KCRY-FM
Mojave/Antelope Valley
Programs &
Issues for the third quarter of 2008 Jul-Aug-Sep
It has been
determined that the following subjects are of concern to the community and have
been considered and addressed substantially by elected officials, community
leaders, expert witnesses and the general public.
1.
Transportation
2.
Education
3.
Environment
4.
Housing
5.
Development
6.
Parks
and Recreation
7.
Special
Needs Citizens
8.
Public
Safety
9.
Energy
10.
Education
Additionally,
the following programs were produced and broadcast in the public interest:
KCRY
PROGRAMS/ISSUES LIST – 3rd Quarter 2008 JUL-AUG-SEP
Which Way LA?,
KCRWÕs ongoing series on the issues that southern Californians care about,
hosted by Warren Olney, airs Monday through Thursday, from 7:00pm to 7:30pm.
ISSUE DESCRIPTION
OF PROGRAM DATE/TIME DURATION
HEALTHCARE
Councilwoman Jan Perry says
there are so many obese kids in South Los Angeles, she wants to ban new
fast-food stores in 32 square miles of the city. Does government have the right
to tell citizens that it's wrong to be overweight? Even if healthier
restaurants moved in, would people eat in them?
Aired Tuesday, July 1, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
ENVIRONMENT
The entire Big Sur coastline
has been evacuated by a fire one official calls Òa big raging animal.Ó Tonight
weÕll update the statewide crisis and ask what itÕll mean when fire season
really gets under way.
Aired Wednesday, July 2, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
HEALTHCARE/ENVIRONMENT
Given the risks of burns,
skin cancer and premature aging, nobody says donÕt wear sunscreen. But a
consumer research group says thereÕs a big difference between what some
products claim to do and what they really accomplish. WeÕll hear from the
Environmental Working Group and from an industry scientist.
Aired Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
STATE BUDGET
ItÕs the same old
story. Republicans want to cut
programs, but they wonÕt say which ones. Democrats want to raise taxes, but
theyÕre not specific, either. In the meantime, the deficit is 15 billion
dollars and climbing. Voters donÕt trust either side to make meaningful change.
Aired Monday, July 7, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
CULTURAL/BUSINESS/LABOR
Since the Chandler family
Òsold outÓ to the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times newsroom has become
smaller and smaller. So has the coverage. Now the new owner, Sam Zell, needs to
service big debt and 150 more editorial employees will be on the chopping
block. Tonight, can the Times survive?
Aired Tuesday, July 8, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
POLITICS/FINANCES/CORRUPTION
Almost a half million dollars
in political contributions have been used to help Democratic Senate leader Don
Perata fend off a federal corruption probe. Former Assembly Speaker Fabian
Nunez gave his chief of staff 100,000 dollars originally collected to campaign
for ballot measures. Is it all legal?
Aired Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
ENVIRONMENT/POLITICS
California voters may have
one more measure on the November ballot: 9.3 billion dollars in water bonds.
But the Sierra Club says, letÕs first spend the money approved in past
elections. WeÕll look at an increasingly urgent issue where the devil is always
in the details.
Aired Monday, July 14, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
POLICE/PUBLIC SAFETY/ENVIRONMENT/TRANSPORTATION
A Brentwood doctor faces
felony charges in what the LAPD calls Òroad rageÓ against cyclists. The West
Hollywood SheriffÕs bicycle detail says streets are too narrow, and bikes may
become legal on sidewalks, which they are in LA. All over, the price of
gasoline is causing a run on vehicles that run on pedal power.
Aired Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
POLICE/PUBLIC SAFETY/POLITICS/EDUCATION
Tonight weÕll ask Los
Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa how heÕs tending to city business on gangs,
underperforming schools, the LAPD and increasing fees for city services.
Aired Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY
Seventy-eight percent of
Californians are driving less, 68% are spending less--and substantial numbers
are more willing than they used to be to consider nuclear power and even drilling
for oil and gas off shore.
Aired Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
HEALTHCARE/ECONOMICS/FRAUD
A health insurance policy
cancelled just when you need it is a nightmare come true. Blue Cross and Blue
Shield will pay 13 million dollars to settle investigations by the Department
of Managed Health Care, and consumer groups claim thatÕs not enough for leaving
policy-holders stuck thousands in medical bills.
Aired Monday, July 21, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
ENVIRONMENT/RECREATION
Downtown Los Angeles has its
first new park since 1895. Vista Hermosa, with a beautiful view of the cityÕs
steel-and-glass skyline, is ten and a half acres of open space and green
technology. Yet among major American cities, LA remains last in accessible
parkland, especially in communities of color.
