QUARTERLY ISSUES/PROGRAMS REPORT

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1 1 QUARTERLY ISSUES/PROGRAMS REPORT Station (call letters): Location (city, state): KDSC (FM) Thousand Oaks, CA (100% Simulcast of Parent Station KUSC, Los Angeles, CA) For quarter beginning: January 1, 20 April 1, 20 July 1, 2017 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.

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 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) KUSC Out & About Mondays, Locally-produced, 2-3 minute program about arts and Tuesdays, culture in Southern California includes interviews Fridays, with local artists and arts community members. 8:40AM, 11:40AM & 5:40PM 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 A Musical Offering Sundays at 9pm Sundays at 9AM Locally produced music-based program featuring student and faculty performances from the archives of the USC Thornton School of Music. Locally-produced music-based program featuring music of the Baroque Period.

4 SoCal Sunday Night Sundays, 7pm Locally-produced concert broadcasts from Southern California orchestras and ensembles: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Los Angeles Master Chorale. Requests at Noon Mon-Fri, 12PM Locally-produced, music-based program featuring music requested by listeners. 4

5 5 ISSUE-RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING Local Issue: Exposure to classical music Program Date Time Duration Description LIVE BROADCAST: LA OPERA S CARMEN 9/9 7PM 2hr Live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, KUSC broadcasts LA Opera s seasonopening production of Carmen. The Record Shelf 7/2 10p 1hr The Collector s Rhapsodies, Part 2. More historic recordings of the Hungarian Rhapsodies of Franz Liszt. The Record Shelf 7/9 10p 1hr Oh Joy Oh Rapture Unforeseen! Part 1. A rebroadcast of the first of two programs featuring historic recordings of great movements from the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. The Record Shelf 7/16 10p 1hr Oh Joy Oh Rapture Unforeseen! Part 2. The second of two programs featuring historic recordings of great movements from the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. The Record Shelf 7/23 10p 1hr A conversation with the great American pianist Emanuel Ax. The Record Shelf 7/30 10p 1hr The Record Shelf Record Reviews. Jim Svejda s critical reactions to the latest compact discs. The Record Shelf 8/6 10p 1hr Die Meistersinger von Lancashire. Historic recordings of Wagner s music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. The Record Shelf 8/13 10p 1hr A Buyer s Guide to the Sibelius Symphonies and Tone Poems. A survey of the best of the readily available recordings. The Record Shelf 8/20 10p 1hr The Young Menuhin. The early recordings of the American-born violinist Yehudi Lord Menuhin. The Record Shelf 8/27 10p 1hr A conversation with the great Los Angeles-born pianist Stephen Kovacevich. The Record Shelf 9/3 10p 1hr Good King Vaclav, Part 1. In the first of two programs, classic recordings by the greatest of Czech conductors, Vaclav

6 6 Talich. The Record Shelf 9/10 10p 1hr Good King Vaclav, Part 2. The second of two programs, classic recordings by the greatest of Czech conductors, Vaclav Talich. The Record Shelf 9/17 10p 1hr The Best of the Record Shelf. A second look at the career of the great American tenor Roland Hayes. The Record Shelf 9/24 10p 1hr A conversation with the astonishing Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili. Local Issue: Coverage of local arts Program Date Time Duration Description LA OPERA ON AIR: LIVE SEASON- OPENING BROADCAST 9/9 7PM 3 hours Duff Murphy whisks you to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for opening night of the company s season, featuring Carmen. KUSC Out & About 9/6 8:40a, KUSC Out & About 9/8 8:40a, KUSC Out & About 9/11 8:40a, KUSC Out & About 9/13 8:40a, KUSC Out & About 9/15 8:40a, KUSC Out & About 9/18 8:40a, KUSC Out & About 9/20 8:40a, KUSC Out & About 9/25 8:40a, Hamilton at the Pantages Pacific Standard Time: Latin American film series USC grads produce documentary Score about film music Pacific Standard Time: Oaxacan mural at Central Library Colburn School upcoming season Viver Brasil: Afro-Brazilian dance company Viver Brasil performs at newly renovated Ford Theatres Gustavo Dudamel previews LA Phil season

7 7 KUSC Out & About 9/17 8:40a, Gustavo Dudamel previews LA Phil season opener SoCal Sunday Night 7/2 7p 2hrs A concert from the Pacific Symphony recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 7/16 7p 2hrs A concert from the Pacific Symphony recorded live. SoCal Sunday Night 7/23 7p 2hrs A concert from the Pacific Symphony SoCal Sunday Night 7/30 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at SoCal Sunday Night 8/6 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at SoCal Sunday Night 8/13 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at SoCal Sunday Night 8/20 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at SoCal Sunday Night 8/27 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at SoCal Sunday Night 9/3 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at SoCal Sunday Night 9/10 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at SoCal Sunday Night 9/17 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at SoCal Sunday Night 9/24 7p 2hrs A concert from the LA Philharmonic at 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 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.

