QUARTERLY ISSUES/PROGRAMS REPORT

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1 QUARTERLY ISSUES/PROGRAMS REPORT Station (call letters): Location (city, state): KXSC (FM) Sunnyvale, CA (100% Simulcast of Parent Station KDFC, San Francisco, CA) For quarter beginning: January 1, 2017 April 1, 2017 July 1, 2017 October 1, 2017 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 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. Issue/Concern Arts Education and Funding Brief description of local issue or concern Provide adequate education to the youth, as well as support performance venues Arts News Keep the public informed on news from local arts groups Cultural and Global Awareness Promoting general awareness and announcing local events affecting minorities Family/Children Issues Health and Wellness Provide information on how to help families in need, events and activities for parents and children to participate together, etc. Promoting a healthy and active lifestyle Support and Promotion of Lesser Known Arts Groups Enhance awareness of local groups, provide opportunities to attend performances Technological Advancements Advances in technology and how they relate to the arts

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 (Day/Time) Sunday, 6am Brief Generic Description (Note whether local, syndicated or network) International Travel Syndicated KDFC Blog 4 on-air mentions a day Written by on-air hosts. The State of the Arts Monday-Friday 7:58am m m In-depth coverage of local arts groups and performances. On-Air PSAs 4 times a week during on-air shifts 15 - :30 second announcements of local issues From the Top Sundays at 7pm Syndicated via American Public Media Recent concert performances and interviews with young musicians from across the United States. Dianne s Top 5 10 times a week :60 second produced calendar of events Bay Area Mix Once Monthly, Sunday 8pm Showcases performances from Bay Area arts groups

4 ISSUE-RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING Issue: Arts Education and Funding Program Date Time Duration Description The State of the Arts 7/7 7:58a A look at the key of C major, often seen as the blandest key. KDFC Blog 8/8 4 on-air mentions The State of the Arts 8/23 7:58a :30 A chance to learn about and create your own Gregorian chant. A look at the key of F major, used in pastoral music. The State of the Arts 8/24 7:58a The State of the Arts 8/31 7:58a The State of the Arts 9/1 7:58a A look at Music in Schools Today, an organization that helps collect and distribute instruments to kids from underserved communities. A look at two important musical styles, the Fantasia and the Fugue. A survey of musical pieces that signal the world of academia.

5 The State of the Arts 9/6 7:58a The State of the Arts 9/1 7:58a The State of the Arts 9/26 7:58a A look at some of the Community Music Center s events for students and the public. A look at the key of D-Flat Major. A survey of some of George Gershwin s most memorable pieces. Issue: Arts News Program Date Time Duration Description KDFC Blog 8/17 4 on-air mentions KDFC Blog 9/12 4 on-air mentions KDFC Blog 9/28 4 on-air mentions :30 A look at Yekwon Sunwoo, the gold medalist of the 2017 Van Cliburn Competition who will be touring later this year in the Bay Area. :30 A look at Prisma Guitars, a Bay Area guitar-making company that recycles old skateboards to make guitars. :30 A look at opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa who announced her retirement. Issue: Cultural and Global Awareness

6 Program Date Time Duration Description 7/8 6am 1hr Author and This American Life contributor Sarah Vowell tells us what she's recently learned about the Americanization of the Hawaiian islands. 7/16 6am 1hr Historian Michael Wood discusses how Westerners might better understand China, the world's new superpower, by learning more about its monumental achievements over the past 4,000 years. 7/30 6am 1hr Author and Seoul-based foreign correspondent Michael Breen discusses how his fellow South Koreans regard their cousins to the north. 8/13 6am 1hr Cartoonist Sarah Glidden shares the insights she gained while getting to know the Kurdish people of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. 9/3 6am 1hr Then NPR's David Greene shares what he learned about everyday working-class Russians from his trips on the Trans-Siberian Railway. 9/17 6am 1hr Listen in as a leading expert on international terrorism explains how and why groups such as ISIS and Al Qaeda have turned to human trafficking and kidnapping. 9/24 6am 1hr Friends of Rick's from the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Bosnia share a Slavic perspective on what it means to participate in the European Union. Then novelist David Lida describes what poverty in rural Mexico looks like, and its role in the lives of many who enter the US illegally in search of work. Issue: Support and Promotion of Lesser Known Arts Groups Program Date Time Duration Description

