Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm Happy Birthday Blue Note It’s an encore presentation of Craig Kessler’s 85th birthday party for the legendary Blue Note Records, founded January 6, 1939. Craig celebrates by spinning some unusual and obscure titles. We’ll hear the likes of Sal Salvador, Wynton Kelly, Frank …
Reaction to the school shooting in Perry…Haley and DeSantis hold back-to-back town halls in Iowa.
The White House is pressuring House Republicans to approve a government spending plan…Iowa business groups are pushing for legislation to allow foreign businesses to buy Iowa farmland for large developments.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