8 8 KUSC/KDSC Radio Local Events & Arts Calendar // Public Service Announcements July September 2017 KUSC Out and About (airs Mon, Weds, Fri at 8:40AM, 11:40AM & 5:40PM) Wednesday, September 6 Hamilton at the Pantages Friday, September 8 Pacific Standard Time: Latin American film series Monday, September 11 USC grads produce documentary Score about film music Wednesday, September 13 Pacific Standard Time: Oaxacan mural at Central Library Friday, September 15 Colburn School upcoming season Monday, September 18 Viver Brasil: Afro-Brazilian dance company Wednesday, September 20 Viver Brasil performs at newly renovated Ford Theatres Monday, September 25 Gustavo Dudamel previews LA Phil season Wednesday, September 17 Gustavo Dudamel previews LA Phil season opener On-Air Arts Calendar during Weekly Daytime Shifts July 5, 9:30AM Orange County Women s Chorus auditions July 6, 3PM ballet at the Hollywood Bowl July 7, 7:30AM concerts in the dome at Mt. Wilson Observatory, 3PM Redlands Bowl Concerto Competition, 4PM Gay Men s Chorus of Los Angeles & The Music Guild Summerfest, 5PM Encore Vocal Ensemble, LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl, Mt. Wilson Observatory concerts, Sundays Live at LACMA, 6PM Pokorny Seminar at University of Redlands, LA Phil s Dudamel & Stars of Ballet July 10, 6PM ipalpiti Festival July 11, 7:30AM Laguna Art Museum concert, 3PM Hollywood Bowl Beethoven s 9 th July 12, 7:30AM Third@First concert in Pasadena July 14, 3pm LA Phil with Dudamel & Tony Bennett, 4PM Pacific Symphony in Newport Beach, 5PM American Contemporary Ballet, Los Angeles Children s Chorus, Third@First Concert Series, 6PM Music Academy of the West, Northwest Boychoir California Concert Tour July 17, 4PM Hollywood Bowl, 5PM Festival Mozaic July 18, 6AM Joshua Bell at the Hollywood Bowl, 8AM Vin Scully at the Hollywood Bowl, 3PM Hollywood Bowl, 5PM Music Academy of the West July 20, 3PM Hollywood Bowl Shahan Plays Williams

