Concert: “Sourdough Songs” – Music from the Alaska Klondike

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcasts

· SPR Presents A Prairie Home Companion

· SPR Thank You Event showing documentary Buena Vista Social Club

· Kids’ Concert: “Piano Bench” hosted by Jim Tevenan

· July – September 2016

· Kids’ Concert: Meshugga Daddies

· SPR is Media Sponsor of 2^nd Annual Chinese Lantern Festival

· October – December 2016

· Kids’ Concert: Heartbreak Pass

· SPR fundraiser concert features Mark and Maggie O’Connor

· SPR covers local and regional candidates and issues leading up to election.

· Kids’ Concert: Sing-A-Long featuring Jen Edgren and Steve Simmons

· Ask Me Another joins Saturday lineup on KSFC and KPBX

· January – March 2017

· Kids’ Concert: “Music for Kings & Queens” features Tim Westerhaus presenting music of medieval and renaissance eras

· Kids’ Concert: “Celtic Dance Party” features Floating Crowbar

· Holiday Auction at Silver Car Auctions

· Article entitled “NPR is not for sale!”

· Pledge drive photos

· December 1996

· Holiday stuff

· Article on pg 22 by Doug N. “Election Results: Too Much, Too Soon Discourages Voters”

· Classical music with Verne featured Dr. Hans Moldenhauer

· Ice storm creates cold radios & warm hearts: power outages knocked radio off air for a day!

· January 1997

· Cover: Mica Peak equipment after mega-snowstorm

· SPR encourages listeners to write to congress for long term support (Reps from WA, OR, ID, MT listed)

· February 1997

· Cover: Patrick & Ann buried in vinyl, Celtic Nots (w/pic) kids’ concert

· KSFC announced for coming year! Inland Journal returns 4 times a week!

· Volunteer Dan Treecraft saves KPBX antenna in wild storm

· March 1997

· Letter from listener in Zacatecas, Mexico

· KPBX health forum about environmental impact/hazards to health

· April 1997

· Family of Thomas Griner had memorial donations made to SPR

· KPBX hosts Magic Flute at the Magic Lantern

· First 7-day membership drive announced

· Big story on Doug Hurd, author of Brain Rot

· May 1997

· Listener letter about too much focus on Gay/Lesbian issues

· KPBX hosts forum about retirement planning

· KPBX wins 3 Society of Professional Journalism awards

· Arbitron analysis proves fiscal efficiency compared with other public radio stations

· June 1997

· Further information on SPJ awards for news team – 15 in total!

· July 1997

· KPBX gets a generator!

· Auction list for An Evening Under the Stars

· August 1997

· KPBX theatre critic Jerry Kraft got his at the dunk tank

· Evening Under the Stars pics

· September 1997

· KPBX starting an endowment?

· This American Life hits the airwaves

· Remembering Katherine Gellhorn

· October 1997

· Rabbit Ears Radio presents kids classics, followed by the complete Star Wars Trilogy Saturdays

· New newsman Brian Bull

· GREAT mugshot of Dick Kunkel, Brian Flick, Doug Nadvornick, Jerry Olson & Verne Windham

· November 1997

· Eric & Kate Meisfjord present Pipkin Family Puppet Theater at kids’ concert

· PHC announced to come to Spokane June 26, 1998.

· NPR follows Unabomber trial

· Nancy Roth joins the staff as Underwriting Rep

· December 1997

· The generator’s merit proven & explained

· Staff photo

· Opera articles as well as features: the Met returns to SPR

· January 1998

· X-mas 07 playlist from Brian’s Jazz on Friday show

· Kate Hawkins born (& pictured)

· “Race at the Kitchen Table” panel headed by Doug Nadvornick

· February 1998

· Gunther Schuller in Spokane, Verne to interview

· Banjo extravaganza kids concert

· March 1998

· Health forum on menopause

· R&V, Kids Concert recaps

· April 1998

· Volunteer thank you event takes you around the world in 2 hours

· May 1998

· NPR documentary on the history of disabilities and the people who live with them

· Local Robert Theobald creates 6-part series on cultural interconnectivity, aired in cooperation with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

· June 1998

· News team awarded for journalistic excellence

· PHC is here! Stories about the performers to come & local recipe contest winners

· Dixieland Dandies play June KC

· KSPS lends a hand during satellite problems

· July 1998

· Listener feedback about local commentaries

· Weekend programming reshuffle…less opera

· KPBX broadcasts the Royal Fireworks Concert live

· August 1998

· Thank you note from PHC producer

· Linda Yates joins the crew

· Behind the scenes of PHC

· Kids Concert with Mozart & Susan Windham

· September 1998

· Brian’s playlist 9/25/98

· KPBX pays tribute to American Songbook

· Local story about Spokane’s COPS program on NPR by local producer/reporter Joe Zupan

· October 1998

· PHC Spokane to air on Halloween

· Gina McFarland & Karen Bell staff bios

· November 1998

· Kids Concert features a season preview with Spokane Public Library, Spokane Youth Orchestra String Quartet, Music for Youth and Spokane Civic Theatre

· KPBX airs series of citizens’ panels on homosexuality issues

· December 1998

· Opera returns!

· Fall drive a success, with photos of ex-board pres Warren Gross and George Cole, owner of the South Hill Basement of old.

· Evergreen Radio Reading Service article

· January 1999

· Sounds of the century showcased on All Things Considered.

· Marty Demarest features music of the 20th century, delving deep into the SPR music library.

· Birthday open-house announced

· February 1999

· R&V info & Gospel Choir at the KC

· Farewell to Doug Hurd’s commentaries

· March 1999

· Shoestring Quartet: classical meets jazz, folk & rap at KC

· Health forum tackles cancer

· April 1999

· KPBX hosts chocolate cook off (of sorts) during Zorba’s “For the Love of Chocolate Day”

· PHC features North Idaho teen

· Opera moves to Wednesdays at 7pm

· May 1999

· Variety Pak does big-band at Kids Concert, honoring centennial of Duke Ellington

· June 1999

· Volunteers of the Year: Bob Glatzer, Carlos Alden, Norma Rosenburger, Gavin Cooley

· NPR coverage of Kosovo aired

· More SPR news awards

· July 1999

· Not So Celtic Hour becomes Nacho Celtic (with great description! “Cheese on Corn”)

· An Evening Under the Stars auction list & write up

· “KSFC: SPR 48 hours a day!” Nifty new station up & running

· Staff & national “What are your reading this summer?” list

· August 1999

· Steve Jackson joins news team

· Interview with SPR intern Lilya Susko

· Carillon concert with Dr. Andrea McCrady

· KSFC program schedule

· Movies 101 debuts!

· September 1999

· NPR journalist Susan Stamberg in Spokane

· LeLola Scales becomes the next Development Assistant

· Local Spokane resident gets recipe on Zorba

· October 1999

· Tower upgrade for KPBX

· Listener looks back at 25 years of PHC

· KPBX salutes WA Trust Bank & Walt’s Mailing Service (with articles)

· New Volunteer Coordinator Lunne Stembridge

· November 1999

· Letter to KSFC from Eric Martin from Native American Calling

· Kids Concert: The Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Part 1

· Photo of Jerry with translator-decorated cake

· Charter Member reception kicks off anniversary festivities

· December 1999

· Holiday staph photo (16 pictured)

· Kids Concert: Songs and Stories of the Solstice

· Talk of the Nation listening & phone-in tips

· January 2000

· Kathy “then & now” photos at the KPBX board

· Article on history of station, starting with basement and extending beyond

· John Vlahovich & Rusty Nelson join the team

· New show: Beyond Computers

· KPBX & KSFC grids both appear on the back cover

· February 2000

· Ira Glass of This American Life appearing in Spokane, April

· Recap of 20th b-day bash

· March 2000

· Health forum on heart health

· Live performance for Nacho Celtic at the Civic

· SPR website gets an overhaul and more accessibility.

· Juan Williams becomes Talk of the Nation host.

· April 2000

· Local reader reads local book

· Special lecture series: Voices of Public Intellectuals: Feminism and the Practice of Democracy”

· Birthday presents for listeners: movies with the Movies 101 crew and more!

· May 2000

· Verne out for surgery and cancer treatments

· Zorba comes to Spokane

· The Cultivated Gardener on KSFC, article

· June 2000

· Summer traveling tips from NPR Tokyo correspondent Eric Weiner

· Verne thanks listeners for support during his leave

· Loose Leaf Book Company on KSFC, childrens’ books for grown-ups with Tom Bodet

· July 2000

· Coeurimba plays kids’ concert

· KSFC turns 1 and new license granted by FCC

· August 2000

· EUS, Kids’ Concert and Blues Cruise articles

· A Chef’s Table on KSFC

· September 2000

· Kids’ Concert honors Leonard Bernstein

· More awards for News Department

· KPBX series explores Loss

· World Radio Network Host & Exec. Producer John Fitzgerald article for KSFC

· October 2000

· KPBX and KSFC cover Election 2000

· Brian Lindsey joins the Saturday crew

· String band Salty Gravy for Kids Concert

· November 2000

· Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll part 2: Songs of Change & Protest

· Jaqueline Almdale leaves SPR

· First live broadcast at the Fall Folk Festival

· December 2000

· Holiday photo

· KPBX airs the Wonderful Wizard of Oz series over Christmas week

· Janean’s point of view of NPR studios during election night

· January 2001

· Kids’ Concert exploring the sounds of animals and machines

· Nancy Roth reads local memoir, Atomic Farmgirl: The Betrayal of Chief Qualchan, The Appaloosa, and Me by Teri Hein

· Fred Child becomes host of Performance Today

· Volunteer profile with Peg Mayer, stepping in while a full-time receptionist is found

· Movies101 interview and bio, of sorts

· February 2001

· SPR announces “special mention” announcements to honor b-day, graduation, etc

· Employer matching for SPR memberships

· Vol. Coordinator Lynne Stembridge moves on, Keli Cunningham takes over (articles)

· All Things Considered spin-off All Songs Considered becomes NPR’s first online-only show

· March 2001

· Women’s history month tribute to the women of NPR

· Health forum: The Mystery of Multiple Sclerosis

· Sue Stiritz hired as Mon-Tues receptionist

· April 2001

· Murrow Award to Doug Nadvornick for report on helping the homeless, locally

· Ira Glass visits KPBX

· Article on web streaming

· May 2001

· Listeners beg to get KSFC signal expanded

· Arts week feedback: send us your thoughts and comments about arts in the area, call-in show

· All Things Considered turns 30

· June 2001

· Summer reading recommendations from the staff

· Summer travel tips from NPR’s Julie McCarthy

· Photos from Greater Spokane Music and Allied Arts Festival

· Hawaiian music of Lokomaika’i at upcoming Kids’ Concert

· New series Pacific Time focuses on Asian interaction with the world…a different view for KSFC

· July 2001

· Running on Empty documentary on KSFC examines the energy crisis

· KSFC turns 2, with a fund drive to boost power!

· August 2001

· Article on KJ McCleary, taking the front desk Wed-Fri

· Dick describes what KSFC is and is not (not “talk”, but informative, intelligent discussion)

· Juan Williams talks to KPBX

· September 2001

· Kevin Klose and Don Gonyea to talk at the Met in September

· Nacho Celtic goes on hiatus, Boombox Classroom fills in (article)

· Article on LatinoUSA on KSFC

· Ann Torigoe-Hawkins comes back!