Aired Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
HEALTHCARE/ECONOMICS/HOUSING
A new study claims that one
person dies every hour in California because of alcohol. The total economic
cost is $38 billion, 90% due to violent crimes. Traffic accidents account for
just 20%. In another report, California's mortgage-default rate has hit a
record high.
Aired Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
STATE POLITICS/ECONOMICS/LABOR
Arnold Schwarzenegger
promised to end the annual budget crisis for good, yet this year there's no state budget, and the revenue
shortfall is $15 billion. His public opinion rating has dropped to 40% and the
legislature's is much lower. Now heÕs cutting the salaries of state workers
down to Federal minimum wage.
Aired Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
CULTURAL/ECONOMICS/ENVIRONMENT/CIVIL RIGHTS
Some locals feel that Sam
Zell should sell the LA Times and leave town. This comes after the latest round
of staff cuts and the final appearance of the Opinion and Book section in yesterday's
paper. Also, we update on the fire near Yosemite and ballot arguments about
same-sex marriage.
Aired Monday, July 28, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
POLICE/PUBLIC SAFETY/ENVIRONMENT/DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS
The Los Angeles region was
hit with a moderate 5.4 earthquake this morning. It rattled windows for miles
but apparently caused no serious damage. The quake was centered east of
downtown in Chino Hills. How prepared is the city for a major earthquake?
Aired Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
TRANSPORTATION/DEVELOPMENT
Can putting a limit on
development control traffic? ThatÕs the question facing Santa Monica voters.
Opponents say growth is inevitable without an increase in traffic. Each side
accuses the other of making a false promise, and the debate has divided Santa
Monica. Tonight weÕll hear No GrowthÓ vs. ÒSmart Growth.Ó Aired
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:00pm
½ hr.
LABOR/STATE POLITICS/STATE BUDGET
Schwarzenegger fired
part-time workers and cut 200,000 full-time salaries down to the minimum wage.
At the same time, Democrats and Republicans are working on plans to balance the
budget by taking money from city and county governments. Are leaders once again
putting off the day of reckoning?
Aired Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
LA Unified wanted a 3.2 billion dollar
construction bond on NovemberÕs ballot until a poll by Mayor Villaraigosa
showed that voters would go for more. Now the District is asking 7
billion—almost twice as much and the largest request in history.
Aired Monday, August 4, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
STATE BUDGET/BUSINESS/ENVIRONMENT
Governor Schwarzenegger promised that it would
never happen, but in private conversations heÕs floated a one-cent sales tax
increase to balance the budget. On ReporterÕs Notebook, the temperature in the
ground at one spot in Ventura county: 812 degrees.
Aired Tuesday, August 5, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
Medical marijuana was approved by California
voters 12 years ago. But under federal law, itÕs as illegal as cocaine and
heroin. The US Supreme Court says federal law prevails, so a jury has convicted
a Morro Bay dispensary owner for selling and distribution despite his support
from the town mayor.
Aired Wednesday, August 6, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
HOUSING/ECONOMICS/PUBLIC
SAFETY/HEALTHCARE
Brown lawns, graffiti, squatters and West Nile
Virus are just some of the symptoms of a housing market thatÕs in decline. As
the number of foreclosures increases all over Southern California, local
agencies are finding violations of nuisance codes along with threats to public
health.
Aired Thursday, August 7, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/PUBLIC
SAFETY/NATIONAL ELECTIONS
As Russian troops moved into his country and
bombs fell close the capital, Georgia's president decried Russia's actions as
an "invasion, occupation and annihilation of an independent, democratic
country." In another report, Hillary Clinton's role at the Democratic
convention in Denver.
Aired Monday, August 11, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
ENERGY/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
In Moscow today, the Russion president said he's
ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia. French President Sarkozy,
also President of the European Union, said the two had worked out terms for a
provisional cease-fire and will present them to leaders in Georgia.
Aired Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
The world has been waiting for the U.S. response
to Russia's invasion of Georgia. Early today, the President announced that the
pentagon would lead a humanitarian effort.
Aired Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
Just as her most committed supporters have been
demanding, Hillary Clinton's name will be put in nomination at the convention
in Denver.
Aired Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
Russia claims it's pulling out of Georgia, but
its troops and tanks remain near the capital. The Georgian President called for
negotiations to prevent "the definitive estrangement of our two
countries." We debate whether the US is using a double standard when it condemns
RussiaÕs action across its own, international border.
Aired Monday, August 18, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
ItÕs been a period of upheaval at the L.A. Times
under Sam Zell's ownership. How did he manage to use the employees' pension
fund as collateral? How secure are the futures of Times employees? In another
report, will California lawmakers take off for their conventions without
passing a state spending plan?
