A new hourlong documentary about the legacy and cultural relevance of jazz, featured recently at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival, celebrates the dedicated announcers at KCSM for teaching the world about what they consider to be America’s only original art form.
KCSM News
Feb 12 2025
Jan 31 2025
Bay Area residents have many good reasons to take pride in their home, and at least one of those reasons still resides on the radio. The new documentary “KCSM 91.1: The Bay Area’s Jazz Station to the World” — premiering soon at SF Indiefest — pays warm tribute to a local institution and the musical form it curates: America’s only original art form, jazz.
May 19 2023
Jazz will be heard through the hills of San Mateo on Saturday, June 10, 2023! Jazz on the Hill – a free community event – is hosted by KCSM Jazz 91.1 for family and friends of the station. It’s a wonderful afternoon to come together and celebrate the beautiful sounds of jazz!
Jul 6 2022
Jazz on the Hill returns for College of San Mateo’s (CSM) centennial year on Saturday, July 23, 2022! Join us on our beautiful campus for live jazz with a great line-up of musicians who cover many genres from straight-ahead, blues, to Latin and more!
Jul 25 2018
County community college officials are ready to seal a deal selling the district’s television station, finalizing a Santa Rosa public broadcaster’s acquisition of the channel.
Sep 18 2017
KCSM programmer Jesse “Chuy” Varela is the 2017 recipient of JazzWeek’s Bobby Jackson Award, which recognizes a jazz programmer’s professionalism, programming abilities, and contribution to jazz radio.
Mar 18 2017
Despite experiencing the sort of ongoing financial budget strife commonly faced by college radio stations, faithful listeners to KCSM can expect most of their favorite programming to remain, a district official said.
Jun 1 2016
As the date of KCSM’s annual jazz festival approaches, several musicians from far and wide are preparing to pack their bags and head to the CSM campus to join Bay Area musicians and music lovers.
Aug 14 2015
KCSM, which began as a learning center for broadcasting students, has programmed jazz full-time since 1988, outlasting KJAZ, which folded in 1994. In fact, much of that legendary station’s music library — more than 12,000 albums — is now at KCSM.
Jun 4 2015
A concert stage is being constructed on a grassy hill at CSM in preparation for the annual Jazz on the Hill event Saturday, June 6. The free event is a day for people to relax and enjoy the campus with music, wine and beer, food truck offerings and art and crafts tables.