· October 2001

· Letter from Doug about Sept 11 coverage and what’s to come for the News crew

· Forum talks about End of Life issues

· UW Thank you event used as forum to talk about Terrorism

· Interview about KPBX monthly show “A Fine Frenzy”

· November 2001

· Live broadcast of Fall Folk Fest upcoming

· Kids Concert with Holladay & Siems

· Chas Schlesinger returns to the airwaves (big article)

· December 2001

· KSFC upgrade falling behind schedule as weather approaches

· Kids’ Concert of New Years Waltzing

· January 2002

· B-day party at Cameo Catering

· Bill Roesch series, “A Collector’s World of Opera” airs Wednesdays at 7pm

· Marty Demarest starts 15-part series exploring the string quartets of Shostakovich

· SPR hosts NPR’s Murray Horwitz

· February 2002

· EWU percussion ensemble to perform at upcoming Kids’ Concert, previous concert with Silver Spurs and Spokane Youth Orchestra recapped

· Photos from the birthday bash

· Story about Clark Fork, ID couple winning PHC getaway tickets

· March 2002

· Health Forum to discuss the “Dangers of Diabetes”

· Note from Dick regarding his heart surgery & medical leave

· “String Jam takes cartoon music to explore styles” – Kids’ Concert at North Central High School

· April 2002

· Article: “Public radio listenership at all-time high”

· KSFC begins to air On Point with article about the restructuring of the KSFC lineup

· Drawing for Jerry Seinfeld tickets and dinner at Cyrus O’Leary

· NPR’s Daniel Schorr receives Murrow Award & appears at WSU

· May 2002

· Piano Summit to be Thank You Concert: Brent Edstrom, Linda Siverts & Scott Kirby

· SPR to air African Opera

· Musicfest Northwest (Finally a name change!) featured on air.

· SPR to explore area poverty problem with featured programming

· June 2002

· Volunteers & Underwriters of the Year listed with bios.

· Upcoming kids’ concert with On The Side Band, featuring Dixieland, previous kids’ concert with Musicfest Northwest wrap-up

· July 2002

· Evening Under the Stars auction list

· New radio series The Brahms Chamber Music Project hosted/produced by Alex Goukassian

· NPR to follow cover as much worldwide information, especially the activity in Afghanistan

· August 2002

· KSFC power-boost update

· Watergate documentary series to air on KPBX

· Traditional and contemporary Native American tribal music at upcoming kids’ concert

· Farewell to Keli Cunningham, Volunteer Coordinator

· September 2002

· Opening letter from Dick Kunkel about cost of programming

· Airing of September 11th aftermath specials on KPBX and KSFC

· Forum examines standardized testing in Washington State

· Cheryl-Anne Millsap welcomed as new Volunteer Coordinator

· SPR news team gets PRNDI awards

· October 2002

· Improvements to virtual newsroom announced

· Blues Review evolves into Down Home Blues Saturdays from 10-midnight

· November 2002

· Sue Stiritz says so-long to receptionist job and returns to the life of a volunteer

· Fall Folk Fest feature

· Info of kids’ concerts: SPARC and Bottom Line String Duo

· First SIX day pledge drive

· December 2002

· NPR to bring back the Yiddish Radio Project

· Features about the history of Santa, Kwanzaa, Festival of Lights, as well as holiday programs

· Morning Edition releases its first ever original radio play, I’d Rather Eat Pants.

· January 2003

· Kids’ Concert presents “A Day in the Life of Mrs. Bach” featuring Darnelle Preston & the Spokane Children’s Chorus

· Michele Norris & Melissa Block join All Things Considered, also Steve Inskeep

· February 2003

· SPR and Spokane Regional Health present Growing Up Healthy with live forums

· Dawnelle Shaw joins the crew as Financial Assistant

· The Homeless Marathon airs on KSFC, 14 hour marathon focusing on nation’s homeless

· March 2003

· Martha Haynes joins as Mon-Tues receptionist; Cheryl-Anne Millsap leaves

· Large feature from NPR Ombudsman answering, “Why listen to public radio?”

· Navigating the Health Care Maze forum panelist bios & info

· April 2003

· Get Lit! with Jack Prelutsky

· Growing Up Healthy segment about child immunizations

· Info about KSFC range, also request to know if you can hear it where you are

· “Behind the mic: balancing news and fundraising”

· Stephanie Ingoldby joins the staff as Volunteer Coordinator

· May 2003

· Prairie Flyer bluegrass at kids’ concert

· Musicfest NW in the studio

· Pearl Django thank-you concert

· June 2003

· Volunteers of the year thanked

· Moko Jumbie kicks off 10th anniversary of Kids’ Concerts

· Live broadcast from Artfest coming up

· July 2003

· Evening Under the Stars auction list & info

· Genevieve (Janean’s daughter) born in May & noted here

· Comedy College: 13 part series of half hour shows showcasing comedians

· August 2003

· The Trailer Park Girls at the MAC, upcoming Kids’ Concert

· ADD call-in part of growing up healthy

· Summer Intern bios

· September 2003

· Mini-membership campaign for KSFC

· David Brown joins Marketplace

· NPR does “America through European Eyes” series; History of the Blues from African roots in fall

· NPR article on Wait-Wait’s Phil Goedicke, limerick master

· October 2003

· Kids’ Concert at Lewis & Clark to feature the pipe organ

· Fall Folk Festival moves to SCC (article)

· Mini-Obit of Ron Varela, long-time volunteer voice

· KSFC drive a success!

· November 2003

· Tom Lewis to sing sea songs at upcoming Kids’ Concert

· Growing Up Healthy: Tackling harassment in schools

· December 2003

· SPR announces cuts to programming for budget; NPR gets substantial contribution

· Holiday tradition history lesson from NPR librarian

· January 2004

· Chinese music at Kids’ Concert; SPR 24th b-day at CenterStage

· KPBX to air all three hours of Dan Maher’s Inland Folk

· Photos from Kids’ Concert at Auntie’s with harpist Krista Puller and stories from Auntie Violet

· Behind-the Scenes of Morning Edition

· February 2004

· Gearing up for R&V sale

· Homeless Marathon to air from Cleveland, OH mid-month

· SPR joins the Northwest Public Affairs Network (N3?) with article about Tom Banse

· March 2004

· Haran Irish Dancers to perform at next Kids’ Concert with Celtic Nots

· SPR forum to address careers, housing, government programs and more for Baby Boomers

· April 2004

· Next Kids’ Concert to feature safari based on Adventures of Riley book.

· Bob Edwards reassigned from Morning Edition to Senior News Correspondent position

· Alistair Cooke retires from BBC, ending the Letter from America series.

· May 2004

· Dick writes note about recent re-positioning of Bob Edwards; NPR does too

· Mothers’ Day Kids’ Concert with South Hill Ramblers (bluegrass)

· Thank you concert with Scott Kirby (piano) and Spokane Brass Works

· LeLola Scales moves to Business office; Native American Calling looks for new host

· June 2004

· Lots of listener praise for The Bookshelf replacing Radio Reader

· Underwriters/volunteers of the year thanked

· Wrap up of recent events: Get Lit!, ArtFest, MusicFest NW

· July 2004

· Listener and NPR response to Reagan coverage

· Evening under the stars info

· Upcoming Kids’ Concert to feature Celtic-centric dance and music

· Mary Cravens joins the SPR membership team

· August 2004

· Kids Concert to present ‘folkabilly’ with band “Sidetrack”

· Bob Edwards coming to Get Lit! next April

· September 2004

· Kids’ Concert: Oktoberfest with SPARC

· Marty Demarest moves on

· Story about young artists from Christopher O’Riley with local article on the NW arts scene

· Behind-the-scenes of All Things Considered

· October 2004

· Northwest News Network correspondent bios

· 11-part documentary series to honor Leonard Bernstein

· KPBX to air Bush-Kerry debates live with KSFC repeat

· 15 years of Marketplace article

· November 2004

· Spokane to bring back the Canote Brothers for upcoming Kids’ Concert

· Fall Folk Fest feature

· 30th Anniversary of radio hosting for Chas

· Dick Evans from Board of Directors to take over as Sunday Classical Host while Leonard is out

· Tom Bacon joins the team (in September)

· December 2004

· Upcoming Kids’ Concert at Aunties with Big Red Barn

· Michael Patoray feature, including 25th anniversary information

· LeLola Scales moves on

· January 2005

· New logo for SPR; lots of changes coming to the Guide (color, bi-monthly)

· SPR through the ages: recap of the last 25 years in timeline form

· February 2005

· Men in Black: Percussion quartet next Kids’ Concert

· Feature on Lakshmi Singh; R&V feature

· KPBX re-airs Jazz Masters, a 1987 series featuring local talent; Also re-airs The Pied Piper

· March/April 2005

· The Klezmer Band Kids’ Concert; Get Lit features Robert Munsch

· Health Forum about prostate problems

· Bob Edwards & Susan Stamberg at Get Lit; David Sedaris to appear at the Met

· Recap of the 25th Anniversary party with quotes from founders

· SPR welcomes financial assistant Cindie Treece

· May/June 2005

· Spokandolin featured at next Kids’ Concert, also Milogna (Latin dance music)

· Thank-you concert to feature the up and coming young musicians of the area

· Doug Nadvornick heads to DC for a bit; Suzanne Schreiner (an EWU journalism student) will help produce shows in his absence

· Terry Gross coming to Spokane in the fall

· Inland Journal in the running for national Murrow award

· KSFC to air Travel with Rick Steves

· July/August 2005

· Kids’ Concerts: Viva La France & Military Brass

· Katherine Gellhorn remembered at 15th annual Evening Under the Stars

· Article about CPB fighting congress to keep funding

· SPR gets several Murrows

· Kai Ryssdal joins Marketplace

· September/October 2005

· Kids’ Concert to feature Old-time Americana songs; Smart City’s Carol Coletta to speak in Spokane

· Q&A article with Terry Gross

· KSFC gets new programs and slight schedule shift

· Q&A info from July Community Advisory Meeting

· November/December 2005

· No copies in the folder…do you have one in your personal archives somewhere?

· January/February 2006

· Kids’ Concert to feature Mardi Gras with music by The Dixie Dandies and square dancing music by River City Ramblers

· Tori Piecuch joins the SPR family

· Performance Today pays tribute to Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks

· JazzSet returns to KPBX with host Dee Dee Bridgewater

· R&V Sale to feature the Olinda Duo and Keeler, Melvin, and Morse

· March/April 2006

· SPR Health Forum examines ADHD in children and adults

· Kids’ Concert to feature square dancing

· Poet Jack Prelutsky feature for April 22 Kids’ Concert

· Verne Windham feature

· R & V Sale moves more than 40,000 records

· May/June 2006

· Kids’ Concert features musical theatre “Give My Regards to Broadway”

· Woody Guthrie’s Legacy-Roll on, Columbia concert for Underwriters & Volunteers

· SPR features A Prairie Home Companion that hit the big screens June 2006

· Linda Yates returns, bio; intern Nick Fields

· July/August 2006

· Brassworks performs songs from Walt Disney movies and other shows through Spokane Symphony outreach program

· KSFC adds Word for Word program provided by American Public Media

· Feature on public radio podcasts: listen on your schedule, not ours

· September/October 2006

· Feature on the benefits of sustaining members

· KSFC Election Forum feature

· Despite summer storm, KPBX has a successful Evening Under the Stars

· Features on community intern Lisa Gonnella and engineering intern Todd Gibson

· November/December 2006

· Northwest Steel Guitar Association featured at the Met for Nov. 18 Kids’ Concert

· KPBX announces live broadcast of 11th Annual Fall Folk Festival

· NPR’s “This I Believe” has collected more than 10,000 personal essays

· January/February 2007

· Feature on Spokane Youth Orchestra

· Feature on R&V Sale

· Lincoln Center remembers Ed Bradley

· Performance Today moves to Minneapolis

· Feature on feedback from SPR listeners

· March/April 2007

· No copies in folder…

· May/June 2007

· KPBX hopes to keep streaming music despite new Internet radio rules

· Nacho Celtic Band featured at June Kids’ Concert

· Feature on Public Radio Talent Quest

· Amanda Loder joins SPR’s reporting staff

· Autism explored at SPR Health Forum

· July/August 2007

· Feature on benefits to becoming a sustaining member

· Olinda Duo brings music of South America to August 10 Kids’ Concert

· Preview feature and photos of Evening Under the Stars

· Preview feature and photos of Blues Cruise

· May 12 “Asian Intonation” featured traditional music from Japan and China

· Pearl Django visits Spokane’s Bing Crosby Theater and Sandpoint’s Panida Theater for the Underwriter and Volunteer Thank You concerts

· September/October 2007

· Preview feature on Election Forum

· Feature on Brian Flick

· November/December 2007

· Verne Windham shares his thoughts behind seasonal programming

· Fall Folk Festival article features profiles of different performers

· Shelley Sharp takes on marketing & public relations coordinator

· Volunteer spotlight on Valarie Compton

· January/February 2008

· Stephanie gives a positive spin on New Years Resolutions & giving

· Bill Wright: “The Guru’s Guide to the R&V”

· Mike Grabicki: “Rambling of a Confessed Vinyl Junkie”

· Cap’n Ruby & The Scurvy Dogs Kids Concert coming up

· Amy Laskowski joins the SPR team as Wed-Fri receptionist; John Johnson takes a break from JIHOP; Tina Bjorklund starts Village Rock; Frank Sennet ends The Alternative Source and goes to Chicago

· March/April 2008

· Health Forum: Focus on Fertility March 18

· SPR introduces Capital Campaign Director Kathleen Langenheim

· Kids’ Concerts to feature The Silver Spurs and Get Lit! 2008 presents children’s author Sarole Lexa Schaefer

· Feature on the Spring 2008 Pledge Drive

· Feature celebrating 20 years of Car Talk on NPR

· Feature on talk radio choice “Talk of the Nation”

· May/June 2008

· Live broadcast from Musicfest Northwest

· Q & A with Patrick Klausen

· Kids’ Concerts to feature Sidetrack and 12 talented performers including Headliner and Tedesca

· Feature on NPR winning the 67th Annual George Foster Peabody Award for the news quiz show “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!”

