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1 1 QUARTERLY ISSUES/PROGRAMS REPORT Station (call letters): Location (city, state): KPSC Palm Springs, CA For quarter beginning: January 1, 20 April 1, 2015 July 1, 20 October 1, 20 Attached hereto are descriptions of issue-responsive programming broadcast by this station during the reporting period. The listed programs aired on the station during the reporting period on the days and times indicated. Each program regularly provides information or addresses current local issues of concern to viewers in the area where the station is located Wiley Rein LLP Washington, DC Northern Virginia

2 2 LOCAL ISSUES ADDRESSED DURING THE QUARTER The following are local issues of concern to the community. Programs that addressed these issues during this reporting period are listed on the following pages. Local Issue/Concern Coverage of Local Arts Brief description of local issue or concern The awareness of local artistic events from producers who share audience with classical music-minded individuals. Exposure to Classical Music To bring the best of classical music, both new and archived recordings to the public-at-large. Education/Children s Issues The impact of arts and music related curriculums on youth from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds.

3 3 FCC Issues/Programs Reports and Related Requirements Appendix B PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS LOCAL ISSUES The following programs that aired during the relevant reporting period regularly address local issues and concerns in the station s city of license and within its service area. Specific episodes and segments of these programs and the issues they addressed are listed on the following pages. Program Name Schedule Brief Generic Description (Day/Time) (Note whether local, syndicated or network) Arts Alive Saturdays, 8am Locally-produced, 30 minute program about arts and culture in Southern California includes interviews with local artists and arts community members, interactive Q&A with USC Thornton School of Music Dean, arts news and community arts calendar. The Opera Show Saturdays, 9am Locally produced, music-based content regarding opera. Focusing on composers & performers with occasional interviews with local productions. Modern Times Saturdays, 10pm Locally produced, music-based program focusing on the past 75 years of contemporary classical music. Soul Music Sundays, 6am Locally produced, music-based program focusing on the choral component of recorded classical music. From the Top Sundays at 6pm Syndicated via American Public Media Recent concert performances and interviews with young musicians from across the United States. The Record Shelf Sundays at 10p Locally produced, nationally syndicated program surveying historic recordings, offering buyers guides and, featuring interviews with today s greatest classical music personalities. Thornton Center Stage Sundays at 9pm Locally produced music-based program featuring student and faculty performances from the archives of the USC Thornton School of Music.

4 4 LA Opera On-Air A Musical Offering Saturday Mornings at 10am (May- June Only) Sundays at 9AM A broadcast series of six full-length opera s from the LA Opera s most recent season. Locally-produced music-based program featuring music of the Baroque Period. SoCal Sunday Night Sundays, 7pm Locally-produced concert broadcasts from Southern California orchestras and ensembles: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale. Requests at Noon Mon-Fri, 12PM Locally-produced, music-based program featuring music requested by listeners.

5 5 ISSUE-RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING Local Issue: Exposure to classical music Program Date Time Duration Description The Record Shelf 4/5 10p 1hr Beecham s Best? Sir Thomas Beecham in historic recordings with the greatest of his London orchestras and many thought the greatest orchestra of its time the London Philharmonic. The Record Shelf 4/12 10p 1hr Call Me Irresponsible. In the first of two programs, great opera stars of the past sing popular songs. The Record Shelf 4/19 10p 1hr In the second of two programs, great opera stars of the past sing popular songs. The Record Shelf 4/26 10p 1hr The Classmates. Leopold Stokowski leads of program of music by his old friend Ralph Vaughan Williams, including the American premiere of the composer s 9 th Symphony. The Record Shelf 5/3 10p 1hr Film composer Alexandre Desplat discusses his acclaimed scores for The Imitation Game and The Grand Budapest Hotel. The Record Shelf 5/10 10p 1hr In the first of two programs, the astounding recordings of the brilliant, doomed French violinist, Ginette Neveu. The Record Shelf 5/17 10p 1hr In the second of two programs, the classic recordings of violinist Ginette Neveu. The Record Shelf 5/24 10p 1hr A conversation with the Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek. The Record Shelf 5/31 10p 1hr The Record Shelf Record Reviews offering critical reactions to the latest compact discs. The Record Shelf 6/7 10p 1hr They Should Have Stayed in Bed. A look at some great musicians most disastrous recordings. The Record Shelf 6/14 10p 1hr Lady Camilla, Part I. In the first of two programs, recently discovered recordings

6 6 by the wonderful, Long Beach-born violinist, Camilla Wicks. The Record Shelf 6/21 10p 1hr Lady Camilla, Part 2. In the second of two programs, recently published recordings by the American violinist, Camilla Wicks. The Record Shelf 6/28 10p 1hr A Buyer s Guide to Composers You ve Probably Never Heard Of. A survey of some of the best readily available recordings. Met Opera 4/4 10a Verdi: Ernani Levine, conductor; Meade, Meli, Domingo, Belosselskiy Met Opera 4/11 10a Verdi: Don Carlo Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Frittoli, Gubanova, Lee, Keenlyside, Furlanetto, Morris Met Opera 4/18 10a Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Conlon, conductor; Westbroek, Jovanovich, Very, Kotscherga Met Opera 4/25 10a Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana Luisi, conductor; Westbroek, Álvarez, Lučić Leoncavallo: Pagliacci Luisi, conductor; Racette, Álvarez, Gagnidze, Meachem Local Issue: Coverage of local arts Program Date Time Duration Description Arts Alive 4/4 8a 30min The light and somber moments of YOLA and LA Phil s trip to Japan; a hungry young theater company gets a taste for Shakespeare; film critic Kenneth Turan on three new movies putting art on the big screen; Ask the Dean answers a question about classical programming in the wake of a national tragedy. Arts Alive 4/11 8a 30min We take you to the Museum of Latin American Art to see Mexico: Fantastic

