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Featured Host 2010-08-20 10:56:56
Spotlight on Marrie Stone
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

One night more than there years ago, Marrie Stone walked into my private writing workshop, took a seat, and the first thing out of my mouth was, "Have you ever considered doing radio? Would you like to be my co-host?"

I'd been doing the show a...

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Featured Host 2010-03-31 11:22:41
Spotlight on Roland Esq Holmes
by: Mari Frank, Esq.

Roland Esq Holmes has been involved with KUCI since 1984, but both of his shows have existed since 1963. He has two great shows “the Gospel Soul Train” which airs Sundays from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and “ESQ – All About Jazz” which airs Mondays right...

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Featured Host 2009-11-06 14:55:57
Spotlight on Shapan Debnath
by: Mari Frank

Shapan Debnath has been involved in KUCI ever since first coming to UCI 3 years ago. He has a great show called "How Goes?" The show is not limited to any specific genre, but rather it takes on the personality of its host. From psychedelic pop to abras...

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Featured Host 2009-07-30 14:44:05
Spotlight on Samantha Varela
by: Mari Frank

Samantha Varela is our new general manager at KUCI. I recently had the honor of interviewing her for our KUCI family of listeners.

I met Sam the night she was elected and found her to be warm, friendly and engaging. Then I had the opportun...

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Featured Host 2009-06-03 17:45:42
Spotlight on Polar Bear Jack
by: Mari Frank

Jack Bartlett, whom you may know as DJ Polar Bear Jack, brings you great jazz, and its offshoot, every Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m. right here on KUCI. His show, "Vanguard Again," explores jazz from the past and present. He even mixes in experiment...

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Featured Host 2009-04-25 12:24:54
Spotlight on Erin
by: Mari Frank

In Southern California we don’t have much use of umbrellas, but Erin Johnson thinks umbrellas are “awesome”. Well, we think she is one “awesome” young woman. Her music show Umbrella Party ran from June 2006 until just last month at the end ...

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Featured Host 2009-03-04 09:04:58
Spotlight on Genie
by: Mari Frank

Genie Luzwick is KUCI’s production director. She is doing a fabulous job putting together workshops, creating public service announcements, helping with promos, station IDs, and collaborating with the KUCI team. I’m thrilled to have Genie’s won...

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Featured Host 2009-01-22 12:35:16
Spotlight on Ziba
by: Mari Frank

Ziba is one of the first DJ's I met over four years ago when I came to train at KUCI. She was terrific then as she is now. One of the crucial requirements of DJ training is interning with experienced DJs to practice the skills that you learn from the...

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Featured Host 2008-12-04 15:56:01
Spotlight on DJ Jake Bacon
by: Mari Frank

Jake Bacon is one of the nicest guys and most helpful DJs at KUCI. Not only is he knowledgeable about production and the sound board, but he is always willing to assist new DJs, and old ones, too, with a smile on his face. Jake’s lively show, Buf...

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Featured Host 2008-06-04 15:39:08
Spotlight on Dan Tsang
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

On Subversity, host Dan Tsang interviews newsmakers within and beyond the Orange Curtain — folks who shake things up and transgress multiple boundaries. The program which airs from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Mondays began broadcasting live on KUCI September ...

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Featured Host 2008-03-31 11:23:36
Spotlight on Chris Rigney AKA DJ Azrael
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

For the last three years, KUCI’s Loud Rock Director Chris Rigney, has hosted Metalmorphosis, currently broadcasting Saturday, midnight to 3 a.m.

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett: You've been a heavy metal fan since you were, what, 10 years ol...

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Featured Host 2008-02-06 10:13:50
Spotlight on Serena Sharp
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

For the last five years, Serena Sharp has hosted the Serena Sharp Show, during morning drive time on KUCI 88.9 FM and been a fill-in host for CBS Radio, where she’s done her show on 97....

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Featured Host 2007-11-21 09:54:25
Spotlight on Patricia Hirsch
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Coaching Conversations with Patricia Hirsch airs on alternating Wednesdays at 8 am Pacific Time. For past shows please visit the Coaching...

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Featured Host 2007-07-27 21:42:37
Spotlight on Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
"Writers on Writing" (Wednesday at 9 am)
by: Mari Frank

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett has been our celebrity interviewer for “Spotlight” for our many dedicated DJ’s here at KUCI. After I had the privilege of being “in the light” a few months ago, I asked Barbara if she would allow me to shine the light...

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Featured Host 2007-05-23 09:33:10
Spotlight on Kyle Olson
Things that Are Square” (Thursdays at 6pm)
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett: What brought you to KUCI?

Kyle Olson: I had heard tale of KUCI since my freshman year at UCI, and I just never got around to checking it out. Finally, my junior year, my friend Sierra transferred to UCI and ...

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Featured Host 2007-03-19 17:44:17
Spotlight on Mari Frank
host of “Privacy Piracy”
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Mari Frank not only hosts Privacy Piracy , a public affairs show on KUCI-FM, but she’s also an attorney, Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and co-author of P...

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Featured Host 2006-11-27 12:56:31
Spotlight on John Klug
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

John Klug hosts Building a Better World, a new KUCI Public Affairs program airing every other week on Wednesdays at 9 am. "My focus is community empowerment on a national, regional, and personal level," Klug says. It puts the YOU in Global Solu...