· Feature on special anniversary event celebrating 15 years and 150 events and counting

· News Director John Vlahovich reveices two Edward R. Murrow Awards

· July/August 2008

· Evening Under the Stars Preview

· Blues Cruise featuring Too Slim & The Taildraggers

· New programs were added to KSFC; Justice Talking, The State We’re In, Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Are We Alone?, A World of Possibilities, Wait…Wait. Don’t Tell Me, Le Show

· Feature on local sleep research that may lead to more efficient law enforcement

· September-October 2008

· A message from SPR’s new Board Chairman Paul Paroff

· Kids’ Concerts featuring Jenny Edgren/Molly Tenbrooks and music from Wide River

· SPR welcomes Development Assistant Neesha Schrom

· Doug Nadvornick returns to SPR as North Idaho Bureau Chief

· Feature on SPR Election Forum 2008: Initiative-1000

· NPR host and journalist Scott Simon speaks at SCC President’s Series

· NPR’s Juan Williams to speak in CDA to benefit the Idaho Humanities Council

· SPR staff heads to the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival, Art on the Green, and the Garland Street Fair to support the arts and meet listeners

· Feature meeting the 2008-09 Board of Directors

· November-December 2008

· SPR was awarded the Business Benefactor Award by the Spokane Arts Commission

· Other awards include 9 from Washington AP, 7 from Pacific NW Society of Professional Journalists, 4 1st place awards from Public Radio News Directors and nine from Edward R. Murrow awards

· December Kids’ Concert featured music from SPARC

· 2008-2009 Board of Directors, Part II

· Feature on America’s only multi-media celebrity chef, Jim Coleman

· January-February 2009

· KPBX Host John Johnson discusses a “A Hard Days Night,” the movie that started it all, and the band that influenced music forever…

· March-April 2009

· SPR Health Forum examines the causes & effects that hinder sleep, and introduces treatments that lead to uninterrupted rest… and features the forum’s experts

· March Kids’ Concert features tropical music from Moko Jumble & dance from The Silver Spurs

· SPR’s Match the face to the voice

· Website update

· KSCF introduces new program, “Sound Medicine”

· SPR welcomes Julie Bookstrom, membership office

· May-June 2009

· Musicfest Northwest broadcasts live from KPBX studios

· Feature on Musicfest alumna Rachel Cox

· Kids’ Concerts feature Austin Little, Don Thomsen, John Sylte, The Skillet Pickers and the Spokane British Brass Band Ensemble

· Feature on the Bike to Work Week

· Amanda Loder receives Regional Edward R. Murrow award for Native Health news series

· July-August 2009

· Kids’ Concerts feature Jenny Edgren, The Working Spliffs, and Carlos Alden

· Blues Cruise featuring Too Slim & the Taildraggers

· SPR podcasts

· September-October 2009

· New KSFC line-up & SPR on Facebook

· Upcoming Events: Cowboy music & poets Kids’ Concert, Fall Folk Fest on Halloween, State of the Region panel with local politicians & professionals, Fall Fund Drive

· Ira Glass gets Murrow Award; Verne Windham gets Allegro’s Bravo Award

· November-December 2009

· Kids’ Concert “The Swing Years” features Ann Fennessy and Kristina Ploeger, The Jazz Boyz and The Silver Spurs.

· Kids’ Concert “Traditions of Jewish Music” with the Kosher Red Hots

· January-February 2010

· Recording and Video Sale

· Kids’ Concert celebrates SPRs 30^th birthday with “A Rhythm & Bluegrass Birthday Bash”

· The Brazilian Hour added to Friday night line up from12-1am KPBX.

· Brion Foster awarded Inland Northwest Blues Association’s “Best Blues Radio Program” Empire Award.

· New program hosted by Tony Flinn, Just A Theory starts on KSFC, Sundays 6-6:30pm

· March- April 2010

· Kids’ Concert “Celtic Dance Party” featured The Celtic Nots and Haran Irish Dancers

· Kids’ Concert April 10 features Animal Crackers movie hosted by Leonard Oakland.

· Health Forum examines “Immunization Insights”

· May June 2010

· SPR Program Guide moves to quarterly publishing

· Kids’ Concert “Adventures!” features Spokane Youth Symphony

· Kids’ Concert features Panhandle Polecats

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcast

· SPR Thank You Concert features Spokane Falls Brass Band

· A Prairie Home Companion live broadcast from the Spokane Arena.

· Desmond Boston begins hosting Village Rock Saturdays at midnight

· July-September 2010

· Evening Under the Stars fundraising event, “Latin Fiesta”

· Kids’ Concert “Songs of Woody Guthrie” July 9

· KPBX Blues Cruise with Too Slim and The Taildraggers August 18

· SPR booth at Art of the Green event July 30-Aug 1

· October – December 2010

· Tom Parker joins SPR Board of Directors

· Kids’ Concert “Oktoberfest” featuring The Bottom Line and The Silver Spurs

· Kids’ Concert “Songs of the Sea” featuring Tom Lewis

· Kids’ Concert “Countdown to the Holidays” featuring Spokane Area Children’s Chorus

· KPBZ Remix Radio begins broadcasting at 90.3

· January – March 2011

· KPBX begins broadcasting in HD

· Kids’ Concert “The Roots of Ragtime” features composer/pianists Scott Kirby

· Kids’ Concert “Swingin’ Sock Hop” featuring The Shades and The Silver Spurs

· Recordings and Video sale

· April – June 2011

· Jack Wigen joins board of directors.

· Mary Harvill (receptionist) and Jessica Robinson (N3 correspondent) join SPR.

· SPR Presents “An Evening with Carl Kasell” at the Bing.

· SPR Thank You Concert -“Too Slim Unplugged”

· Kids’ Concert “Tribute to Django Reinhardt”

· Kids’ Concert “Leonardo’s World”

· MusicFest Northwest 2011 live broadcasts

· SPR Health Forum looks at the “Evolution of Alternative Medicine”

· SPR partners with Design Spike to launch new website.

· July – September 2011

· Kids’ Concert “Kutamba Coeurimba” celebrates the music of Africa

· SPR hosts booth at Art on the Green event at North Idaho College campus

· An Evening Under the Stars fundraising event

· Reporter and All Things Considered host Amanda Loder departs SPR for New Hampshire Public Radio

· October – December 2011

· Soundspace host and Arts Calendar producer Norvel Trosst retires after 20 years at SPR.

· Kids’ Concert “Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons featuring Tedesca String Quartet

· Kids’ Concert “The Songs of World War II”

· SPR welcomes Cokie Roberts to the Bing Crosby Theater

· Fall Folk Festival live broadcast

· Indie Bandstand hosted by Tim Herold starts on KPBX at 12am Sunday mornings.

· Mary Alberts and Jeff Foundation join the board of directors.

· Jenny Edgren (underwriting rep) and Luke Hutchinson (engineering assistant) join SPR.

· January – March 2012

· News correspondent Paige Browning joins SPR.

· Kids’ Concert featuring music of stage and screen,

· Kids’ Concert “Funkytown” featuring Soul Propierter

· SPR Health Forum March 13 examines “Northwest Water: Your Health, Your Life”

· SPR introduces new streamlined Program Guide

· Backwater Blues Hour hosted by Frank Delaney returns to KPBX on Saturdays at 10pm.

· Philosophy Talk and America’s Test Kitchen added to KSFC lineup.

· April – June 2012

· Kids’ Concert featuring The Portatos: Young Radical Accordion Band”

· SPR Presents: BeauSoliel avec Michael Douct

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcasts

· SPR Thank You Event with Scott Kirby main Street Souvenirs Concert

· Kids’ Concert: “A 100^th Year Tribute to the Father of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe”

· July – September 2012

· Laura Citino joins SPR as weekend board operator

· Kids’ Concert: Movie Matinee featuring Fantasia

· An Evening Under The Stars “Toga Party” fundraiser event

· Ask Me Another and LiveWire! Added to Saturday KPBX lineup.

· October – December 2012

· Dr. Cary Boyce joins SPR as General Manager.

· Kids’ Concert: “A Celtic Harvest” featuring Floating Crowbar

· SPR Presents “The Crazy Cool of Nellie McKay”

· SPR Presents “An Evening With Paula Poundstone”

· Kids’ Concert: “Music of the Revolutionary War”

· Service to Brewster restored following forest fire.

· January – March 2013

· Kids’ Concert “Teen Mozart”

· Recording and Video Sale

· Kids’ Concert: “Swing Time Sock Hop” featuring Spokane Jazz Orchestra

· April – June 2013

· SPR holds One Day Membership Drive

· SPR Presents NPR Political Correspondent Don Gonyea at the Bing Crosby Theater

· Kids’ Concert:“Dylan For Kids’”

· MusicFest Northwest 2013 live broadcast May 14-18

· SPR Thank You Event “SPR Goes to the Movies”

· TED Radio Hour comes to KSFC

· July – September 2013

· The Takeaway and Q with Jian Ghomesi replace the discontinued Talk of the Nation on KSFC

· Kids’ Concert: “Singalong with Dan Maher”

· Mary Cravens, Membership Coordinator, retires from SPR after 9 years

· October – December 2013

· SPR holds second “Done in One” single day pledge drive.

· Science Friday reinstated on KSFC

· Kids’ Concert:“Baroque Tuba” featuring S.P.A.R.C.

· SPR Presents Renee Montagne

· Kids’ Concert “Happy Days are Here Again” featuring Spokane Area Youth Choirs

· January – March 2014

· Kid’s Concert: Kids’ Guitar Hour with Leon Atkinson

· SPR Presents “Mardi Gras” with BeauSoleil

· Kids’ Concert: “Jammin’ Celtic Dance Party” with Carlos Alden

· “Done In One” March Pledge drive surpasses goal of 300 new members.

· April – June 2014

· Kids’ Concert: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs with Panhandle Polecats and Christopher Arndt

· Health Forum examines “Navigating Obamacare”

· SPR Presents Paula Poundstone

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcasts

· SPR Presents Fred Newman

· Kids’ Concert: Vagabonds Balkan Brass Band

· SPR breaks ground on new Fire Station studio at 1229 N Monroe Street

· Lewis & Clark High School students intern at SPR in production and marketing.

· July – September 2014

· Kids’ Concert: Moko Jumbie with reggae/calypso music

· SPR Goes to the Movies: A Hard Day’s Night

· Inland Northwest History Moment, a collaboration of SPR and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, airs Mondays and Sundays on KPBX

· Underwriting Representative Nancy Roth retires from SPR.

· October – December 2014

· Construction begins on Fire Station No. 3 studios.

· Kids’ Concert: Urban Coyote Bush Band

· SPR Presents Dr. Zorba Paster at the Bing

· SPR Presents Pearl Django

· Kids’ Concert: “Hope in Hard Times” featuring Depression-era music.

· Three day Fall membership drive “3x3”

· · 1980

· January 20 – KPBX goes on the air with Stravinsky’s version of “The Star Spangled Banner.”

· May 18 – Mt. St. Helens erupts, stopping the first ever pledge drive.

