I keep turning them on in the morning on drive to work hoping to get a fair coverage of news events and unlike years before it does not happen and only gotten worse. One sided and always against the president! read more

KVCR public media has a brand new administration that is proud to serve the inland empire. This organization is extremely dedicated to community engagement and focuses on educating the diverse community of the inland empire through their efforts in providing new educational programming and investing in connecting with their communities. Check them out if you haven't in a while https://www.kvcrnews.org/ read more

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I used to depend on KVCR for unbiased news and interviews. I've noticed in last five years they have become left leaning and clearly base their interview questions around their opinions. They also need to start presenting all sides to current issues. I've mentioned this before however I do not believe they take their listeners' suggestions to heart. There are much better public radio stations out there - KVCR should take notice. read more

This is a wonderful public radio station. I listen throughout the day as I drive. You get all of your favorite NPR programs and they give local traffic reports. Maybe there have been a lot of technical issues in the past, but in the last 24 months or so I have rarely run into any issues picking up the station loud and clear. Support public radio! read more

"Learn something new everyday" is their catch phrase. I learned this is not a very good public radio station. I listen when its the only NPR station that my car radio can pull in. I have never heard a radio station beset with so many technical problems, so much dead air time! This evening I was listening via computer and the signal faded in and out till it drove me mad!, and I was forced to turn it off. Sometimes the signal just drops off, or I will hear two broadcast tapes going on at the same time. Someone seems to be asleep at the dial! Seems to have very little original programming. With so many great NPR stations out there, such as Pasadena's KPCC, this station doesn't seem worthy of my financial support till they improve. read more

I noticed these reviews are WOEFULLY out of date, so here is an update to what the current state of our public radio station, 91.9 KVCR, is all about. 1st...no, I don't work for KVCR! I am a long time listener/donator so, yes, I am biased in that I listen to KVCR frequently and feel I receive value from the experience :-) Very recently, the station made significant upgrades to it's broadcasting infrastructure and now broadcasts in HD format on both Radio and TV...and for some time now it is available in all other traditional formats including live streaming through websites and apps, podcasts, etc. so you can listen to the station anytime, anywhere in the world now. The programing has changed much since then as well. Back with these older reviews, classical music took up most of the hours between around 9pm to 5am. The content now provides up to date news 24 hours a day by providing the BBC through the late evening and early morning hours National and Local news from early morning to late evening along with up to date local news on their website. Certain core news "magazines" like Morning Edition, Here and Now, OnPoint and All Things Considered may run twice daily during the traditional commute hours during morning and evening, check the schedule. Cassie McDuff, a reporter for the Press Enterprise does a great job of reviewing Inland Empire news M-F. All this plus a balanced range of Arts and Entertainment programming like TED talks, RadioLab, MyAwesomeEmpire, IE Economy w/John Husing, CaliforniaReport, ScienceFriday and much, much more. Weekends have some great game shows like WaitWaitDon'tTellMe and so on along with other local programs that are entertaining and relevant. What has not changed is this is public radio. So, during certain times of the year, the station needs to raise money to keep the station going. Cutbacks at the Federal and State level has placed the responsibility of maintaining public radio on it's listeners. A modest, tax deductible pledge of $5 month on the part of all listeners would easily take care of it all, but of course, only a small percentage of listeners offer to pledge so corporate donations, etc. have been key in maintaining the station. As of this posting today, this is a typical weekday listening schedule...note that local programing changes daily. 12:00 AM World Today (BBC WS) 1:00 AM World Briefing 1:30 AM World Business News 2:00 AM Morning Edition 9:00 AM On Point 11:00 AM Here & Now 1:00 PM Fresh Air 2:00 PM BBC World News 2:30 PM Marketplace 3:00 PM All Things Considered 6:00 PM Marketplace 6:30 PM All Things Considered 7:00 PM Snap Judgment 8:00 PM Latino USA 9:00 PM Fresh Air 10:00 PM World Today (BBC WS) 11:00 PM World Today (BBC WS) read more

I've been an NPR listener for over 40 years and having moved around a lot during that time have been a member of many different NPR stations. I must say I agree with randal y. I think of it as the dead air station. Just had one that lasted like 10 minutes a little while ago. It's a regular occurrence, as are double broadcasts that can go on several minutes. I've never seen anything like it on NPR. A few years back they got a new production manager and for a while things seemed to be getting better. I then made a few financial contributions. But it soon regenerated back to long dead air spots and introduced "My Awesome Empire," arguably the most lame, self promoting show ever produced by an NPR station. This is especially true as the way the station is run reflects so poorly on the inland empire. Are there really no sound engineers available in this region who could run the broadcasts without making it look like an NPR parody? LOL, double broadcast happening right now as I type. Sadly where I now live KVCR is the only station I can receive clearly. I can only hope that eventually NPR becomes aware of how shabbily this station is run and do something about for their image's sake. ETA-the double sound track is still going-about 5 minutes now. It may well go on for another hour or more. I've heard dead air that lasted for many hours. :( read more

News is once a day, rest of the time they just play repeats, and ask for money every school semester.