Coming Attractions

On Friday, March 1 @ 11AM, DJ Fernando will air an interview with Seattle indie pop band, Seapony.

Tune in on Friday, March 1st @ 11:59PM as DJ Berkestir shares an hour of the music of the late great legendary jazz trumpeter, Donald Byrd on Round Midnight. Donald Byrd was a master of the 50's and 60's Bebop

There's a lot more to Black History than just "I Have a Dream".  Join DJ Sex 14s for an exploration of the tragedies and triumphs of Black History: From Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth to Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela.

Tune in for an interview with Arlene Blum, co-founder of the Green Science Policy Institute, author, environmental scientist, and record-setting mountaineer, who will talk about her battle against dangerous carcinogens in California furniture on Friday, March 1st @ noon on

Join DJ Tumble Weed on Tuesday, February 19th @ 8:16PM, directly following the Cal Baseball game, as he hosts the KALX live debut of the Kingdom of Not - not necessarily stoned but surreal. Be prepared for an experience not

Join KALX DJ Citizen Zain on the next episiode of Midnight Express  as he programs music influenced by the thumb piano known as Mbira / Kalimba.   What's the difference? Where does it orginate? How does it sound? Tune in to find out! 

Tune in on Friday, February 15th @ 11AM as DJ Fernando hosts the Oakland garage-pop duo, Bam!Bam!.

Spectrum will feature a two part special with Michael Eisen, an associate professor in UC Berkeley's Department of Molecular Biology on Friday, February 8th and 22nd @ noon. In part one, Eisen employs a combination of experimental and computational methods

Tune in on Thursday, February 7th @ 8:15AMas DJ Sharkey hosts the San Francisco chamber pop band, Foxtails Brigade!

Coming up on Wednesday, February 6th @ 6PM-9PM KALX DJ's Sex 14s and Dollar Bin travel 40 years back in time to the KALX of 1973 to do a Best of 1972 show. Nixon's just been sworn in for his second

On Saturday, February 2nd @ 9PM, DJ Deep Mission will be hosting local band The Sacred Profanities on KALX Live!. Tune in and listen to piano and pedal steel driven Americana music that they promise will touch on all things

Tune in for an interview with Internet Hall of Fame member Brewster Kahle, who will talk about the Internet Archive, the tragic passing of activist Aaron Swartz, and the greater effort to preserve free and open information on the Internet

On Friday, January 25th @ noon Spectrum hosts the representatives of Pioneers in Engineering also known as PIE.  Since 2008 PIE, a UC Berkeley student run project, has been doing STEM outreach in Bay Area High Schools.  PIE sponsors and

Tune in on Thursday, January 31st @ 11:59PM as DJ Berkestir shares an hour of the music of early Uriah Heep covering the years from 1969 to 1972 with songs from their first five LP's . Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy

On Saturday, January 26th @ 9PM, the Drifter Sisters will be performing country and roots music on the KALX Live! airwaves.  DJ Bison Run will be the host and interview the band.

On Sunday, January 20th @ 11AM, be ready for some sweet tuneful moments as DJ Deep Mission hosts local band Sweet Moments of Confusion (cellist Myra Joy and accordionist Diana Strong).  They'll be playing some of their own original compositions

The upcoming episode of Spectrum on Friday, January 11th @ noon features the Level Playing Field Institute, a non-profit currently based in the Bay Area that is committed to eliminating the barriers faced by underrepresented people of color in science,

Saturday, January 12th @ 1PM San Francisco's Global-minded trumpeter Will Magid will be guest of DJ Amazing Grace.  Chat and DJ sets will happen!

We hope you enjoyed our on-air Best Of Week this year! Make sure to peruse all of our Best Of 2012 lists here.

Tune in on Saturday, January 5th @ 11AM as Women Hold Up Half The Sky hosts Marissa Nadler, dream folk singer-songwriter.  That same night, Nadler will be performing at The Chapel.