· Fall pledge drive November 10-15

· 1981

· Dick Wellstood performs a benefit concert in the Skylight Court of Riverpark Square on April 25.

· James McTigue takes over as Board of Directors

· Jazz Trio of Brian Flick, Mark Ivester and Dan McCollim live on the air July 4

· Jazzathon held August 15 as a 12-hour fund raiser

· Beethoven Spectacular November 21 from 8am to 7pm

· 1982

· KPBX Second Anniversary International Festivals at Moreland’s with Italian, German & Spanish cuisine.

· CAB to be held Feb 18 at GU

· May 16, Tin Ear presents KPBX’s Spring Jazz Festival featuring Art Lande

· Martha Shannon joins staff as Development Director. Bridget Piper is elected president of the board.

· Karl Haas of Adventures in Good Music in Spokane April 18

· Marvin Granger resigns; Richard Malawista takes over

· Red Clay Ramblers benefit concert, August 2 at Ahab’s Whale, 1221 N Stevens

· Big Band Bash, November 13 at the Sheraton-Spokane Hotel

· 1983

· January – Lord of the Rings is read in a 26 part series

· Simulcast series with KSPS of Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen

· Inland Northwest Voices, produced by KPBX, feature interview with published authors living/working in the area.

· NPR ends “Communique,” “NPR Journal,” and “Options in Education”

· Live call-in to answer questions

· February

· Black History Month Specials: Jonah Jones, William Warfield, Eubie Blake and a Jazz Alive! Special

· The Empire Strikes Back & the Lord of the Rings continue

· Pledge week themed “Your Ticket to the Arts” with goal of $40,000.

· March

· International Buffets to benefit KPBX at Moreland’s Restaurant & wine bar, featuring Hungarian, American and Mediterranean food

· Pledge drive totals over $45,000 and 728 pledges

· April

· KPBX starts series of programs about Mozart, hosted by the Associate Professor of Music from UCLA

· Public affairs series on the nuclear war

· May

· SPR pledge drive dubbed “Election Fraud” asking listeners to vote for their favorite composers, artists, etc. “Remember, at KPBX, corruption counts!!”

· Jane Austin joins the staff as a reporter

· “The Mind’s Eye” series of dramatizations of Jane Austen’s work, starting with Pride & Prejudice

· June

· August

· Concert with Alex DeGrassi at Ahab’s Whale

· Listener Call-in August 9

· Jazz Alive! Salutes women with 4 programs

· Participating in noontime concert series Out to Lunch with two concerts

· September

· Bob & Ray Returns

· 10-part series on Beethoven’s life and works begins

· 2^nd Annual Musical Feast: Information about music and cuisine!

· October

· Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz begins, as do Jazz Night from Las Vegas, Concert by Composers, Totally Wired, and The Opera Box with Jim Sveda

· Readings of Sherlock Holmes, and Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe

· Brainstorming session for a Prairie Home Companion party

· November

· Big Band Bash at Cavanaugh’s Inn at the Park, November 5

· Pledge Drive Stats: Goal of $60,000, Total of $60,411 by 1,041 listeners, 387 of whom were new

· Benefit recital for KPBX featuring members of the Organists Guild, Nov. 13

· Raffle from Edward Mashall Boehm Studios & the Crescent

· Special Benefit showing of La Traviata at the Magic Lantern Theatre, November 3

· December

· “Say it with radio” campaign. Honor a loved one with a day of programming dedicated to them. Announcements were broadcast 4 times throughout the day for $100.

· 1984

· January

· New format for guide, slightly, with underwriters listed by category of support at the beginning. Similar to the current guide format, actually

· February

· Radio Reader features “Growing Up” by Russell Baker, read by Garrison Keillor

· A four-part series on jazz on film

· The Corporate Conscience, a new series examining trends in business social responsibility.

· Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by the BBC

· “Going Places with KPBX” theme to pledge drive

· Obituary for Arthur Martin (who drew the cover art for most of the guides)

· March

· A Prairie Home Companion Party benefit, March 11 at the Sons of Norway Hall

· Four-part series focusing on “American Women in Jazz”

· 10-part series on Immigrant Women in America

· April

· Bob & Ray back again

· “Bradbury 13” a 13-part sci-fi series featuring the short stories of Ray Bradbury

· New jazz series “Duke Ellington is Forever”

· “Session” features jazz from the Netherlands

· Dictaphone needed!

· May

· “Voices from the Age of Elegance” A two-part documentary on historic Browne’s Addition, with interviews from the residents. Part of the Browne’s Addition Neighborhood Festival, May 12

· George Cole starts new series “Mind Set” about ideas, opinions and people of Spokane.

· “The Early Bluesman” series by Frank Delaney

· PHC 10^th anniversary trivia

· NPR new series “Faces, Mirrors & Masks: 20^th Century Latin American Fiction”

· June

· Four-part series “Quest for Peace” explores the history of American peace movements

· July

· South of France Buffet benefit at Moreland’s

· August

· Jazzathon on KPBX 8pm-7am with live performances

· First Annual Bikeathon

· KPBX production “Inland NW Voices” gets National distribution

· September

· Make a Sound Investment with KPBX at the next pledge drive. Premiums include: checkbook covers for $60 and up, and $120 and uppers will get a vinyl pocket secretary with a notebook and pen.

· First Annual KPBX Bike-A-Thon was held Aug. 5 and raised $12k with 47 “Pedal Pushers for Public Radio” whose names are listed

· Burlington Northern grand for the “Public Awareness Project” with encouragement to write thanks to B.N.

· Summer dinner benefits at Moreland’s Restaurant on July 19 and August 1 netted $925 for the station

· Thanks to participants in the Jazzathon from August 18, which raised $2,410 and featured a jazz poll.

· October

· Article about Reagan’s veto to “obviously excessive” funding for CPB

· Returning fall stories include “Star Wars” and “A Canticle for Leibowitz” as well as “The Mist” “Fall of the House of Usher” and “Radio Rep.”

· KPBX gets WAMPUM grant.

· 15-part series on “The Challenge of China and Japan” begins.

· Annual Big Band Bash to be held Oct 27 at Cavanaugh’s

· November

· Pledge Drive wrap-up: $69,619 net, 452 new members

· The Spokane Falls Brass Band appears on PHC, as well as a re-broadcast of Garrison Keillor’s speech “Changing the Lightbulbs: Can We Meet the Comedic Needs of the 80s?”

· Morning Edition turns 5

· Expanded pos-election coverage

· Summer Storm from local author Jake Wallace premiers on Radio Reader, as is Gore Vidal’s “Lincoln”

· December

· Article on Reagan’s second veto of CPB’s funding proposal.

· Letter from Mary Hawkins about a sparrow in the control room which flipped off the transmitter

· 1985

· January

· From a project in George Cole’s Basement to its 5^th year, a note from Susan Wallace, President of the Board. Also a good, concise history.

· Inland Northwest Voices, produced by Phyllis Silver, still going strong (small article)

· Sidran on Record is a 13 week series looking at new releases

· Six one-hour programs of Dixieland Jubilee, the world’s largest international jazz festival

· February

· Garrison Keillor comes to the Opera House, Feb 5 with Chet Atkins

· Prairie Home Companion party to be March 10 at the Sons of Norway Hall again

· Radio begins at 5am instead of 6, starting Feb 4, with Morning Edition

· March

· Women’s History Week programs

· Vintage Jazz from the Vineyard, midnight-1am on Saturday nights

· Celebrating 300 years of Bach, programming for his 300^th b-day on March 21, as well as a benefit from the American Guild of Organists at Messiah Lutheran Church

· KPBX participates in the live call-in Tax Clinic March 2

· April – COVER – “Without the public, we’d just be radio”

· Fresh Air debuts

· Interview about Marian McPartland

· KPBX presents Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute at the Magic Lantern

· May

· PHC’s Butch Thompson appears with SJO

· Three new programs begin:

§ Bay Area Radio Drama

§ Now Nordine

§ New Age Spectrum

· KPBX carries two live broadcasts of the 14^th Annual Northwest Folk Festival

· KPBX presents Carmen at the Magic Lantern

· Series from Senator Paula Hawkins about children’s rights called “Children at Risk”

· June

· Second Annual KPBX Bike-A-Thon

· Article on Noah Adams, “the Indiana Jones of Public Radio”

· Nine-part series of radio dramas called “Midnight”

· New series “Jazz at the Institute” and “Now Nordine”

· Win a weekend in St. Paul with PHC

· Drive Results: goal of $65k, total of $66,449

· July - Cover: Doonesbury comic trying to get callers

· “NPR Stations Adopt New Funding Plan”

· “CPB President Resigns”

· Garrison Keillor receives the Edward R. Murrow Award

· New show: A Private Space: The Personal Diaries of Women

· August

· Hewlett-Packard gives $200,000 to NPR’s science coverage

· KPBX receives funding from WA State Arts Commission

· Tribute to Charlie Parker

· September

· 82 bicyclists raise $13,500 in pledges from the third annual Bike-A-Thon

· Noah Adams interview

· Note from the GM

· November

· Harlem Hit Parade history of 1940’s R&B series

· Hearts of Space begins

· KPBX shuffles programming: Morning edition 5-9, classical 9-4, ATC/pub affairs 4-6, radio drama 6-7, symphony concerts 7-10, jazz til signoff

· December

· Radio Reader features “The Grasshopper Trap” by Patrick McManus

· Listener letter from Jane Fairchild about news & public affairs programs

· (1986?)

· January 1987

· KPBX celebrates 7 years

· October 1987

· KPBX sponsors International Beer Tasting Festival at the Floral Hall at the Interstate Fairgrounds

· March 1988 - no articles

· August 1988 – no articles

· September 1988

· Dick Kunkel welcomed as General Manager and Program Director, effective

· October 15 1988

· New South Hill translator installed

· Winter 1988

· Dick Kunkel writes article explaining mission statement of KPBX

· Spring 1989 – NA

· Summer 1989

· Garrison Keillor returns to public radio with “American Radio Company of the Air”

· Autumn 1989

· Jim Feehan becomes News Director

· January February March 1990

· “Car Talk” begins on KPBX in January

· April May June 1990

· Marian McPartland comes to Spokane Public Radio

· Summer 1990

· Beginning on July 5 for seven consecutive Thursdays, KPBX broadcasts one-hour documentaries: “The Gorbachev Revolution: Promises and Perils.”

· July August September 1990

· Classic “Bob and Ray” show returns

· Spokane Symphony performances are broadcast at 8:00 pm on Tuesdays

· (monthly publications resume)]

· October 1990

· Also, Sylvia Baker resigns as Business Manager to work full time teaching private music lessons in saxophone, clarinet and flute. She had just completed 28 years with the Spokane Symphony.

· Linda Stowe is welcomed as the new Business Manager.

· November 1990

· Doug Nadvornik arrives in the newsroom.

· “Corporate Membership Drive Begins”

· December 1990

· “Translator Project Profile” Sandpoint ID to Creston BC (nice article)

· (All through this year and perhaps beyond, there are numerous and sometimes long letters from listeners)

· January 1991

· First mention of Recordings and Video Sale – “The KPBX Record, tape and CD Sale” at REI who hosted the event.

· February 1991

· The R&V sale “made almost $3,000” from 3,500 recordings. Special thanks to DJ’s Sound City, REI, Street Music, Frederick and Nelson and Waldenbooks.

· Susan Laney, KPBX’s afternoon classical music host, performs with Michael Price and Margaret Berry at the Metropolitan Performing Arts Center and is later broadcast.

· March 1991

· Verne Windham becomes Director of Arts and Performance Programming.

· Arlo Guthrie comes to Spokane, presented by the Columbia Folk Association and KPBX. Arlo performs at the Met. Performance scheduled for Sunday, April 7.

· April 1991

· May 1991

· Interesting article by Doug Nadvornik about how KPBX makes programming decisions.

· June 1991 – COVER picture of Verne Windham blowing his horn.

· Article about the come-and-gone Joe Zupan.

· “National Native News” broadcast by KPBX begins.

· Local program “Art a la Carte” begins broadcasting Fridays at 6:30 pm.

· July 1991

· August 1991 – COVER staff pictures

· Dick summarizes the past year – he calls it “eventful.”