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Featured Host 2006-08-16 11:37:38
Spotlight on Mike Boyle
KUCI's Engineer Extraordinaire
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Mike Boyle is currently assistant engineer at KUCI, employed part-time by the university. He began working at the station six years ago, bringing to UCI his unique work experience in video production, automotive mechanics, motorcycle racing and plast...

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Featured Host 2006-06-12 08:36:09
Spotlight on Michael Rydzinsky
"Concert Preview," Saturdays 9am-12pm
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

BDB: How did you come up with the format for your show?

MR: The format is actually an old one I revived from the 1980s, when I used to promote UCI Music events, only now I promote any arts event in Orange County. In between, I switched my form...

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Featured Host 2006-03-13 13:25:18
Spotlight on Joy Hought
"Politics of Food," Thursdays from 9-10am
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

BDB: How did you become involved in radio at KUCI?

JH: It was those kids and that darned crazy music. One morning I was dragging myself to my wretched corporate job and happened to catch two half-asleep DJ's talking electronica on 88.9 FM. They w...

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Featured Host 2006-01-17 11:45:05
Spotlight on Mike Kaspar and Nathan Callahan
"Weekly Signals," Tuesdays at 8:00am
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

BDB: When and how did Weekly Signals come about?

MK: Nathan and I have been doing Weekly Signals ever since we met in the early '90s. We're always talking politics and culture. We just never bothered to broadcast it. Then KUCI offered us tw...

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Featured Host 2005-10-10 18:15:26
Spotlight on Michael Payne
"The Darkling Eclectica," Saturdays at 6:00am
by: by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

BDB: How long have you been doing your show?

MP: One thousand, one hundred and twenty-four weeks as I type this, more or less. That's about twenty-one and a half years, give or take.

BDB: How did it come about?

MP: When I was i...

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Featured Host 2005-07-25 11:46:49
A Q&A with Jeff Scott
"The Blues Disease," Mondays at 10:00am
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Jeff Scott is host of "The Blues Disease" that airs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays on KUCI 88.9 FM. I listen whenever I get a chance. If you haven't done so yet, maybe it's time.

BDB: How long have you had your show?

JS: I'm actually cele...

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Featured Host 2005-05-16 22:43:48
A Q&A with Jarret Lovell
"Justice or Just Us?," Thursdays at 9:00am
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Jarret Lovell is host of "Justice or Just Us?" that airs Thursday mornings at 8 a.m. on KUCI-FM. He’s also been Public Affairs director for the last two years.

Q: "Justice or Just Us?" ... this is a...

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Featured Host 2005-03-29 16:40:02
A Q&A with Branden Willman
"Hootenanny," Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barret

A few months ago I wrote a "Spotlight" on James Rawson. I became familiar with his show, mostly because as I would drive home after hosting "Writers on Writing" on Thursday evenings, I kept the dial on KUCI. I found the music he played so compelling that...

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Featured Host 2005-01-26 13:43:59
Wanda's Twangy Music Show Isn't Just Tasty --
It's "Howdylicious"!!!!
by: Duncan Strauss

You know how you sometimes marvel at over-the-top overachievers, wondering how the hell they manage to deftly juggle multiple jobs and cool, creative tasks that--let's be honest--you and I and a few others could work our butts off together on and still ne...

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Featured Host 2004-12-06 09:06:51
A Q&A with James Rawson
"Between the Lines," Thursdays at 6:00 p.m.
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

James Rawson's music show, "Betweenthelines," airs Thursdays at six, just after "Writers on Writing," so as I motor away from the studio in the winter dark, I listen, and absorb,...

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Featured Host 2004-09-16 15:24:47
Spotlight on Larry Momaya
Bombay Beat Science
by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Larry Momaya, M.D., hosts "Bombay Beat Science" which airs Sundays from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at 88.9 FM and at www.kuci.org/drbombay
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Featured Host 2004-08-22 20:54:00
Armando + Javier + Mariano + Monday Night = "Saxofones, Tubas Y Accordeones"
Program Spotlight
by: Duncan Strauss

Tim Russert closes each edition of NBC's "Meet The Press" with the authoritative signature sign-off, "If it's Sunday, it's 'Meet The Press.'"

If they ever had the inclination, the Rubio brothers could close their KUCI show with an equally axiomati...

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  • Spotlight on Marrie Stone
  • Spotlight on Roland Esq Holmes
  • Spotlight on Shapan Debnath
  • Spotlight on Samantha Varela
  • Spotlight on Polar Bear Jack
  • Spotlight on Erin
  • Spotlight on Genie
  • Spotlight on Ziba
  • Spotlight on DJ Jake Bacon
  • Spotlight on Dan Tsang
  • Spotlight on Chris Rigney AKA DJ Azrael
  • Spotlight on Serena Sharp
  • Spotlight on Patricia Hirsch
  • Spotlight on Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
  • Spotlight on Kyle Olson
  • Spotlight on Mari Frank
  • Spotlight on John Klug
  • Spotlight on Mike Boyle
  • Spotlight on Michael Rydzinsky
  • Spotlight on Joy Hought
  • Spotlight on Mike Kaspar and Nathan Callahan
  • Spotlight on Michael Payne
  • A Q&A with Jeff Scott
  • A Q&A with Jarret Lovell
  • A Q&A with Branden Willman
  • Wanda's Twangy Music Show Isn't Just Tasty --
  • A Q&A with James Rawson
  • Spotlight on Larry Momaya
  • Armando + Javier + Mariano + Monday Night = "Saxofones, Tubas Y Accordeones"
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