New Public Affairs Schedule

This month, KSER's line-up of local public affairs programs continues to grow.

Longtime morning host Ed Bremer moves to the afternoons to bring you an expanded lineup of local news, information, interviews and conversation on Sound Living, now heard Monday through Friday at 4:00PM.  

Associate Producer Sondra Santos takes the helm weekday mornings on an expanded Takeaway, now airing at 6:00AM and 8:00AM.

Together, Sondra and Ed keep you up-to-date on world and national affairs, plus local news, traffic and weather for Snohomish County, Island County and beyond.

Click here for a 1-page printable schedule.
The new schedule introduces two programs to our afternoon public affairs line-up:

• The Story, hosted by Dick Gordon, Monday - Friday at 3:00pm. Dick Gordon is a former CBC reporter and 

• Law and Disorder Radio, heard Wednesday at 6:00pm, with hosts Michael Ratner from the Center for Constitutional Rights, Heidi Boghosian executive director of the National Lawyers Guild, and civil rights attorney Michael Steven Smith.

Beginning January 17th, Ed Bremer moves to the afternoons as host of Sound Living, now heard daily from 4-5pm. Many of the familiar local correspondents currently heard in the morning on The Takeaway will now be heard on Sound Living in the afternoons. Ed brings his decades of experience and knowledge of our community to the program, with news and info, traffic and weather reports, and interviews covering issues of unique importance to listeners in Snohomish and Island Counties. Healthy Living continues on Thursdays, now from 4-5pm, with naturopathic doctors Kasra Pournadeli, Rebecca Dirks, and Stacy Wells answering your questions.

The schedule of local interviews and commentaries now heard on Sound Living:

MONDAY

4:01 BBC News
4:07 Interview with Jerry Cornfield, reporter The Herald
4:18 Jim Hightower commentary
4:20 Media Minutes
4:25 Sue Frause from Whidbey Island
4:33 Tannen commentary (humor)
4:36 Kristen Kelly – Smart Growth Director of Futurewise
4:40 Seein’ Green
4:45 Environment report
4:50 President Obama’s Weekly comment
4:55 GOP Response

TUESDAY

4:01 BBC News
4:07 Interview with State Rep. Hans Dunshee (D. 44th Dist.)
4:18 Jim Hightower commentary
4:20 Counterspin Headlines
4:25 Jessica Sparks, editor Weekly Tribune Newspapers
4:33 Tannen commentary (humor)
4:36 Local Event/News interview
4:40 World Ocean Report
4:45 Environment report
4:50 Human Right’s Digest
4:55 Sand in the Gears Commentary (Mark Hale)

WEDNESDAY

4:01 BBC News
4:07 Interview with State Rep. Dan Kristiansen (R. 39th Dist.)
4:18 Jim Hightower commentary
4:20 Between the Lines Headlines
4:25 Scott Wilson, editor of Port Townsend Leader
4:33 Tannen commentary (humor)
4:36 Darrel Gray, Whidbey Island
4:40 Toast To Your Health with Howard
4:47 Bill Becker, Airline Consultant
4:55 Roy Holman Commentary

Democracy Now continues to anchor our evening news programming, from 5-6pm.

In the last hour of drive time from 6-7pm, we'll continue to air our diverse line-up of local public affairs programming Monday and Tuesday, as well as Bioneers and Sea Change Radio on alternate Tuesdays.

Law and Disorder replaces Alternative Radio on Wednesdays from 6-7pm, with Counterspin, Between the Lines, Poets West and Left, Right, & Center now heard Thursday & Fridays between at 6:00pm. We no longer air BBC Newshour, instead offering headline news at 3:01pm & 4:01pm.

Public Affairs programming airs weekdays, Mon-Fri, 3am-9am and 3pm-7pm, with our signature eclectic music program, the Sunlit Room, returning to a 9am start time and running to 3pm.

These changes have been made after careful evaluation of our current listenership and after much deliberation. Please give these new shows a listen and share your feedback in the comments section below. The goal is, as always, to improve the quality and relevance of the programming we offer to listeners.