· September 1991

· Picture on page 3 of Katherine Gellhorn serving cake (to Verne, it looks like) at the Evening Under the Stars.

· Vakhtang Jordania’s debut as artistic director of Spokane Symphony will air September 3.

· Long article by Dick Kunkel about business underwriting.

· October 1991

· Long article about Jim Armstrong who was a community producer.

· Long article about announcer Warren Harshbarger.

· November 1991

· Long article about Nancy Roth, alias Rita Heldenlaben, a volunteer.

· December 1991

· Long article about music programming on the 200th anniversary of Mozart’s death.

· January 1992

· Good photo of Dan Maher; good photo of Marian McPartland, also

· The River City Chili cookoff advertised for March: live blues, chili tasting, commemorative T’s, prizes benefiting SPR

· February 1992

· Iowa Writers Workshop: Saturdays at 3

· March 1992

· Fantastic photo of Brian Flick with long hair and a big smile

· April 1992

· Long article on volunteer Jack Brandmueller.

· May 1992

· Article about Nina Totenberg winning prestigious awards.

· Children’s Literature Roundtable article

· June 1992

· Beginning of 5 part series on fundamentalist religions called The Glory & The Power: Fundamentalisms Observed

· Article about Car Talk

· Free Olde Fashioned Picnic at CDA park for games, folk dancing, music and an opportunity to meet board and employees

· July 1992

· 9th annual Bikathon ad for August 1

· Books in motion read The Secret Garden

· August 1992

· Bob & Ray return again

· Susan Layne of afternoon classics writes a farewell note

· September 1992

· Thirteen week series on modern technology and communication begins: Communications Revolution 1992

· October 1992

· “American Indian Music Dance and Song: From the Dessert & the Tundra” featured on Folk Masters

· November 1992

· Neil Elwell hosts KPBX Blues Review

· Posting of the Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network 92-93 season: 20 operas

· December 1992

· Terrific picture of KPBX staff in (blue?) KPBX long-sleeved shirts

· 5th annual KPBX Classic Auction: Planet Lounge played, hors d’oeuvres, classic cars, etc, hosted by Silver Car Auctions: Admission $5

· January 1993

· Profile of board member Mike Currin

· Translator profile of Omak translator

· February 1993

· Recordings & Videos Sale at REI

· Announcer bio of Norvel Trosst

· March 1993

· Public Radio receives duPont Golden Baton award for overall news excellence. First time that the duPont-Columbia’s highest honor is given to news.

· April 1993

· Article about Dick Kunkel

· June 1993

· Celebrating Underwriter Appreciation Month with an article on pg. 15

· New building signs donated by Screen Tech and installed by Owen Mir

· July 1993

· Planned two specials about Ella Fitzgerald’s 75th birthday

· August 1993

· KPBX Jazz cruise: September 1: Complementary taco bar, fiesta décor, no-host beverage bar, $17.50 per person.

· September 1993

· More board member profiles: Chuck Harris

· October 1993

· PHC returns

· Shortened membership drive features performances by: Alex Bedini Trio, Jazz Sweet, Blues Review with live performances by Neil Elwell & guests

· November 1993

· Planning to air a special report on Florida’s Ginnie Springs called Water: Thirsting for Tomorrow. It’s a combination of NPR and National Geographic

· CBC series: “Cranial Pursuits”—a series about human brains

· December 1993

· Holiday concert schedule

· Broadcast of the Kids’ Concert

· January 1994

· “Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Traditions” series with NPR & the Smithsonian

· Article on African American Sacred Music history

· February 1994

· Talk about the R&V sale

· March 1994

· “Cures & Costs: Healthcare Reform in America” public issues forum presented by SPR and the Spokane Public Library with Doug Nadvornick moderating and a huge panel

· April 1994

· “Breaking the Cycle: How Do We Stop Child Abuse” – four-part series from NPR with local series hosted by Doug Nadvornick with local experts and listener call in

· May 1994

· Maya Angelou will host City arts of San Francisco

· Mothers Day special surveying religious music “Music of the Spirit: A Celebration of Inspirational Music from Gregorian Chant to Amy Grant”

· June 1994

· Family storytelling program: Rabbit Ears Radio with lots of notable names. Hosted by Mel Gibson on Fridays at 6:30s. With lots of nifty musicians also.

· July 1994

· Larry Josephson hosts “Bridges: A Liberal/Conservative Dialogue”

· Several July specials: Capitol Steps, Royal Blues, etc.

· July 4th radio spectacular by the Cincinnati Pops; Civil War concert by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason; music in the time of war; Cooking special: “4th of July Table”; American Roots

· September 1994

· Performance Today critic Ted Libby helps NPR & KPBX celebrate classical music month with a top 10 list of music for starting a classical music library on pg 12

· October 1994

· Gonzaga faculty jazz quartet featured in the KPBX kids’ concert.

· November 1994

· Bruce Davis starts Big Band Era Jazz with big article on pg 11

· December 1994

· KPBX airs Winter Solstice: 15th annual winter consort solstice celebration amongst other numerous holiday stuff

· Staff profile of Verne Windham

· January 1995

· 15th anniversary! Photo of Translator on Mica Peak and photo of Marvin Granger (1st GM)

· Future of Public Radio is on the line! “Calling in our Chips” article by Dick Kunkel

· February 1995

· Radio series goes inside the Gingritch revolution: 13 week series

· Announcer profile on Lakshmi Singh

· March 1995

· Update on healthcare reform in WA: Cures & Costs

· Presented on-air Timber Summit by Doug Nadvornick

· April 1995

· NPR Airs Eugene O’Neill’s play Lazarus Laughed

· May 1995

· Peter Schickele comes to Spokane May 23 for Thank You Concert in cooperation with EWU

· June 1995

· Public Forum on “NW Environment: Taking Responsibility” at city council chambers

· July 1995

· Photo of Arbor Crest Cliffhouse (cover) for Evening Under the Stars

· Two staff members leave for other opportunities: Staci Erickson Membership Director and Kitty Shelden Secretary

· August 1995

· Kids’ Concert in CDA at city park: Spokane Brass Works performed

· Article by Dick encouraging people to be in touch with federal representatives about public broadcast funds

· Article for an evening with Bob Edwards, Host of Morning Edition. Intermission reception done courtesy of Fugazzi, Caterina Winery and Cravens Coffee

· September 1995

· Underwriter award profile: Sayre & Sayre

· October 1995

· Spokane Area Children’s Chorus performs for Kids’ Concert

· Wynton Marsalis and Billy Taylor both have new Jazz shows

· November 1995

· Highlights include: Clesmer Conservatory Band on PHC, Arturo Sandoval on Jazz @ the Kennedy Center, Leslie Stratton-Norris of CDA, etc

· “Where Have All My Programs Gone” article by Verne Windham about changing of program roster…in one issue so many diverse programs changed/ended

· December 1995

· Hannukah, Solstice, Christmas & New Years’ specials abound

· January 1996

· “The Health Journal” begins, hosted by Doug Nadvornick. Weekly call-in health series

· February 1996

· “African American Music Tree II” series devoted to Black History Month

· Several programs for Black History Month

· Began Piano Fund campaign to buy the grand piano: article that has a lot of history of in-house performers from jazz to classical to everything else

· March 1996

· Radio Dramas presented by Spokane Civic Theatre: “The Last Touchy Feely Drama on the American Stage” by Greg Gamble and Lee Howard; “Atlantic Crossing” by Jeffey Embler

· April 1996

· Classic radio plays presented in “13 by Corwin” featuring famous voices

· May 1996

· Documentaries from NPR/National Geographic on nature conservation

· June 1996

· Guitar Summit, June 4, featuring Leon Atkinson

· July 1996

· Classic Folk Series: The Midnight Special from WFMT promising diverse/eclectic variety

· Music for Dancing and such by Pamela McGuire at An Evening Under the Stars

· August 1996

· New piano photo on the cover with key cast

· September 1996

· Ann Torigoe-Hawkins joins the staff

· Feature on Performance Today

· COWS begins

· Garrison Keillor interview Studs Terkel

· Long article: Is NPR for sale? Will editorial integrity take a back seat to the bottom line?

· Lots of great photos from the July Kids’ Concert

· October 1996

· Fall membership drive: Support the ones we love! Pledge for your program

· Janean Jorgenson became the Community Relations director

· Dick Kunkel writes “Federal Support Still Shrinking”

· November 1996

· Holiday Auction at Silver Car Auctions

· Article entitled “NPR is not for sale!”

· Pledge drive photos

· December 1996

· Holiday stuff

· Article on pg 22 by Doug N. “Election Results: Too Much, Too Soon Discourages Voters”

· Classical music with Verne featured Dr. Hans Moldenhauer

· Ice storm creates cold radios & warm hearts: power outages knocked radio off air for a day!

· January 1997

· Cover: Mica Peak equipment after mega-snowstorm

· SPR encourages listeners to write to congress for long term support (Reps from WA, OR, ID, MT listed)

· February 1997

· Cover: Patrick & Ann buried in vinyl, Celtic Nots (w/pic) kids’ concert

· KSFC announced for coming year! Inland Journal returns 4 times a week!

· Volunteer Dan Treecraft saves KPBX antenna in wild storm

· March 1997

· Letter from listener in Zacatecas, Mexico

· KPBX health forum about environmental impact/hazards to health

· April 1997

· Family of Thomas Griner had memorial donations made to SPR

· KPBX hosts Magic Flute at the Magic Lantern

· First 7-day membership drive announced

· Big story on Doug Hurd, author of Brain Rot

· May 1997

· Listener letter about too much focus on Gay/Lesbian issues

· KPBX hosts forum about retirement planning

· KPBX wins 3 Society of Professional Journalism awards

· Arbitron analysis proves fiscal efficiency compared with other public radio stations

· June 1997

· Further information on SPJ awards for news team – 15 in total!

· July 1997

· KPBX gets a generator!

· Auction list for An Evening Under the Stars

· August 1997

· KPBX theatre critic Jerry Kraft got his at the dunk tank

· Evening Under the Stars pics

· September 1997

· KPBX starting an endowment?

· This American Life hits the airwaves

· Remembering Katherine Gellhorn

· October 1997

· Rabbit Ears Radio presents kids classics, followed by the complete Star Wars Trilogy Saturdays

· New newsman Brian Bull

· GREAT mugshot of Dick Kunkel, Brian Flick, Doug Nadvornick, Jerry Olson & Verne Windham

· November 1997

· Eric & Kate Meisfjord present Pipkin Family Puppet Theater at kids’ concert

· PHC announced to come to Spokane June 26, 1998.

· NPR follows Unabomber trial

· Nancy Roth joins the staff as Underwriting Rep

· December 1997

· The generator’s merit proven & explained

· Staff photo

· Opera articles as well as features: the Met returns to SPR

· January 1998

· X-mas 07 playlist from Brian’s Jazz on Friday show

· Kate Hawkins born (& pictured)

· “Race at the Kitchen Table” panel headed by Doug Nadvornick

· February 1998

· Gunther Schuller in Spokane, Verne to interview

· Banjo extravaganza kids concert

· March 1998

· Health forum on menopause

· R&V, Kids Concert recaps

· April 1998

· Volunteer thank you event takes you around the world in 2 hours

· May 1998

· NPR documentary on the history of disabilities and the people who live with them

· Local Robert Theobald creates 6-part series on cultural interconnectivity, aired in cooperation with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

· June 1998

· News team awarded for journalistic excellence

· PHC is here! Stories about the performers to come & local recipe contest winners

· Dixieland Dandies play June KC

· KSPS lends a hand during satellite problems

· July 1998

· Listener feedback about local commentaries

· Weekend programming reshuffle…less opera

· KPBX broadcasts the Royal Fireworks Concert live

· August 1998

· Thank you note from PHC producer

· Linda Yates joins the crew

· Behind the scenes of PHC

· Kids Concert with Mozart & Susan Windham

· September 1998

· Brian’s playlist 9/25/98

· KPBX pays tribute to American Songbook

· Local story about Spokane’s COPS program on NPR by local producer/reporter Joe Zupan

· October 1998

· PHC Spokane to air on Halloween

· Gina McFarland & Karen Bell staff bios

· November 1998

· Kids Concert features a season preview with Spokane Public Library, Spokane Youth Orchestra String Quartet, Music for Youth and Spokane Civic Theatre

· KPBX airs series of citizens’ panels on homosexuality issues

· December 1998

· Opera returns!

