THE PUBLIC MIX @ 91.7

OCCUPY BAY AREA: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK! As the Occupy Wall Street movement unfolds in the Bay Area, KALW is trying something new. We’re using the sound-sharing platform SoundCloud to collect perspectives on the movement from Bay Area residents. Tell us what’s happening in your city and what you think about it. Share it with us using your Android, iPhone or iPad and the SoundCloud App. Record yourself, tag your location and include the hash tag #OccupyBayArea in the title. Your story will appear on our Bay Area map with everyone else’s! Check out what we’ve collected so far! NEW PILOT PROGRAM ON FRIDAYS:  Day 6 from the CBC may join our "week in review" programs on Fridays.  Host Brent Bambury gives listeners a blend of the best of the week’s news, current affairs, pop culture, the net, lifestyle, and leisure.  (Your comments about the show are welcome, send us an email!)  Fridays at 6pm.   RAINDROPS ON ROSES:  Alan Farley talks with special guests iwho share their favorite recordings on My Favorite Things in December: 12/5 choreographer Alonzo King; 12/12 Mark Rucker, Associate Artistic Director of the American Conservatory Theatre; 12/26 Your Call producer Malihe Razazan.  Mondays at 9pm. FAVORITE THINGS...and THEN SOME:  On Mondays, KALW News will offer a feature called "My Mix Tape" where people from all walks of life tell us about a song that has meaning to them.  What's yours?  Call us at 415-264-7106, leave your contact info, and we'll get back to you.  Mondays at 8:19am, 12:57pm, 6:29pm. AWARD-WINNING RADIO!  Kudos to our own KALW News Department for two recent awards from the The Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter:  ARTS & CULTURE (radio/audio): Martina Castro of KALW-FM for “The Audiophiles,” a series about sound; and COMMUNITY JOURNALISM (radio): Holly Kernan, Ben Trefny, Martina Castro and the KALW-FM staff for “Crosscurrents”.  The winners will be honored at SPJ-NorCal’s 26th annual awards dinner on November 15 at Jillian’s restaurant in San Francisco. TRY OUR JUKEBOX:  If you missed your favorite KALW-produced music show (Then & Now, My Favorite Things, Fog City Blues, Africa Mix, Open Air, Voicebox, Folk Music & Beyond, A Patchwork Quilt, Bluegrass Signal, Tangents, and others), you can listen to the most recent broadcast anytime, via KALW's Local Music Player. Recently on Fresh Air with Terry Gross:

Help KALW Map Earthquake Preparedness

Twenty-two years ago, on October 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake shook the Bay Area.  KALW is partnering with Mobile Commons to create a map that shows where we are more (or less) prepared for the next Big One.  It's a public service campaign, and your participation is the key.  We're asking you to tell us what's in your earthquake preparedness kit . . . or if you don't have one.  Text the word "KIT" to 30644 to participate in a simple survey that will automatically create a map that you can access.  It only takes a couple of seconds, and will help us draw a picture of how ready our communities are, and where we can do better.   Click & zoom on the map below to see the responses we've received so far, or click HERE to open the map in a new window.