Aired Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
The ports of L.A. and Long Beach will require
trucks meet EPA standards, cutting 50% of their diesel pollution overnight.
Drivers that make $30K a year will have to buy new trucks undergo criminal
background checks. Will there be drivers sufficient to handle 15 million cargo
containers a year?
Aired Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
PUBLIC SAFETY/HEALTHCARE/EDUCATION
Since the federal government forced states to set
the drinking age at 21, fatalities caused by underage drunk drivers have gone
down but binge drinking by teenagers has gone up. Now, 120 college presidents
want to reduce the drinking age to 18.
Aired Thursday, August 21, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
ECONOMICS/HOUSING/LABOR
Treasury Secretary Paulson
said the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was necessary because
their failure would "affect the ability of Americans to get home loans É
and a failure would be harmful to economic growth and job creation." Was
the Paulson plan necessary? Will it work? At what cost?
Aired Monday, September 8, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
The Obama-Biden ticket got a
bounce in the polls after the Democratic convention and the McCain-Palin ticket
got a bigger bounce after the Republican convention. What are the polls telling
us about the route to victory in the Electoral College?
Aired Tuesday, September 9, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
WAR IN IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN
With less violence in Iraq,
President Bush is pulling out some Marines but leaving in place almost 140,000
troops. The Secretary of Defense says we are at the endgame in Iraq, but the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says we might not be winning in Afghanistan.
Aired Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
HOMELAND SECURITY
After a seven-year war on
terror and the creation of the Homeland Security Department, we look at a
somber ceremony that observed the 2001 tragedy and considers whether we're
safer now than we were before September 11?
Aired Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
TRANSPORTATION/PUBLIC SAFETY/COMMUNICATION
The Simi Valley and other
parts of California are grieving tonight as the death toll in Friday's
Metrolink train crash has risen to 26, amid reports that the engineer was text
messaging on a cell phone.
Aired Monday, September 15, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
STATE POLITICS/BUDGET/CULTURAL/LABOR
Legislators of both parties
have agreed on a state budget without including Governor Schwarzenegger in
their negotiations. He says he'll veto it, but they're claiming the votes to
override. On Reporter's Notebook, former and current LA Times reporters are
taking Sam Zell to court.
Aired Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
HOUSING/FINANCES
The housing market is where
the Wall Street crisis began, and itÕs not close to being over. Half the home
sales last month in Southern California were due to foreclosures. Prices are
34% lower than last year—but tighter credit requirements make it much
harder to get loans.
Aired Thursday, September 18, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
STATE POLITICS/BUDGET/TRANSPORTATION/ENVIRONMENT
A record 85 days after the
legal deadline, Governor Schwarzenegger will finally sign a new state budget
tomorrow, but everybody agrees that it postpones CaliforniaÕs fiscal crisis at
least until next year. Also tonight, freeway congestion versus the environment:
another struggle that never ends.
Aired Monday, September 22, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
NATIONAL FINANCES/POLITICS/PUBLIC
SAFETY/TRANSPORTATION
We have a conversation with
Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa about his review of city operations, borrowing
and management of pension funds in the midst of the crisis on Wall Street.
Also, California Senators blister Metrolink management for not installing
safety equipment.
Aired Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
HOUSING/ECONOMICS/STATE BUDGET
The latest economic
forecasts are gloomy for California, where housing prices may not go up again
for a long time. Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed 150 million dollars from the
much-criticized state budget. Whatwill the financial crisis mean for billions
of dollars in bonds being asked for on next monthsÕ ballot?
Aired Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
PUBLIC SAFETY/TRANSPORTATION/POLITICS
California voters havenÕt
received their ballot pamphlets yet, but itÕs not too soon to talk about 12
measures on issues ranging from high-speed rail to abortion to the treatment of
farm animals. Tonight weÕll take our first look at Props 5 and 6, which deal
with the criminal justice system.
Aired Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
TRANSPORTATION/PUBLIC SAFETY
The driver who died in the
Metrolink crash with a Union Pacific freight train worked for a contractor with
a history of problems. One of its subsidiaries was involved in two fatal
accidents in Florida, including a head-on crash between two of its vans.
Aired Monday, September 29, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.
HOUSING
LAÕs housing shortage
threatens the cityÕs economy. Villaraigosa wants 200 million a year in city
money to help subsidize 20,000 units for the poor and the middle class. Will
upper income homeowners have to pay part of the tab and share their
neighborhoods? Will the plan generate needed private investment?
Aired Tuesday, September 30, 2008 7:00pm ½ hr.