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KJEM Takes 5 – Episode 2: Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr.

KJEM Takes Five Episode 2. Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr. from the University of Idaho discusses different ways to combat racism on higher education campuses.

For further reading into the subject, see Dr. Freeman and Dr. Douglas’ articles here:
Why Do I Have to Call You Doctor?

And here:
Put Some Respect on My Name: Navigating the Use of Academic Titles and Personas

Jazz Concert

The WSU School of Music is hosting a Jazz Concert at Kimbrough Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

Jazz Concert with Tamir Hendelman (Jazz Piano)

Tamir is a renowned pianist who is a faculty member of UCLA and will be performing with the WSU Jazz Band in a free and public concert. Since 2000, Tamir has done tours with the Jeff Hamilton Trio and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. You can find more information at the WSU School Of Music website.

WSU’s Murrow College launches jazz radio station 89.9 KJEM

PULLMAN, Wash. – With the flip of a switch Friday, KJEM 89.9 FM, the newest radio station in the Palouse, began filling the airways with the sounds of jazz in honor of WSU alumnus and broadcast pioneer J. Elroy McCaw.

At the controls, his son Bruce R. McCaw officially signed on the station 76 years to the day after his father launched his first radio station, KELA in Centralia, Wash.

J. Elroy McCaw, WSU alum and Northwest radio pione

KJEM, whose call letters are derived from J. Elroy McCaw’s initials, is the newest of the 19 stations in the Northwest Public Radio (NWPR) group, the largest National Public Radio network in the Pacific Northwest. Unlike other NWPR stations, KJEM will be run by students but under the guidance of NWPR’s professional management team. Continue reading