Santa Fe Reporter - Best Local Radio Show

1. Santa Fe Radio Café, 101.1 FM, KSFR
428-1528
You’re in the car on your way to work, and you switch on the radio to find the cheery voices of Mary-Charlotte Domandi and her guests amid a sea of ambient noise. Domandi, the producer and host of KSFR’s Santa Fe Radio Café, doesn’t broadcast from a soundproof studio; she broadcasts daily from the noisy and bustling Santa Fe Baking Co. “It’s actually really fun,” Domandi tells SFR. “People who aren’t used to talking on the radio, they’re relaxed because it’s like a chat over coffee.” The truth is, you could expect to find just about anyone as a guest on the show. “The Radio Café has something for everyone,” Domandi says, “hardcore politics, science, arts, films, books, the natural world, religions, dogs and cats—and everything from local to international.” Yet despite the variety of backgrounds and themes Domandi incorporates, she specializes in translating them into easy-to-understand ideas. “Good radio is a storytelling medium that engages the listener’s mind without the distractions of the visuals we’re barraged with on TV and digital screens. For me, good radio is grounded in a strong intellect, an open heart and a sense of humor.” (RAL)

2. KSFR At Noon News Program, 101.1 FM, KSFR
 

John Trentacosta with Straight-Up - - Speacial Guest:  Joshua Breakstone.  Saturday, July 31st.  7pm - 9pm at Tipton Hall on the College of Santa Fe.

Tickets - $15.00 - at the Door

"Fire in velvet. A fitting description of Joshua Breakstone 's jazz guitar," wrote Paul Weidman in The Sante Fe New Mexican. "His flowing lines on up-tempo cookers are impeccably clean and fiery, bearing the mark of a first-rate improviser, while his chordal work on heartbreaker ballads is the final word in finesse," has raved Guitar Player magazine. Japan's Jazz Hihyo (aka Jazz Critique) recognizes that "The style in which Joshua develops his fluid single-note solos used to be thought of as the Grant Green school, but now this man leads the school.  Downbeat also has written that "There is no shortage of young, knock-out jazz guitarists about us these days. And Joshua Breakstone is among the best of them."
 

KSFR NOW ACCEPTING CAR DONATIONS - We're pleased to tell you about a new way to support KSFR, and make some space in the garage at the same time.  It's our new Car Donation Program. We'll take your vehicle, running or not, and turn the proceeds into quality community programming. It's a win/win situation, and donations are tax-deductable. CLICK HERE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM.  Or call us at 505-428-1527.
 

As you may have heard, Lauren Camp has given up her Monday morning slot after six years of hosting the Colors of Jazz.  But not to fear – her new show, Audio Saucepan, debuts on June 6th and will air from 5:00 to 6:00 pm on Sundays.  Arlen Asher has taken over on Mondays, and Jerry Becker moves into Arlen’s Tuesday am slot.  

Also in June, we’ll be expanding our classical music programming in response to numerous listener requests.  Nuestra America will be moving to Wednesday nights at 6:30 and Counterspin shifts to Saturday at 1:00, following Left, Right and Center.  Stay tuned for more details.