Archived Radio Show

March 11, 2024

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA240311

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Duration 57 minutes

The Guest interview begins at 1 minutes.

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Featuring

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz,  Host of Women's Spaces 

2. Guest 1: Alicia Sanchez, President, Board of Radio KBBF

3a. Guest 2a: Lois Perlman, Programmer, Speaking of Palestine

3b. Guest 2b: Ana Salgado, Programmer, Compartiendo y Aprendiendo(Sharing and Learning)

3c. Guest 2c: Alisha Valazquez, Programmer, Simple-Mente (Simply)

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  Happy Women’s History Month and This year’s theme is, “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion,” To support that message I am doing a special show on Women in Radio and will be focusing on four special women of KBBF 89.1FM in Sonoma County. Joining me in the studio:

• Our first guest is Alicia Sanchez – President of the Board of Directors for KBBF 89.1FM celebrating 51 years on the air.

• Lois Perlman co-producer and host of, Speaking of Palestine, provides news on the events affecting Palestine, Mondays 4-5 pm.

• Ana Selgado, producer, and host of, Compartiendo y Aprendiendo, (Sharing and Learning) is a live, two-hour Spanish language original public affairs program that airs weekly and discusses local, national, and international news items. Fridays 4-6 pm.

• Alisha Valazquez – our 17-year-old co producer of Simple-Mente (Simply) with her mother Wendy, who is here with us. Thursdays at 7 - 7:30 pm.

 Women producing radio at KBBF: Ana Salgado, Alisha and Wendy Valazquez in  rear, Alicia Sanchez, Lois Perlman, and host Elaine B Holtz. 3/11/2024 photo by Ken Norton.

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2. Our Guest, Alicia Sanchez, shares her 13 years as a volunteer, including service on the Board of Directors of Radio KBBF. Even during disasters, the station has been open to serve keep communications on safety measures flowing especially to the immigrant population working in the agricultural fields. Alicia encourages folks to contact the station for programming ideas, and most importantly donate to help the station meet its monthly expenses that can run more than $10,000. The station’s mission is to broadcast information about caring for the community, justice, peace, and the environment.

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

Guest Link:

Community Radio KBBF, 89.1 FM, broadcasting in the North Bay of San Francisco: https://kbbf.org/

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3. Our Guests Lois Perlman, Ana Salgado, and Alisha Valazquez share how they came to produce their shows broadcast over Radio KBBF.

The ongoing strife in Palestine between the Zionist state of Israel and native Palestinians prompted Lois Perlman to research the topic and meet with Palestinian-born resident of our county Theresa Mughannam. Their interview on Women's Spaces prompted our program director to invite them to do a show. Lois was raised Jewish, but feels it is necessary for a Jewish voice for peace to be in dialogue with a non-Jewish voice for peace on Speaking of Palestine, and together bring out news so often squelched by the major media outlets.

Ana Salgaldo immigrated from Oacaca, Mexico. Ana began producing her show Compartiendo y Aprendiendo, (Sharing and Learning), when she saw the need provide a means for people, especially immigrants, to have a voice, to speak up about what is bothering them or on their heart. By speaking up solidarity can be found with others, and we can learn to be more respectful of one another.

Alisha Valazquez was concerned about the violence in the high schools, especially in Montgomery High School. She considers herself shy, but her desire to hear other point of views is so important that she decided to co-produce her show with her mother Wendy.

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Our History Is Our Strength

Check out important dates to remember in Herstory at the National Women's History Alliance, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.

Special thank you to the National Women’s History Alliance for making women’s history alive. Shout out to Co-Founder and Retiring Executive Director, Molly McGregor who will be on the show when we celebrate Women’s History Month in March for making the fabulous list of Women in History where I get most of the info I present in this Herstory segment.

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Herstory Birthdays:

March 12, 1907 (2007) – Dorrit Hoffleit, senior research astronomer at Yale University, known for her work in variable stars, astrometry, spectroscopy, meteors, and the Bright Star Catalog, as well as her mentorship of many young women and generations of astronomers.

The Bright Star Catalogue, also known as the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars, Yale Bright Star Catalogue, or just YBS, is a star catalogue that lists all stars of stellar magnitude 6.5 or brighter, which is roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_Star_Catalogue

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Announcements

Tuesday March 12 2024, 6 PM, League of Women Voters Civics Class: Democracy: It's Up to Us! The third of three FREE, virtual (Zoom) presentations in February and March at 6pm on Tuesdays. Registration is required; sign up for each class separately, click RSVP link below for class date. Guaranteed to be interesting, fun and inspiring! 

1. 2/6 Calif State Gov,  Click Here to view past event on LWV Sonoma YouTube Channel

2.  2/20 From An Idea to Law,  Click Here to view past event on LWV Sonoma YouTube Channel

3.  3/12 City and County Government,  Click Here to RSVP

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Peace and Justice Center issues new weekly list of events and links to community non-profit organizations: PJC website www.pjcsoco.org

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Monday, March 18, 2024 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature our guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on the Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe and a modern version by Code Pink.  Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Monday, March 1, 2024, 7:00 - 8:00 PM, Zoom, NOW-Sonoma County Chapter Monthly Meeting with Special Guest Speaker Kirstyne Lange, President of the Sonoma County NAACP branch. Kirstyne will speak to us of Black women who have contributed to our history and will also underscore the work that the branch is doing in and for our county. This promises to be another great community engagement and we encourage you to tell your friends to join us. Click Here for NOW Event Page for Zoom instructions. 

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show that will feature our guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on the Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe and a modern version by Code Pink.   Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Saturday March 23, 2024, NAACP Promotion: AVFilm Studios screening of the Space Race at 1:00 PM and Origin at 4:30 PM, 375 Healdsburg Ave, Suite 200, Healdsburg, CA 95448. RSVP at https://naacpsantarosasonomaco.org/

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February and March 2024, Figures and Faces, Santa Rosa Arts Center, 312  South A St., Santa Rosa, CA. See poster below:

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Music Selections

The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 5/24/2021

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women's Wax Works) - www.alixdobkin.com

Simple Song of Freedom, cover sung by Della Reece from the album Right Now (1970 Amherst Records).

Sound of Silence, cover sung by Susan Wong from the album Step Into My Dreams (2010 Evolution Music LTD)

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