7 Identity. Plus Hilary Hahn went from playing a tiny violin at age 4 to a big career in classical music. For her new album, she tells us, she returned to a pair of concertos she first learned to play as a child. On Ask the Dean: why do we call it "Modern" music when it was written 100 years ago? Arts Alive 4/18 8a 30min Host Brian Lauritzen and his KUSC colleagues weigh in on classical music for baseball players at bat; the American Youth Symphony doesn't look a day over 50, we take you to a rehearsal; Dean Rob investigates a mysterious Tchaikovsky symphony on Ask the Dean; film critic Kenneth Turan on three films he calls fascinating; Arts News; Around Town arts calendar. Arts Alive 4/25 8a 30min Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra is ending their first season with a conductorless performance of Mahler s 4th we talk to their founder and the composer whose new work they ll debut; an interview with LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne about the intersection of music and architecture; the latest arts news; a trip Around Town with the Arts Alive calendar; on Ask the Dean, Dean Rob Cutietta of the USC Thornton School of Music answers the question is there an international language for conductors. Arts Alive 5/2 8a 30min Big inspiration comes in small packages at REDCAT's International Children's Film Festival; a celebration of dance springs onto the silver screen with the Dance Media Film Festival; Kenneth Turan reviews an action movie, a fashion film and a cult classic; Ask the Dean fields a question from left field. Arts Alive 5/16 8a 30min How a theater company for deaf artists and audiences, Deaf West Theatre, is mounting the popular musical Spring Awakening; Prize-winning composer and renegade Julia Wolfe tells us about writing the piece that just won her a Pulitzer; Arts News; Around Town arts calendar; Ask the Dean breaks down the science of playing with the speed of sound. Arts Alive 5/23 8a 30min From the heights of indie rock to classical music composition, we talk to Bryce Dessner (The National) about his new piece premiering at the LA Phil next weekend. Plus, we take you behind the scenes of the smash hit musical Matilda with composer 7

8 and comedian Tim Minchin. LA Times and Arts Alive film critic Kenneth Turan rings us up from the Cannes Film Festival. He tells us about five films making waves this year and his not-so-secret Orangina addiction. On Ask the Dean, Dean Rob Cutietta of the USC Thornton School of Music answers a question about the role of conductors in helping audiences understand concert hall etiquette. Arts Alive 5/30 8a 30min Composer Philip Glass has written music for the stage, screen, opera house, and the concert hall... and now he's written a memoir. Glass is our guest. Plus composer David Shire tells us about "Waterfall", his new musical about an international love triangle. On Ask the Dean, is there such thing as pure music? Arts Alive 6/6 8a 30min Steven Schick says when you re a percussionist, anything can be an instrument. He s taking that outlook to the Ojai Music Festival as this year s Music Director. What does he have in store? He tells us all about it. And we celebrate the great scores of 1985, from Back to the Future to Out of Africa, with the Golden State Pops Orchestra. Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews three very different films, covering war, music and end of life. And Dean Rob Cutietta has a lament for librettists on Ask the Dean. Arts Alive 6/13 8a 30min How Wu Man mastered the difficult Chinese instrument called a pipa and what she's bringing to the Ojai Music Festival; "A menu isn't just a menu," says Josh Kun about To Live and Dine in LA, a new book and exhibit that mines a huge collection of historical menus for revelations about LA; Around Town with the arts calendar; why British music terms didn't stick after their trip across the pond on Ask the Dean. Arts Alive 6/20 8a 30min Music Director Scott Yoo gives us a sneak peak of Festival Mozaic, the festival bringing chamber music to scenic San Luis Obispo locales, including a special series that bares all; Yarlung Records founder Bob Attiyeh explains why his label, celebrating its 10th anniversary, embraces analog for high quality recordings of new artists; Kenneth Turan recommends a pair of new films and we Ask the Dean. SoCal Sunday Night 4/5 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic 8

9 9 SoCal Sunday Night 4/12 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 4/19 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 4/26 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 5/3 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 5/10 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 5/17 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 5/24 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 5/31 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 6/7 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 6/14 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 6/21 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic SoCal Sunday Night 6/28 7p 2hrs A concert from the La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, recorded live at the festival. Local Issue: Education/Children s Issues Program Date Time Duration Description From The Top Sundays 6p 1hr Weekly program highlighting performances and interviews with talented youth musicians from across the US. The Off-to- School/Summer vacation Request Thornton Center Stage Ask the Dean (part of Arts Alive) Mon-Fri 7:15a 10min Host plays a piece of classical music requested by a child and/or their parent/guardian that they want to hear on their way to school. Sundays 9p 2 hrs Locally produced music-based program featuring student and faculty performances from the archives of the USC Thornton School of Music. Saturdays 8:45AM 5-10 minutes USC Thornton School of Music Dean Robert Cutietta answers listener questions about instruments, music theory, music history and careers in

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