Host Spotlight

by: Nicole Nelson Kimberlee Martin’s Real People of Orange County takes a look inside the lives of OC’s stand-out personalities who are a positive influence on the community. The show airs live every week Thursdays at 4:00p.m. She also currently serves as KUCI’s Public Affairs Director. First, Kimberlee, tell me about the inspiration for your […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett First, Athena, tell me about the title to your show. Where did it come from? The term “Couch Boat” was created my freshman year of college with my roommate in the dorms. We had numerous conversations about stealing the couches from the living room of our dorm hall and fastening them together […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Tell us about your show, Jarret. Although rooted in reggae, “The Dread Zone” has evolved into a show that celebrates many types of urban music, including funk, soul and even some disco and jazz. With early reggae modeled after American Do-Wop, and with “the disco mix” of reggae singles becoming a trend […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Chris Torrey’s show, World Without Words, focuses on instrumental music in the vein of post-rock, post-metal, neoclassical, and ambient genres. He trained at KUCI in fall of 2011, his first quarter at UCI (he was a transfer student from Santiago Canyon College). His show began January 2012 in the 4-6AM time slot. […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett BDB: It’s been 7 years since I last interviewed the two of you on KUCI’s host Spotlight. When and how did your show, Weekly Signals, come about? MK: In the early 1990s, when we met on a presidential campaign, Nathan and I were working on press releases together, incessantly talking politics and […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Tani Tinuviel hosts “What Would Arwen Do?” an elvish perspective on life, Tuesdays 4-5pm on KUCI 88.9FM. As a modern-day elf, she teaches yoga, stays close to the music of the sea, and enjoys walking under starlight. I remember meeting you when you were an intern — you interned on my show. […]