7 The State of the Arts 7/9 7:58a The State of the Arts 7/12 7:58a A look at French conceptual artist Sophie Calle in a show called Missing at the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, curated by Ars Citizen. Exploring the 80 th anniversary season of the Carmel Bach Festival. The State of the Arts 7/13 8pm 1hr Clarinetist and instrument maker Eric Hoeprich joins the musicians of the Valley of the Moon Music Festival this weekend, when this year s theme of Schumann s World begins with works by the composer and those who influenced him. Bay Area Mix 7/14 8pm 1hr A look at Cuban pianist. composer, and jazz improviser Aldo López-Gavilán will be performing in two concerts at Festival Napa Valley The State of the Arts 7/19 7:58a This year marks the 15th anniversary season of Music@Menlo, and also the first time they ve chosen as their over-arching theme a musical instrument: The Glorious Violin. The State of the Arts 7/20 7:58a The State of the Arts 7/21 7:58a The State of the Arts 7/26 7:58a Flower Piano has returned for the third year to the San Francisco Botanical Garden with the installation of more than a dozen pianos around the grounds, available for visitors to play and to listen to other pianists. A look at the return of the Midsummer Mozart Festival, slightly scaled down from years before, but resuming after a year s hiatus following the death of the festival s founder and longtime conductor, George Cleve. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the world premiere run of The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga by playwright/composer Min Kahng.

8 The State of the Arts 7/27 7:58a The State of the Arts 7/28 7:58a The State of the Arts 8/2 7:58a The State of the Arts 8/2 7:58a The State of the Arts 8/11 7:58a The State of the Arts 8/25 7:58a The State of the Arts 9/7 7:58a A look at Green Music Center s festival, pianosonoma, bringing together artists-in-residence and adult musicians who want solo and chamber music performance experience. The Piedmont Chamber Music Festival, co-founded by pianist Juliana Han and violinist Wayne Lee, returns to the Piedmont Center for the Arts next week, as they present their second season. The Merola Opera Program is celebrating its 60th anniversary season of helping to launch the careers of young performers, and tomorrow night and Saturday afternoon they ll present Rossini s Cenerentola at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. A look at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and its new conductor, Cristian Măcelaru. Black Odyssey at Cal Shakes re-imagines the story of Odysseus working his way home from the war. In Marcus Gardley s play, the protagonist is African-American soldier Ulysses Lincoln, trying to get back home to Oakland from service in Iraq. A look at the a cappella ensemble called Gaude performing Old First Concerts. A spurned enchantress takes her revenge on others including changing them into pigs in Pietro Andrea Ziani s opera La Circe, which was written in 1665, but is having its modern premiere by Ars Minerva. The

9 production, at ODC Theater, is directed by Celine Ricci. Bay Area Mix 9/11 8pm 1hr A look at Opera San Jose s production of Mozart s Cosi fan tutte, soprano Amanda Kingston plays Fiordiligi, one of two sisters whose fidelity is tested and bet on in an effort to show that no woman is faithful. The State of the Arts 9/13 7:58a A look at Chanticleer presenting a program called Heart of a Soldier. The State of the Arts 9/18 7:58a The State of the Arts 9/20 7:58a A look at Smuin Contemporary American Ballet season and a program that includes the West Coast premiere of Requiem for a Rose. Violinist Daniel Hope makes his first appearances with New Century Chamber Orchestra since it was announced that he would be their Artistic Partner for three years, as they look for a Music Director to replace Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.