Harvard’s president is resigning following criticism of her congressional testimony over antisemitism…students in Iowa are calling on the legislature to make changes to the state’s gun laws.
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KCCK’s Featured Album for January 2024
The KCCK Featured Album for January is “Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings.” On May 15, 1953, five of jazz’s most influential musicians–Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach–gathered at Toronto’s Massey Hall for what would result in their first and only known recording as a quintet. This …
News Digest 1-2-24
Nearly 50 people are dead following an earthquake in Japan…the suspect in a drive-by shooting is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Cedar Rapids.
Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet January 11, 2024
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place January 11, 2024. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Special Programs January 1 thru January 7
KCCK’s Top 88 Countdown All Day on New Year’s Day KCCK counts down its Top 88 albums from 2023, from 88 all the way to Number 1. Join us all day New Year’s Day to hear where your favorite albums of the year ranked in our year-end survey. The Wednesday Night Special …
This Week in Jazz December 31 thru January 6
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Wild Bill Davison, trumpeter Dizzy Reece, pianist Herbie Nichols, drummers Chuck Flores and Dede Ciccarelli, singers Arthur Prysock and Johnny Adams, saxophonist Roger Neumann and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie and His Orchestra’s …
News Digest 12-29-23
Nikki Haley defends her comments on the Civil War…a group of GOP lawmakers wants to ban carbon capture pipelines in Iowa.
News Digest 12-28-23
A coalition of mayors wants help from the feds to deal with migrants being sent north from Texas…Governor Reynolds is being criticized for her decision regarding summer food aid for low-income kids.