9 9 July 21, 3PM Hollywood Bowl Sondheim, Music Guild Summerfest, 4PM Penninsula Symphony, ipalpiti at LACMA Sundays Live, 5PM Pacific Symphony, St Luk s Pres Church concert, 6PM Festival Mozaic, Music Academy of the West July 25, 8AM ipalpiti in Rolling Hills July 27, 8AM ipalpiti soloists noon concert at UCLA July 28, 4PM Idyllwild Arts Chamber Music Festival, Opera NEO Cabaret in Encino, Beverly Hills International Music Festival, Festival Mozaic, 5PM Hollywood Bowl Mamma Mia, ipalpiti Orchestra Grand Finale, 6PM Festival Mozaic Chamber Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts La Scala Ballet Company August 2, 7AM UCLA Chamber Music Festival August 4, 3PM Opera Palisades Ampitheater, Gregory Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, 4PM Nicholas Claremonet Community School of Music, Profant Foundation for the Arts, 5PM Opera Palisades Presbyterian Church, Hollywood Bowl, 6PM UCLA Center for 17 th & 18 th Century Studies August 7, 3PM Hollywood Bowl All Vivaldi Thurs Night August 8, 7AM Pasadena Presbyterian noon concert, 5PM American Contemporary Ballet August 9, 8AM Two Cranes Festival at PCC, 5PM Opera NEO August 10, 4PM Sundays Live at LACMA, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 5PM Hollywood Bowl All Vivaldi August 11, 3PM Department of Beaches & Harbos concert, Two Cranes International Music Festival, 4PM Music Guild Summerfest, LA Phil Hollywood Bowl, 5PM LA Phil Hollywood Bowl, Rainford Rogers Modern Ballet, Redlands Bowl Music Festival, 6PM Classics at the Mer August 15, 9AM Organ Recital at the Cathedral, 3PM LA Phil Gershwin Under the Stars, LA Phil Planets with Dudamel, 4PM LACO with Joshua Bell August 16, 4PM Opera Buffs Zipper Hall August 18, 3PM LA Phil Hollywood Bowl Holst The Planets, 4PM Opera Buffs, LA Phil Tchaikovsky Spectacular, State Street Ballet, 5PM Ojai Youth Orchestra, Jurassic Park with Pacific Symphony, West Hollywood Dance Festival, 6PM Norton Simon Museum concert, Music Guild SummerFest August 25, 6AM St Luke s Presbyterian Garden Concert, 3PM Joshua Bell & the LA Phil, 4PM Redlands Symphony, Loyola Marymount University Concert Choir, The Malibu Friends of Music, 5PM the Hollywood Bowl, Classics at the Merc, 6PM Redlands Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl August 30, 9AM Oak Tree Group at Theatricum Botanicum September 1, 8AM Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival, 3PM Hollywood Bowl, 4PM Oak Tree Theatricum Botanicum, Claremont Community School of Music, Opera League of Los Angeles, 5PM Hollywood Bowl, Friends of Sundays LACMA, Nixon Library concert, 6PM Claremont Community School of Music, Hollywood Bowl September 6, 8AM Midsummer Night Concert in Pasadena, 4PM Institute of Contemporary Art LA, USC Thornton Symphony September 7, 3PM Camerata Pacifica September 8, 3PM Pomona College Department of Music, Oak Tree Group Composer s Concert, 4PM Pacific Opera Project, Ambassador Auditorium Glendale Phil, St. Mary of the

10 Angeles concert, USC Thornton School of Music, 5PM Nat Nehdar Mid Summer Concert, Camerata Pacifica, Edendale Branch Library concert, Rolling Hills United Methodist Church concert, 6PM Santa Barbara Choral Society, Ballet Repertory Theatre September 12, 10AM Segerstrom Performing Arts Mariinksy Ballet, 3PM Yo-Yo Ma at the Hollywood Bowl September 13, 7AM Beverly Hills Audition Winner in concert, 4PM Colburn School Concerts September 14, 10AM Pacific Symphony opening concerts, 3PM Hollywood Bowl final concert, 5PM LA Phil Mozart September 15, 10AM La Guittara Fest in San Luis Obispo, 11AM KUSC Special Event with Pacific Symphony, 3PM Restoration Concerts, Pierre Leloup at Theatre Raymond, Marylin Winkle at Lutheran Church, 4PM Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Hausmann Quartet, South Bay Chamber Music Society, 5PM Pittance Chamber Music, LA Opera Carmen, The Dream Orchestra, 6PM Symphony Irvine, Pomona College Department of Music September 16, 7AM La Guitarra San Luis Obispo, LA Phil, LA Opera September 18, 10AM LACO Concerts with Joshua Bell, 5AM Salastina Society September 19, 11AM LA Phil/Salonen concerts September 20, 10AM LA Opera/Carmen, 11AM Pacific Symphony/LACO Joshua Bell, 5PM LA Phil, 6PM LA Master Chorale September 21, 3PM San Fernando Valley Symphony, 5PM LA Phil, 6PM San Diego Symphony September 22, 3PM USC Thornton School of Music, 4PM Los Angeles Master Chorale, Colburn School, Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church concert, 5PM Carolyn Sykes Pacific Harps, American Youth Symphony, LA Opera Carmen, 6PM Pomona College Department of Music, Chamber on the Mount, The Corelli Ensemble September 25, 10AM LA Phil Gala Concert, 11AM Esa Pekka Salonen/LA Phil September 26, 8AM Thornton Chamber Music, 6PM LA Phil September 27, 7AM Repertory Opera Company, 4PM Musica Angelica Water Music September 28, 10AM Joshua Bell with LACO, 11AM LA Opera Carmen September 29, 6AM Noon Concert at Scripps, 10AM LA Phil Mozart Festival, 3PM Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, RCC Music Department, Pomona College Department of Music, 4PM Los Angeles Philharmonic, Musco Concert, Orchestra Santa Monica, Young Musicians Foundation, 5PM Burbank Chamber Music, All Saints Church concert, Musica Angelica Baroque, Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara, USC Thornton School of Music, 6PM Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic 10