· Fall drive a success, with photos of ex-board pres Warren Gross and George Cole, owner of the South Hill Basement of old.

· Evergreen Radio Reading Service article

· January 1999

· Sounds of the century showcased on All Things Considered.

· Marty Demarest features music of the 20th century, delving deep into the SPR music library.

· Birthday open-house announced

· February 1999

· R&V info & Gospel Choir at the KC

· Farewell to Doug Hurd’s commentaries

· March 1999

· Shoestring Quartet: classical meets jazz, folk & rap at KC

· Health forum tackles cancer

· April 1999

· KPBX hosts chocolate cook off (of sorts) during Zorba’s “For the Love of Chocolate Day”

· PHC features North Idaho teen

· Opera moves to Wednesdays at 7pm

· May 1999

· Variety Pak does big-band at Kids Concert, honoring centennial of Duke Ellington

· June 1999

· Volunteers of the Year: Bob Glatzer, Carlos Alden, Norma Rosenburger, Gavin Cooley

· NPR coverage of Kosovo aired

· More SPR news awards

· July 1999

· Not So Celtic Hour becomes Nacho Celtic (with great description! “Cheese on Corn”)

· An Evening Under the Stars auction list & write up

· “KSFC: SPR 48 hours a day!” Nifty new station up & running

· Staff & national “What are your reading this summer?” list

· August 1999

· Steve Jackson joins news team

· Interview with SPR intern Lilya Susko

· Carillon concert with Dr. Andrea McCrady

· KSFC program schedule

· Movies 101 debuts!

· September 1999

· NPR journalist Susan Stamberg in Spokane

· LeLola Scales becomes the next Development Assistant

· Local Spokane resident gets recipe on Zorba

· October 1999

· Tower upgrade for KPBX

· Listener looks back at 25 years of PHC

· KPBX salutes WA Trust Bank & Walt’s Mailing Service (with articles)

· New Volunteer Coordinator Lunne Stembridge

· November 1999

· Letter to KSFC from Eric Martin from Native American Calling

· Kids Concert: The Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Part 1

· Photo of Jerry with translator-decorated cake

· Charter Member reception kicks off anniversary festivities

· December 1999

· Holiday staph photo (16 pictured)

· Kids Concert: Songs and Stories of the Solstice

· Talk of the Nation listening & phone-in tips

· January 2000

· Kathy “then & now” photos at the KPBX board

· Article on history of station, starting with basement and extending beyond

· John Vlahovich & Rusty Nelson join the team

· New show: Beyond Computers

· KPBX & KSFC grids both appear on the back cover

· February 2000

· Ira Glass of This American Life appearing in Spokane, April

· Recap of 20th b-day bash

· March 2000

· Health forum on heart health

· Live performance for Nacho Celtic at the Civic

· SPR website gets an overhaul and more accessibility.

· Juan Williams becomes Talk of the Nation host.

· April 2000

· Local reader reads local book

· Special lecture series: Voices of Public Intellectuals: Feminism and the Practice of Democracy”

· Birthday presents for listeners: movies with the Movies 101 crew and more!

· May 2000

· Verne out for surgery and cancer treatments

· Zorba comes to Spokane

· The Cultivated Gardener on KSFC, article

· June 2000

· Summer traveling tips from NPR Tokyo correspondent Eric Weiner

· Verne thanks listeners for support during his leave

· Loose Leaf Book Company on KSFC, childrens’ books for grown-ups with Tom Bodet

· July 2000

· Coeurimba plays kids’ concert

· KSFC turns 1 and new license granted by FCC

· August 2000

· EUS, Kids’ Concert and Blues Cruise articles

· A Chef’s Table on KSFC

· September 2000

· Kids’ Concert honors Leonard Bernstein

· More awards for News Department

· KPBX series explores Loss

· World Radio Network Host & Exec. Producer John Fitzgerald article for KSFC

· October 2000

· KPBX and KSFC cover Election 2000

· Brian Lindsey joins the Saturday crew

· String band Salty Gravy for Kids Concert

· November 2000

· Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll part 2: Songs of Change & Protest

· Jaqueline Almdale leaves SPR

· First live broadcast at the Fall Folk Festival

· December 2000

· Holiday photo

· KPBX airs the Wonderful Wizard of Oz series over Christmas week

· Janean’s point of view of NPR studios during election night

· January 2001

· Kids’ Concert exploring the sounds of animals and machines

· Nancy Roth reads local memoir, Atomic Farmgirl: The Betrayal of Chief Qualchan, The Appaloosa, and Me by Teri Hein

· Fred Child becomes host of Performance Today

· Volunteer profile with Peg Mayer, stepping in while a full-time receptionist is found

· Movies101 interview and bio, of sorts

· February 2001

· SPR announces “special mention” announcements to honor b-day, graduation, etc

· Employer matching for SPR memberships

· Vol. Coordinator Lynne Stembridge moves on, Keli Cunningham takes over (articles)

· All Things Considered spin-off All Songs Considered becomes NPR’s first online-only show

· March 2001

· Women’s history month tribute to the women of NPR

· Health forum: The Mystery of Multiple Sclerosis

· Sue Stiritz hired as Mon-Tues receptionist

· April 2001

· Murrow Award to Doug Nadvornick for report on helping the homeless, locally

· Ira Glass visits KPBX

· Article on web streaming

· May 2001

· Listeners beg to get KSFC signal expanded

· Arts week feedback: send us your thoughts and comments about arts in the area, call-in show

· All Things Considered turns 30

· June 2001

· Summer reading recommendations from the staff

· Summer travel tips from NPR’s Julie McCarthy

· Photos from Greater Spokane Music and Allied Arts Festival

· Hawaiian music of Lokomaika’i at upcoming Kids’ Concert

· New series Pacific Time focuses on Asian interaction with the world…a different view for KSFC

· July 2001

· Running on Empty documentary on KSFC examines the energy crisis

· KSFC turns 2, with a fund drive to boost power!

· August 2001

· Article on KJ McCleary, taking the front desk Wed-Fri

· Dick describes what KSFC is and is not (not “talk”, but informative, intelligent discussion)

· Juan Williams talks to KPBX

· September 2001

· Kevin Klose and Don Gonyea to talk at the Met in September

· Nacho Celtic goes on hiatus, Boombox Classroom fills in (article)

· Article on LatinoUSA on KSFC

· Ann Torigoe-Hawkins comes back!

· October 2001

· Letter from Doug about Sept 11 coverage and what’s to come for the News crew

· Forum talks about End of Life issues

· UW Thank you event used as forum to talk about Terrorism

· Interview about KPBX monthly show “A Fine Frenzy”

· November 2001

· Live broadcast of Fall Folk Fest upcoming

· Kids Concert with Holladay & Siems

· Chas Schlesinger returns to the airwaves (big article)

· December 2001

· KSFC upgrade falling behind schedule as weather approaches

· Kids’ Concert of New Years Waltzing

· January 2002

· B-day party at Cameo Catering

· Bill Roesch series, “A Collector’s World of Opera” airs Wednesdays at 7pm

· Marty Demarest starts 15-part series exploring the string quartets of Shostakovich

· SPR hosts NPR’s Murray Horwitz

· February 2002

· EWU percussion ensemble to perform at upcoming Kids’ Concert, previous concert with Silver Spurs and Spokane Youth Orchestra recapped

· Photos from the birthday bash

· Story about Clark Fork, ID couple winning PHC getaway tickets

· March 2002

· Health Forum to discuss the “Dangers of Diabetes”

· Note from Dick regarding his heart surgery & medical leave

· “String Jam takes cartoon music to explore styles” – Kids’ Concert at North Central High School

· April 2002

· Article: “Public radio listenership at all-time high”

· KSFC begins to air On Point with article about the restructuring of the KSFC lineup

· Drawing for Jerry Seinfeld tickets and dinner at Cyrus O’Leary

· NPR’s Daniel Schorr receives Murrow Award & appears at WSU

· May 2002

· Piano Summit to be Thank You Concert: Brent Edstrom, Linda Siverts & Scott Kirby

· SPR to air African Opera

· Musicfest Northwest (Finally a name change!) featured on air.

· SPR to explore area poverty problem with featured programming

· June 2002

· Volunteers & Underwriters of the Year listed with bios.

· Upcoming kids’ concert with On The Side Band, featuring Dixieland, previous kids’ concert with Musicfest Northwest wrap-up

· July 2002

· Evening Under the Stars auction list

· New radio series The Brahms Chamber Music Project hosted/produced by Alex Goukassian

· NPR to follow cover as much worldwide information, especially the activity in Afghanistan

· August 2002

· KSFC power-boost update

· Watergate documentary series to air on KPBX

· Traditional and contemporary Native American tribal music at upcoming kids’ concert

· Farewell to Keli Cunningham, Volunteer Coordinator

· September 2002

· Opening letter from Dick Kunkel about cost of programming

· Airing of September 11th aftermath specials on KPBX and KSFC

· Forum examines standardized testing in Washington State

· Cheryl-Anne Millsap welcomed as new Volunteer Coordinator

· SPR news team gets PRNDI awards

· October 2002

· Improvements to virtual newsroom announced

· Blues Review evolves into Down Home Blues Saturdays from 10-midnight

· November 2002

· Sue Stiritz says so-long to receptionist job and returns to the life of a volunteer

· Fall Folk Fest feature

· Info of kids’ concerts: SPARC and Bottom Line String Duo

· First SIX day pledge drive

· December 2002

· NPR to bring back the Yiddish Radio Project

· Features about the history of Santa, Kwanzaa, Festival of Lights, as well as holiday programs

· Morning Edition releases its first ever original radio play, I’d Rather Eat Pants.

· January 2003

· Kids’ Concert presents “A Day in the Life of Mrs. Bach” featuring Darnelle Preston & the Spokane Children’s Chorus

· Michele Norris & Melissa Block join All Things Considered, also Steve Inskeep

· February 2003

· SPR and Spokane Regional Health present Growing Up Healthy with live forums

· Dawnelle Shaw joins the crew as Financial Assistant

· The Homeless Marathon airs on KSFC, 14 hour marathon focusing on nation’s homeless

· March 2003

· Martha Haynes joins as Mon-Tues receptionist; Cheryl-Anne Millsap leaves

· Large feature from NPR Ombudsman answering, “Why listen to public radio?”

· Navigating the Health Care Maze forum panelist bios & info

· April 2003

· Get Lit! with Jack Prelutsky

· Growing Up Healthy segment about child immunizations

· Info about KSFC range, also request to know if you can hear it where you are

· “Behind the mic: balancing news and fundraising”

· Stephanie Ingoldby joins the staff as Volunteer Coordinator

· May 2003

· Prairie Flyer bluegrass at kids’ concert

· Musicfest NW in the studio

· Pearl Django thank-you concert

· June 2003

· Volunteers of the year thanked

· Moko Jumbie kicks off 10th anniversary of Kids’ Concerts

· Live broadcast from Artfest coming up

· July 2003

· Evening Under the Stars auction list & info

· Genevieve (Janean’s daughter) born in May & noted here

· Comedy College: 13 part series of half hour shows showcasing comedians

· August 2003

· The Trailer Park Girls at the MAC, upcoming Kids’ Concert

· ADD call-in part of growing up healthy

· Summer Intern bios

· September 2003

· Mini-membership campaign for KSFC

· David Brown joins Marketplace

· NPR does “America through European Eyes” series; History of the Blues from African roots in fall

· NPR article on Wait-Wait’s Phil Goedicke, limerick master

· October 2003

· Kids’ Concert at Lewis & Clark to feature the pipe organ

· Fall Folk Festival moves to SCC (article)

· Mini-Obit of Ron Varela, long-time volunteer voice

· KSFC drive a success!

