*** I recently attended a screening hosted by KCRW, The Document. ***…read more The movie was titled "Maiden" about the Whitbread Round the World yacht race. It was a grueling open-ocean race dominated historically by only men. But in 1989, a young woman put together an all-female crew to challenge that. The Document invited hundreds of KCRW members to attend, so I RSVP'd. And I'm glad that I did. This film is inspirational. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/writers-guild-theater-beverly-hills-2?select=mGn0PJVXuasfx_E_5a1E9g I am not a woman and I don't sail, yet even I was inspired by this story. These women sailed the sea for about six months against tremendous odds (including the Southern Ocean off the coast of Antartica). Amazing! That inspires me to challenge myself much more in my life as a result. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/writers-guild-theater-beverly-hills-2?select=LMNKf0eXIqhQnlkXLtAKaw There were several food trucks and complimentary wine followed by a Q&A with the yacht captain Tracy Edwards and "Maiden" director Alex Holmes. Overall, a very nice event held at the Writer's Guild theatre. *** I don't subscribe to KCRW for its perks, but nice to partake. ;p ***

Family day at KCRW was held this past March 8th, 2025 and it was a heap of fun. Personnel were…read moreincredibly welcoming given the chaos of so many children and parents involved. They had stations for weaving and a badge/story telling set up. In addition, there was a full day of scheduled music events that were hands on and allowed children to use the musical instruments! My child's favorite was the pie making station activity. He bow wants to make pies every day!!! This one is in for the books and highly recommend this event to all families!

The best thing on the air in the central coast! From folk, to funk, to metal to pop and beyond!!…read moreNot to mention the outstanding news, public affairs and media coverage! A true community gem!

KCSB is the only community operated public radio station in the Central Coast area serving Santa…read moreBarbara County. They serve the community with a wide variety of music in public affairs broadcasting and I can highly recommend it. Whenever I'm in range of the transmitter, I keep my station 91.9 MHz. It's also available on the web at KCSB.org, or on radiofreeamerica.com.

Brainstormin' with Billy the Brain is smart talk radio. The show is on weekdays from 10 o'clock to…read more11 o'clock. The best radio guests are interviewed daily. I never miss a show.

Where did it go? It's been the only source of musical joy in my 1952 Cadillac for a while. All good…read morethings must pass I guess. I'd love to thank whoever put this together for as long as it lasted. I really enhanced my day and life. I'd be willing to advertise if that would bring it back. Any thanks again. It's been just wonderful. Not often someone gives a gift that valuable and pleasing. You did real good. Jim Hopperstad 805-452-5291

a moth ago it would have been 5 stars, now they have switched to all sports broadcasting,I have…read moreswitched also to another station as my go to station. too bad, I really liked KVTA. Oh well.

Just wanted to thank Ron and the radio station for hosting a FREE paper shredding event at…read moreVentura's new Chick-fil-A restaurant on Eastman. I'm hoping this may become an annual event, hint hint hint Thanks!

The Octopus is dead. This once decent radio station is no more. Gone forever…read more The new station, Rewind 95.9 is an abomination. Like Jack FM, Rewind 95.9 doesn't use DJs. But where Jack at least plays half way decent music, this lame station uses an automated playlist put together by a glue sniffing rhesus monkey fresh off the boat from Bangladesh. One morning last week, I gave them a listen on my way to work. I have a very short commute. All they had to do was play something that didn't suck. Just one song. And what was on? Madonna's song, Like A Virgin. Epic Fail! No, this was beyond Epic Fail. This was far more egregious. This was Sucks Out Loud! I was barely able to control the car as I flailed at the dashboard, desperate to get that crap off my radio. I finally succeeded but not before I nearly drove straight into a palm tree. What the hell, man? Freaking Madonna at 8 am? No one should ever, EVER, under any circumstances, have to listen to Madonna before they've had a tremendous amount of alcohol. And I mean a lot more than you can possibly drink before work, even if you work for the county. If I wasn't worried about how it would affect my car's resell value I'd take a hatchet and hack out the whole part of the radio dial between 95.7 and 96.1 so I never even accidently tune into this suckfest of a radio station. It appears some of the old Octopus DJs migrated to KLOS, 95.5. Good for them. Mikey C says: Get Sirius!

The best radio station that's out there today. Anything that I can think of that was good, these…read moreguys plays it. Rod Stewart, David Bowie, Simple Minds, Van Halen, mostly concentrated on the beauties of the late 70's and all throughout the 80's. I wish that it can hit more signal in Encino. But as soon as I cruise on 101 and Westlake my station is on Rewind. I can listen to this all day!. Thank you. Joe

The station was formerly known as KRUZ 103.3 and was an adult contemporary station. In the spring…read moreof 2005, it converted into what's known as The Vibe and has been The Vibe since. This station has definitely brought back high school memories of when it was a strictly Hip-Hop station. I used to listen to it a lot back then, even when I made trips around the Central Coast knowing that this station had a clear signal through most of the Central Coast. I understand that the station has to stay relevant and has to innovate themselves, but I think the station went down when it decided that it wanted to be a Top 40 station. Maybe, I'm just getting older and that's why this station no longer appeals to me like it used to. Who knows! All I know is that this station is just not what it used to be anymore. On a side note: I find it impressive that this station's signal is so strong that it can be heard from as far south as Agoura Hills and as far north as San Luis Obispo. Although, it was spotty, I actually did manage to get signal from The Vibe as far north as Paso Robles (NOT KIDDING) which I find superb for an FM signal!

It's not the content I write about. It's the sound and engineering quality. There is none. I…read morelive in North Oxnard, about 4-5 miles from their station. With a decent AM radio, there is a noticeable hum, at all times, in their sound. What's up with that? This is the premier AM station in the Ventura/Oxnard area. ALSO, I listen to KVTA, both at my PC and my bedside radio through the internet. The hum is also broadcast through the internet! In addition to the annoying hum, you have the following: during their morning broadcast with Spence and the boys the volume varies greatly between various segments. For instance when Spence and Stickboy are speaking, the volume is fine. However when Paul Tranquillo reads the news, his voice is very, very low volume, barely audible. But when Paul plays a recording of an interview, the volume BLASTS. At your bedside at 5:30 in the morning this is quite annoying. Ventura County deserves better than this KVTA, you need some engineering over there! UPDATE-Recently MARCH 2013 KVTA went to 1590 on the dial. The signal is noticeably cleaner without the hum. Good job KVTA 1590! HOWEVER-they are not on the internet at this point. I would like to wake up to local news thru my internet radio. Contact iheart radio and get it on the internet!

Listened all the time for conservative real news. Now it's…read morejust sports 24/7. Not a listener anymore until you revert back to what is really important.

Used to be great; even with Ryan Seacrest . .. Need to drop Brooke & Jubal; ASAP. They are awful…read more May play well in the Midwest USA and other markets but NOT in Ventura County. Awful and mind numbing! The idiot guy laughing in the background needs to check it! Moving to "103.3 The Vibe" in the am until this is resolved.

I have no idea what happened to this radio station, they used to have pop hits and play new…read moreexciting music and the radio shows were family friendly. Now that they have Brooke &Jubal morning show it's such a mess, when i have kids in the car i can't play this station because the segments are full of cuss words or they're constantly talking about sex. Not only that but it's so annoying and boring they play songs very few and little in between their stupid segments. Wish it was changed or back to how it used to be before this trash show

Cumulus Media has the biggest bullhorn to blast your message about your business to Ventura County…read moreand beyond! I'm working with Sommer and Warren to hit the airwaves with very creative and engaging commercials! They can fine tune your advertising to the demographic you're trying to reach!