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Programmer of the Month: DJ Amanda Rose

This month's Programmer of the Month is the mighty Amanda Timoney (otherwise known as DJ Amanda Rose) of the beloved Power through Procrastination show. Ever since the show's debut in January of 2013, Amanda has developed a cult following by featuring soundtracks from…

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New Rock Releases For November

Thanksgiving may mean turkeys to many people, but here are some new Rock releases for early November that are anything but: 1. NIGHT BEATS - Sonic Bloom 2. AUDACITY - Butter Knife 3. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Red Hot And Fela…

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Early November RPM Charts

Thanksgiving is approaching...spare any of these new RPM/Electronic Music releases from your "turkey list". You'll hear them live late nights on KZSC. 1 FOUR TET Beautiful Rewind 2 MACHINEDRUM Vapor City Ninja Tune 3 DECO Timescales Deceast 4 DISCLOSURE Settle…

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Halloween Electronic Music Charts

Santa Cruz has a couple of big RPM/Electronic music shows happening on Halloween. If you want to get the feeling on your own sound system, here's a list of Halloween end of October picks from KZSC. Our current Top 10…

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Make A Donation, Get Some Lips!

You've already got your costume figured out, but what about where to spend your Halloween night? KZSC has your treat because we have tickets to The Flaming Lips show Halloween night, October 31st  at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San…

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Mid-October New RPM Sounds

Just before the Halloween parties begin, here's a list of 5 new and spinning releases on KZSC electronic music/RPM shows: SOUNDS FROM THE GROUND / Tribes (Upstream) ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER / R Plus Seven (Warp) MOBY / Innocents (Mute) VITALIC…

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Annais ♥

As we welcome back new and returning banana slugs for the school year, we here at The Great 88 would like to take the time to remember a very special member of our KZSC family who is missed very, very…

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UCSC Boardwalk Frolic

UCSC Students: The Boardwalk Frolic is exclusive event for you. Come meet other students and join KZSC DJs on Monday, September 23 as we provide the soundtrack for the first bash of the new school year. Transportation from campus is…

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The Slugs Return!

KZSC prides itself on being a community based radio station, and boy are we excited to welcome in our new members of the Santa Cruz community! That's right, a fresh batch of UCSC Banana Slugs will be moving onto campus…

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Passing the Torch

Every year for KZSC comes the bittersweet moment of our old governing board stepping down and being replaced by their mentees. Tonight is night that this transition completes. Know that regardless of this transition KZSC is and will always be committed to community radio…

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A group of thirteen young adults stand and sit closely together on a sunny outdoor patio, smiling at the camera. They appear happy and relaxed, with some making playful gestures.

Passing the Torch

Every year for KZSC comes the bittersweet moment of our old governing board stepping down and being replaced by their mentees. Tonight is night that this transition completes. Know that regardless of this transition KZSC is and will always be committed to community radio…

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Story Time 5/19/2013

On May 19th, the Kinetic Poetics Project bunch joined us in the air room for a good thirty minutes of slam poetry and rhymes. You can check out KPP by clicking on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KineticPoeticsProject During the second half…

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Time To Get Savage

The brutal truth is this: there's a lot of stuff in your life that needs to get moved out the door and down the road and KZSC is no exception. We have a fantastic music collection that has grown (or…

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Story Time 4/28/2013

Local poet and therapist, Dane Cervine, joined the crew of Story Time during one profound, insightful conversation to celebrate the release of his new poetry book, How Therapists Dance. During the interview, Dane shares with us what it's like being…

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Kendra Konfidential

As our spring show schedule begins, things get fuzzy at The Great 88. KZSC's April Programmer Of The Month is living proof. Kendra Yoshinaga (aka DJ Teenage Dinosaur) does a show called “Fuzz Tone” Friday nights. It’s a retro garage,…

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