· November 2003

· Tom Lewis to sing sea songs at upcoming Kids’ Concert

· Growing Up Healthy: Tackling harassment in schools

· December 2003

· SPR announces cuts to programming for budget; NPR gets substantial contribution

· Holiday tradition history lesson from NPR librarian

· January 2004

· Chinese music at Kids’ Concert; SPR 24th b-day at CenterStage

· KPBX to air all three hours of Dan Maher’s Inland Folk

· Photos from Kids’ Concert at Auntie’s with harpist Krista Puller and stories from Auntie Violet

· Behind-the Scenes of Morning Edition

· February 2004

· Gearing up for R&V sale

· Homeless Marathon to air from Cleveland, OH mid-month

· SPR joins the Northwest Public Affairs Network (N3?) with article about Tom Banse

· March 2004

· Haran Irish Dancers to perform at next Kids’ Concert with Celtic Nots

· SPR forum to address careers, housing, government programs and more for Baby Boomers

· April 2004

· Next Kids’ Concert to feature safari based on Adventures of Riley book.

· Bob Edwards reassigned from Morning Edition to Senior News Correspondent position

· Alistair Cooke retires from BBC, ending the Letter from America series.

· May 2004

· Dick writes note about recent re-positioning of Bob Edwards; NPR does too

· Mothers’ Day Kids’ Concert with South Hill Ramblers (bluegrass)

· Thank you concert with Scott Kirby (piano) and Spokane Brass Works

· LeLola Scales moves to Business office; Native American Calling looks for new host

· June 2004

· Lots of listener praise for The Bookshelf replacing Radio Reader

· Underwriters/volunteers of the year thanked

· Wrap up of recent events: Get Lit!, ArtFest, MusicFest NW

· July 2004

· Listener and NPR response to Reagan coverage

· Evening under the stars info

· Upcoming Kids’ Concert to feature Celtic-centric dance and music

· Mary Cravens joins the SPR membership team

· August 2004

· Kids Concert to present ‘folkabilly’ with band “Sidetrack”

· Bob Edwards coming to Get Lit! next April

· September 2004

· Kids’ Concert: Oktoberfest with SPARC

· Marty Demarest moves on

· Story about young artists from Christopher O’Riley with local article on the NW arts scene

· Behind-the-scenes of All Things Considered

· October 2004

· Northwest News Network correspondent bios

· 11-part documentary series to honor Leonard Bernstein

· KPBX to air Bush-Kerry debates live with KSFC repeat

· 15 years of Marketplace article

· November 2004

· Spokane to bring back the Canote Brothers for upcoming Kids’ Concert

· Fall Folk Fest feature

· 30th Anniversary of radio hosting for Chas

· Dick Evans from Board of Directors to take over as Sunday Classical Host while Leonard is out

· Tom Bacon joins the team (in September)

· December 2004

· Upcoming Kids’ Concert at Aunties with Big Red Barn

· Michael Patoray feature, including 25th anniversary information

· LeLola Scales moves on

· January 2005

· New logo for SPR; lots of changes coming to the Guide (color, bi-monthly)

· SPR through the ages: recap of the last 25 years in timeline form

· February 2005

· Men in Black: Percussion quartet next Kids’ Concert

· Feature on Lakshmi Singh; R&V feature

· KPBX re-airs Jazz Masters, a 1987 series featuring local talent; Also re-airs The Pied Piper

· March/April 2005

· The Klezmer Band Kids’ Concert; Get Lit features Robert Munsch

· Health Forum about prostate problems

· Bob Edwards & Susan Stamberg at Get Lit; David Sedaris to appear at the Met

· Recap of the 25th Anniversary party with quotes from founders

· SPR welcomes financial assistant Cindie Treece

· May/June 2005

· Spokandolin featured at next Kids’ Concert, also Milogna (Latin dance music)

· Thank-you concert to feature the up and coming young musicians of the area

· Doug Nadvornick heads to DC for a bit; Suzanne Schreiner (an EWU journalism student) will help produce shows in his absence

· Terry Gross coming to Spokane in the fall

· Inland Journal in the running for national Murrow award

· KSFC to air Travel with Rick Steves

· July/August 2005

· Kids’ Concerts: Viva La France & Military Brass

· Katherine Gellhorn remembered at 15th annual Evening Under the Stars

· Article about CPB fighting congress to keep funding

· SPR gets several Murrows

· Kai Ryssdal joins Marketplace

· September/October 2005

· Kids’ Concert to feature Old-time Americana songs; Smart City’s Carol Coletta to speak in Spokane

· Q&A article with Terry Gross

· KSFC gets new programs and slight schedule shift

· Q&A info from July Community Advisory Meeting

· November/December 2005

· No copies in the folder…do you have one in your personal archives somewhere?

· January/February 2006

· Kids’ Concert to feature Mardi Gras with music by The Dixie Dandies and square dancing music by River City Ramblers

· Tori Piecuch joins the SPR family

· Performance Today pays tribute to Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks

· JazzSet returns to KPBX with host Dee Dee Bridgewater

· R&V Sale to feature the Olinda Duo and Keeler, Melvin, and Morse

· March/April 2006

· SPR Health Forum examines ADHD in children and adults

· Kids’ Concert to feature square dancing

· Poet Jack Prelutsky feature for April 22 Kids’ Concert

· Verne Windham feature

· R & V Sale moves more than 40,000 records

· May/June 2006

· Kids’ Concert features musical theatre “Give My Regards to Broadway”

· Woody Guthrie’s Legacy-Roll on, Columbia concert for Underwriters & Volunteers

· SPR features A Prairie Home Companion that hit the big screens June 2006

· Linda Yates returns, bio; intern Nick Fields

· July/August 2006

· Brassworks performs songs from Walt Disney movies and other shows through Spokane Symphony outreach program

· KSFC adds Word for Word program provided by American Public Media

· Feature on public radio podcasts: listen on your schedule, not ours

· September/October 2006

· Feature on the benefits of sustaining members

· KSFC Election Forum feature

· Despite summer storm, KPBX has a successful Evening Under the Stars

· Features on community intern Lisa Gonnella and engineering intern Todd Gibson

· November/December 2006

· Northwest Steel Guitar Association featured at the Met for Nov. 18 Kids’ Concert

· KPBX announces live broadcast of 11th Annual Fall Folk Festival

· NPR’s “This I Believe” has collected more than 10,000 personal essays

· January/February 2007

· Feature on Spokane Youth Orchestra

· Feature on R&V Sale

· Lincoln Center remembers Ed Bradley

· Performance Today moves to Minneapolis

· Feature on feedback from SPR listeners

· March/April 2007

· No copies in folder…

· May/June 2007

· KPBX hopes to keep streaming music despite new Internet radio rules

· Nacho Celtic Band featured at June Kids’ Concert

· Feature on Public Radio Talent Quest

· Amanda Loder joins SPR’s reporting staff

· Autism explored at SPR Health Forum

· July/August 2007

· Feature on benefits to becoming a sustaining member

· Olinda Duo brings music of South America to August 10 Kids’ Concert

· Preview feature and photos of Evening Under the Stars

· Preview feature and photos of Blues Cruise

· May 12 “Asian Intonation” featured traditional music from Japan and China

· Pearl Django visits Spokane’s Bing Crosby Theater and Sandpoint’s Panida Theater for the Underwriter and Volunteer Thank You concerts

· September/October 2007

· Preview feature on Election Forum

· Feature on Brian Flick

· November/December 2007

· Verne Windham shares his thoughts behind seasonal programming

· Fall Folk Festival article features profiles of different performers

· Shelley Sharp takes on marketing & public relations coordinator

· Volunteer spotlight on Valarie Compton

· January/February 2008

· Stephanie gives a positive spin on New Years Resolutions & giving

· Bill Wright: “The Guru’s Guide to the R&V”

· Mike Grabicki: “Rambling of a Confessed Vinyl Junkie”

· Cap’n Ruby & The Scurvy Dogs Kids Concert coming up

· Amy Laskowski joins the SPR team as Wed-Fri receptionist; John Johnson takes a break from JIHOP; Tina Bjorklund starts Village Rock; Frank Sennet ends The Alternative Source and goes to Chicago

· March/April 2008

· Health Forum: Focus on Fertility March 18

· SPR introduces Capital Campaign Director Kathleen Langenheim

· Kids’ Concerts to feature The Silver Spurs and Get Lit! 2008 presents children’s author Sarole Lexa Schaefer

· Feature on the Spring 2008 Pledge Drive

· Feature celebrating 20 years of Car Talk on NPR

· Feature on talk radio choice “Talk of the Nation”

· May/June 2008

· Live broadcast from Musicfest Northwest

· Q & A with Patrick Klausen

· Kids’ Concerts to feature Sidetrack and 12 talented performers including Headliner and Tedesca

· Feature on NPR winning the 67th Annual George Foster Peabody Award for the news quiz show “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!”

· Feature on special anniversary event celebrating 15 years and 150 events and counting

· News Director John Vlahovich reveices two Edward R. Murrow Awards

· July/August 2008

· Evening Under the Stars Preview

· Blues Cruise featuring Too Slim & The Taildraggers

· New programs were added to KSFC; Justice Talking, The State We’re In, Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Are We Alone?, A World of Possibilities, Wait…Wait. Don’t Tell Me, Le Show

· Feature on local sleep research that may lead to more efficient law enforcement

· September-October 2008

· A message from SPR’s new Board Chairman Paul Paroff

· Kids’ Concerts featuring Jenny Edgren/Molly Tenbrooks and music from Wide River

· SPR welcomes Development Assistant Neesha Schrom

· Doug Nadvornick returns to SPR as North Idaho Bureau Chief

· Feature on SPR Election Forum 2008: Initiative-1000

· NPR host and journalist Scott Simon speaks at SCC President’s Series

· NPR’s Juan Williams to speak in CDA to benefit the Idaho Humanities Council

· SPR staff heads to the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival, Art on the Green, and the Garland Street Fair to support the arts and meet listeners

· Feature meeting the 2008-09 Board of Directors

· November-December 2008

· SPR was awarded the Business Benefactor Award by the Spokane Arts Commission

· Other awards include 9 from Washington AP, 7 from Pacific NW Society of Professional Journalists, 4 1st place awards from Public Radio News Directors and nine from Edward R. Murrow awards

· December Kids’ Concert featured music from SPARC

· 2008-2009 Board of Directors, Part II

· Feature on America’s only multi-media celebrity chef, Jim Coleman

· January-February 2009

· KPBX Host John Johnson discusses a “A Hard Days Night,” the movie that started it all, and the band that influenced music forever…

· March-April 2009

· SPR Health Forum examines the causes & effects that hinder sleep, and introduces treatments that lead to uninterrupted rest… and features the forum’s experts

· March Kids’ Concert features tropical music from Moko Jumble & dance from The Silver Spurs

· SPR’s Match the face to the voice

· Website update

· KSCF introduces new program, “Sound Medicine”

· SPR welcomes Julie Bookstrom, membership office

· May-June 2009

· Musicfest Northwest broadcasts live from KPBX studios

· Feature on Musicfest alumna Rachel Cox

· Kids’ Concerts feature Austin Little, Don Thomsen, John Sylte, The Skillet Pickers and the Spokane British Brass Band Ensemble

· Feature on the Bike to Work Week

· Amanda Loder receives Regional Edward R. Murrow award for Native Health news series

· July-August 2009

· Kids’ Concerts feature Jenny Edgren, The Working Spliffs, and Carlos Alden

· Blues Cruise featuring Too Slim & the Taildraggers

· SPR podcasts

· September-October 2009

· New KSFC line-up & SPR on Facebook

· Upcoming Events: Cowboy music & poets Kids’ Concert, Fall Folk Fest on Halloween, State of the Region panel with local politicians & professionals, Fall Fund Drive

· Ira Glass gets Murrow Award; Verne Windham gets Allegro’s Bravo Award

· November-December 2009

· Kids’ Concert “The Swing Years” features Ann Fennessy and Kristina Ploeger, The Jazz Boyz and The Silver Spurs.

· Kids’ Concert “Traditions of Jewish Music” with the Kosher Red Hots

· January-February 2010

· Recording and Video Sale

· Kids’ Concert celebrates SPRs 30^th birthday with “A Rhythm & Bluegrass Birthday Bash”

· The Brazilian Hour added to Friday night line up from12-1am KPBX.

· Brion Foster awarded Inland Northwest Blues Association’s “Best Blues Radio Program” Empire Award.

· New program hosted by Tony Flinn, Just A Theory starts on KSFC, Sundays 6-6:30pm

· March- April 2010

· Kids’ Concert “Celtic Dance Party” featured The Celtic Nots and Haran Irish Dancers

· Kids’ Concert April 10 features Animal Crackers movie hosted by Leonard Oakland.

· Health Forum examines “Immunization Insights”

· May June 2010

· SPR Program Guide moves to quarterly publishing

· Kids’ Concert “Adventures!” features Spokane Youth Symphony

· Kids’ Concert features Panhandle Polecats

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcast

· SPR Thank You Concert features Spokane Falls Brass Band

· A Prairie Home Companion live broadcast from the Spokane Arena.

· Desmond Boston begins hosting Village Rock Saturdays at midnight

· July-September 2010

· Evening Under the Stars fundraising event, “Latin Fiesta”

· Kids’ Concert “Songs of Woody Guthrie” July 9

· KPBX Blues Cruise with Too Slim and The Taildraggers August 18

· SPR booth at Art of the Green event July 30-Aug 1

· October – December 2010

· Tom Parker joins SPR Board of Directors

· Kids’ Concert “Oktoberfest” featuring The Bottom Line and The Silver Spurs

· Kids’ Concert “Songs of the Sea” featuring Tom Lewis

· Kids’ Concert “Countdown to the Holidays” featuring Spokane Area Children’s Chorus

· KPBZ Remix Radio begins broadcasting at 90.3

· January – March 2011

· KPBX begins broadcasting in HD

· Kids’ Concert “The Roots of Ragtime” features composer/pianists Scott Kirby

· Kids’ Concert “Swingin’ Sock Hop” featuring The Shades and The Silver Spurs

· Recordings and Video sale

· April – June 2011

· Jack Wigen joins board of directors.

· Mary Harvill (receptionist) and Jessica Robinson (N3 correspondent) join SPR.

· SPR Presents “An Evening with Carl Kasell” at the Bing.

· SPR Thank You Concert -“Too Slim Unplugged”

· Kids’ Concert “Tribute to Django Reinhardt”

· Kids’ Concert “Leonardo’s World”

· MusicFest Northwest 2011 live broadcasts

· SPR Health Forum looks at the “Evolution of Alternative Medicine”

· SPR partners with Design Spike to launch new website.

· July – September 2011

· Kids’ Concert “Kutamba Coeurimba” celebrates the music of Africa

· SPR hosts booth at Art on the Green event at North Idaho College campus

· An Evening Under the Stars fundraising event

· Reporter and All Things Considered host Amanda Loder departs SPR for New Hampshire Public Radio

· October – December 2011

· Soundspace host and Arts Calendar producer Norvel Trosst retires after 20 years at SPR.

· Kids’ Concert “Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons featuring Tedesca String Quartet

· Kids’ Concert “The Songs of World War II”

· SPR welcomes Cokie Roberts to the Bing Crosby Theater

· Fall Folk Festival live broadcast

· Indie Bandstand hosted by Tim Herold starts on KPBX at 12am Sunday mornings.

· Mary Alberts and Jeff Foundation join the board of directors.

· Jenny Edgren (underwriting rep) and Luke Hutchinson (engineering assistant) join SPR.

· January – March 2012

· News correspondent Paige Browning joins SPR.

· Kids’ Concert featuring music of stage and screen,

· Kids’ Concert “Funkytown” featuring Soul Propierter

· SPR Health Forum March 13 examines “Northwest Water: Your Health, Your Life”

· SPR introduces new streamlined Program Guide

· Backwater Blues Hour hosted by Frank Delaney returns to KPBX on Saturdays at 10pm.

· Philosophy Talk and America’s Test Kitchen added to KSFC lineup.

· April – June 2012

· Kids’ Concert featuring The Portatos: Young Radical Accordion Band”

· SPR Presents: BeauSoliel avec Michael Douct

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcasts

· SPR Thank You Event with Scott Kirby main Street Souvenirs Concert

· Kids’ Concert: “A 100^th Year Tribute to the Father of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe”

· July – September 2012

· Laura Citino joins SPR as weekend board operator

· Kids’ Concert: Movie Matinee featuring Fantasia

· An Evening Under The Stars “Toga Party” fundraiser event

· Ask Me Another and LiveWire! Added to Saturday KPBX lineup.

· October – December 2012

· Dr. Cary Boyce joins SPR as General Manager.

· Kids’ Concert: “A Celtic Harvest” featuring Floating Crowbar

· SPR Presents “The Crazy Cool of Nellie McKay”

· SPR Presents “An Evening With Paula Poundstone”

· Kids’ Concert: “Music of the Revolutionary War”

· Service to Brewster restored following forest fire.

· January – March 2013

· Kids’ Concert “Teen Mozart”

· Recording and Video Sale

· Kids’ Concert: “Swing Time Sock Hop” featuring Spokane Jazz Orchestra

· April – June 2013

· SPR holds One Day Membership Drive

· SPR Presents NPR Political Correspondent Don Gonyea at the Bing Crosby Theater

· Kids’ Concert:“Dylan For Kids’”

· MusicFest Northwest 2013 live broadcast May 14-18

· SPR Thank You Event “SPR Goes to the Movies”

· TED Radio Hour comes to KSFC

· July – September 2013

· The Takeaway and Q with Jian Ghomesi replace the discontinued Talk of the Nation on KSFC

· Kids’ Concert: “Singalong with Dan Maher”

· Mary Cravens, Membership Coordinator, retires from SPR after 9 years

· October – December 2013

· SPR holds second “Done in One” single day pledge drive.

· Science Friday reinstated on KSFC

· Kids’ Concert:“Baroque Tuba” featuring S.P.A.R.C.

· SPR Presents Renee Montagne

· Kids’ Concert “Happy Days are Here Again” featuring Spokane Area Youth Choirs

· January – March 2014

· Kid’s Concert: Kids’ Guitar Hour with Leon Atkinson

· SPR Presents “Mardi Gras” with BeauSoleil

· Kids’ Concert: “Jammin’ Celtic Dance Party” with Carlos Alden

· “Done In One” March Pledge drive surpasses goal of 300 new members.

· April – June 2014

· Kids’ Concert: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs with Panhandle Polecats and Christopher Arndt

· Health Forum examines “Navigating Obamacare”

· SPR Presents Paula Poundstone

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcasts

· SPR Presents Fred Newman

· Kids’ Concert: Vagabonds Balkan Brass Band

· SPR breaks ground on new Fire Station studio at 1229 N Monroe Street

· Lewis & Clark High School students intern at SPR in production and marketing.

· July – September 2014

· Kids’ Concert: Moko Jumbie with reggae/calypso music

· SPR Goes to the Movies: A Hard Day’s Night

· Inland Northwest History Moment, a collaboration of SPR and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, airs Mondays and Sundays on KPBX

· Underwriting Representative Nancy Roth retires from SPR.

· October – December 2014

· Construction begins on Fire Station No. 3 studios.

· Kids’ Concert: Urban Coyote Bush Band

· SPR Presents Dr. Zorba Paster at the Bing

· SPR Presents Pearl Django

· Kids’ Concert: “Hope in Hard Times” featuring Depression-era music.

· Three day Fall membership drive “3x3”

· January – March 2015

· SPR celebrates 35 years of broadcasting.

· SPR Goes to the Movies: Coen Brothers Films

· Kids’ Concert: “Sixteen Strings” featuring symphony musicians

· Kids’ Concert: “Celtic Dance Party” with Floating Crowbar

· SPR Health Forum looks at “Unraveling the Mystery of MS”

· April – June 2015

· Kids’ Concert: “Western Reunion” featuring cowboy music and poetry

· SPR Presents Cokie Roberts at the Bing

· Kids’ Concert: MusicFest Northwest live at the Bing

· SPR Thank You Event featuring Too Slim and the Taildraggers Unplugged

· SPR Goes To The Movies: 2001 A Space Odyssey

· Kids’ Concert: The Canote Borthers

· July – September 2015

· Fundraising for equipment and installation for the new station begins.

· Kids’ Concert: Old Time Jam featuring Carlos Alden

· SPR Talks “Our Water, Our Future” on KPBX and KSFC

· October – December 2015

· SPR begins moving staff and equipment to new Fire Station No. 3 studio.

· “Warp Drive” cyber pledge drive raises funds to sustain operation during move.

· Kids’ Concert: “Tedesca” string quartet plays music in honor of autumn

· SPR Goes to the Movies: Alien at the Bing

· SPR Presents Paula Poundstone

· Wind storm knocks out power city-wide on first day of fall pledge drive

· January - March 2016

· SPR completes move to Fire Station No. 3 location.

· Open House held January 23

· Live performances begin in new SPR performance studios.

· Rescheduled “Fall Drive” held in January.

· April – June 2016

· Kids’ Concert: “Sourdough Songs” – Music from the Alaska Klondike

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcasts

· SPR Presents A Prairie Home Companion

· SPR Thank You Event showing documentary Buena Vista Social Club

· Kids’ Concert: “Piano Bench” hosted by Jim Tevenan

· July – September 2016

· Kids’ Concert: Meshugga Daddies

· SPR is Media Sponsor of 2^nd Annual Chinese Lantern Festival

· October – December 2016

· Kids’ Concert: Heartbreak Pass

· SPR fundraiser concert features Mark and Maggie O’Connor

· SPR covers local and regional candidates and issues leading up to election.

· Kids’ Concert: Sing-A-Long featuring Jen Edgren and Steve Simmons

· Ask Me Another joins Saturday lineup on KSFC and KPBX

· January – March 2017

· Kids’ Concert: “Music for Kings & Queens” features Tim Westerhaus presenting music of medieval and renaissance eras

· Kids’ Concert: “Celtic Dance Party” features Floating Crowbar

· SPR celebrates 35 years of broadcasting.

· SPR Goes to the Movies: Coen Brothers Films

· Kids’ Concert: “Sixteen Strings” featuring symphony musicians

· Kids’ Concert: “Celtic Dance Party” with Floating Crowbar

· SPR Health Forum looks at “Unraveling the Mystery of MS”

· April – June 2015

· Kids’ Concert: “Western Reunion” featuring cowboy music and poetry

· SPR Presents Cokie Roberts at the Bing

· Kids’ Concert: MusicFest Northwest live at the Bing

· SPR Thank You Event featuring Too Slim and the Taildraggers Unplugged

· SPR Goes To The Movies: 2001 A Space Odyssey

· Kids’ Concert: The Canote Borthers

· July – September 2015

· Fundraising for equipment and installation for the new station begins.

· Kids’ Concert: Old Time Jam featuring Carlos Alden

· SPR Talks “Our Water, Our Future” on KPBX and KSFC

· October – December 2015

· SPR begins moving staff and equipment to new Fire Station No. 3 studio.

· “Warp Drive” cyber pledge drive raises funds to sustain operation during move.

· Kids’ Concert: “Tedesca” string quartet plays music in honor of autumn

· SPR Goes to the Movies: Alien at the Bing

· SPR Presents Paula Poundstone

· Wind storm knocks out power city-wide on first day of fall pledge drive

· January - March 2016

· SPR completes move to Fire Station No. 3 location.

· Open House held January 23

· Live performances begin in new SPR performance studios.

· Rescheduled “Fall Drive” held in January.

· April – June 2016

· Kids’ Concert: “Sourdough Songs” – Music from the Alaska Klondike

· MusicFest Northwest live broadcasts

· SPR Presents A Prairie Home Companion

· SPR Thank You Event showing documentary Buena Vista Social Club

· Kids’ Concert: “Piano Bench” hosted by Jim Tevenan

· July – September 2016

· Kids’ Concert: Meshugga Daddies

· SPR is Media Sponsor of 2^nd Annual Chinese Lantern Festival

· October – December 2016

· Kids’ Concert: Heartbreak Pass

· SPR fundraiser concert features Mark and Maggie O’Connor

· SPR covers local and regional candidates and issues leading up to election.

· Kids’ Concert: Sing-A-Long featuring Jen Edgren and Steve Simmons

· Ask Me Another joins Saturday lineup on KSFC and KPBX

· January – March 2017

· Kids’ Concert: “Music for Kings & Queens” features Tim Westerhaus presenting music of medieval and renaissance eras

· Kids’ Concert: “Celtic Dance Party” features Floating Crowbar