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KVCR Public Media KVCR Public Media serves the Inland Empire and Southern California with public television, radio, and KVCR’s NPR member stations operate on 91.9 FM and 88.1 FM.
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KVCR is the cultural, educational, and informational center of the Inland Empire. As the region’s only locally-owned and operated public television and radio station, KVCR serves audiences throughout the Inland Empire and Southern California while bringing communities together through programming and outreach. Through community initiatives, KVCR strives to serve our region beyond the capacities of

traditional broadcasting. KVCR is licensed to the San Bernardino Community College District and broadcasts from its studios on the campus of San Bernardino Valley College. Its PBS member stations include Channel 24 KVCR, Channel 18 KJHP, and Channel 9 K09XW. More information on KVCR can be found at KVCR.ORG.

🎶 Tiny Desk is hitting the road, and KVCR is heading to LA! 🎶Join Team KVCR at the Regent Theater for an unforgettable n...
06/03/2026

🎶 Tiny Desk is hitting the road, and KVCR is heading to LA! 🎶

Join Team KVCR at the Regent Theater for an unforgettable night celebrating the magic of NPR's Tiny Desk Contest, incredible emerging artists, and the music community that makes it all possible. 🎤✨

Tickets are almost SOLD OUT! Don't miss your chance to experience Tiny Desk On The Road live with this year's amazing performers and special local openers.

📣 Tell your friends. Tell your family. Tell your grandma. Tell everyone!

🎟️ Grab your tickets now at tinydeskcontest.npr.org before they're gone.

Will we see you there? Drop a 🎶 in the comments and tag who you're bringing!

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Ame...
05/31/2026

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Americans you may not know, but probably should:

Joseph Pierce was born in Guangdong, China around 1842 (his exact birthdate is unknown) and was sent to the United States in 1853 as an indentured servant. His father sold him for six dollars. His Chinese name was not recorded, so he just went by Joseph Pierce, as the people on the ship who sent him to America called him Joe. The name Pierce came from the current US President: Franklin Pierce. Joseph Pierce lived with the Peck family, who bought him for six dollars, to help around the house in Berlin, Connecticut. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army to fight in the Civil War. He fought in the Battle of Antietam in Maryland, which was a major turning point for the Union and still remains the bloodiest day in American History. He also fought in the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Chancellorsville. Joseph Pierce was promoted to Corporal and ended his military career in 1865. He became a silver engraver and died in 1916.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Ame...
05/30/2026

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Americans you may not know, but probably should:

Tyrus Wong was born in Taishan, China in 1910. In 1919 he and his father boarded a ship and sailed to California. They came to America under fake names due to the Chinese Exclusion Act and were not made US citizens until 1946. Tyrus Wong was interested in art and his father encouraged him to take up calligraphy. Tyrus Wong's junior high school teachers noticed his art skill and he received a scholarship to the Otis Art Institute. His scholarship wasn't enough to keep attending classes so Tyrus Wong worked as a janitor and traveled for miles between his home and the art institute. He graduated in 1930 and started working in Hollywood. From 1938 to 1941 he worked as a sketch artist for Walt Disney Studios. His most famous project is the movie "Bambi", where Tyrus Wong served as the lead artist, creating the rich pastel forest backgrounds for the film. He later worked for Warner Brothers Studios as a production illustrator and sketch artist, helping with films like The Sands of Iwo Jima, Rebel Without a Cause and PT 109. He received the Disney Legends award in 2001 and died in 2016 at the age of 106.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Ame...
05/29/2026

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Americans you may not know, but probably should:

Frank Seishi Emi was born in Los Angeles in 1916. He was raised in the San Fernando Valley where his parents, who are from Japan, owned a produce market. He attended the Los Angeles City College's Pharmacy program but had to drop out and run the family business when his father was injured in a car crash. The produce market was successful, but then Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. Under Executive Order 9066, Frank Emi was forced to sell his business for a small fraction of what it was worth and he and his family were sent to the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. In 1943, he was drafted into the Army. He and several other Japanese men in the intern camp filled out a long form. When he got to questions number 27 and 28, Frank Emi decided he had enough. The questions were "Do you believe Japanese men would serve in the Army?" and "Do you hearby dissolve your allegiance to the Emperor of Japan?" Frank Emi wrote down "Under the present conditions and circumstances, I am unable to answer this question", encouraging others to write the same thing. He felt men forced to serve in combat for the United States should be treated as United States citizens. He refused to report for his draft physical and was sentenced to four years in prison. More Japanese men followed Frank Emi's example. A total of 300 men served time in Federal prison until their cases were overturned by a Federal appeals court in 1945. Frank Emi continued to fight for civil rights throughout his life. He died in 2010 in West Covina, California.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Ame...
05/28/2026

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Americans you may not know, but probably should:

Fazlur Rahman Khan was born in Dhaka, India in 1929. His parents are Bengali. He studied civil engineering at the Bengal Engineering and Science University in India. He received a Fulbright scholarship, which allowed him to travel to the United States in 1952. He studied structural engineering and theoretical and applied mechanics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning two masters degrees and a PhD in three years. Fazlur Khan loved tall buildings. His hometown of Dhaka didn't have any buildings more than three stories high. The first time he saw a skyscraper was at the age of 21. In 1955 he started working at an architectural firm called Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in Chicago. He and his friend and co-worker Bruce Graham designed the John Hancock Center and the 110 story Sears Tower (now called The Willis Tower), which held the record for the tallest building in the world for 25 years. He also designed the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and the Baxter Travenol Laboratories in Deerfield, Illinois. He has earned several architecture awards for his work. Unfortunately Fazlur Khan died at the age of 52 while on a trip to Saudi Arabia. HIs body was returned to the United States and he was buried in Graceland Cemetery in his favorite city of Chicago.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Ame...
05/27/2026

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Americans you may not know, but probably should:

Margaret Moran Cho was born in San Francisco in 1968. Her parents are Korean. Her grandfather, Myung-sook Cho, was a Christian minister during the Japanese occupation of Korea. When Japan withdrew their forces from Korea after World War II, Margaret Cho's grandfather was declared a traitor and his family was forced to move to South Korea. Margaret Cho was often bullied in school. Her classmates calling her fat, q***r and various Asian racial slurs. She sometimes skipped class, didn't get very good grades and was eventually expelled from Lowell High School. She was later accepted in the San Francisco School of Arts, a public high school for people interested in art, theater and dance. She attended San Diego State University, but never graduated. Margaret Cho did stand up comedy and spent several years working on her routine, building up her audience in clubs and universities, eventually receiving some high profile appearances on late shows like Arsenio Hall. She soon appeared in TV shows and movies and even did opening acts for Jerry Seinfeld. Margaret Cho is now recognized as a pioneer in comedy. She has written two books and has won several accolades for her performances.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Ame...
05/26/2026

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Americans you may not know, but probably should:

Constance Yu-Hwa Chung was born in Washington DC in 1946. She is the youngest of ten children and her father was an intelligence officer for the Chinese National Government. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in journalism in 1969. Connie Chung began her news career at an independent TV station in Washington DC called WTTG (today a FOX affiliate) as a copier. In 1971, she became a correspondent for the CBS evening news with Walter Cronkite during the Watergate scandal. She then worked at KNXT (now KCBS in Los Angeles) to anchor evening newscasts. Connie Chung worked as a reporter and news anchor for several networks and television programs, occasionally filling in for Tom Brokaw during NBC's Nightly News. In 1993, she became the second woman and first Asian woman to be a regular co-anchor on a national news broadcast. Many immigrants from China from the late 1970s to the 1990s saw her as an inspiration and sometimes named their daughters Connie. She currently lives in Montana and is married to Maury Povich. They have one son named Matthew.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Ame...
05/25/2026

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Americans you may not know, but probably should:

Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco in 1873. His parents are Chinese. They lived in the United States and ran a small store in Chinatown. In 1868, the United States had started to suspend and limit Chinese immigration. In 1882, a federal law was passed in the United States called the Chinese Exclusion Act, stating Chinese residents could not become US citizens. (In the mid to late 1800s several people from China came to live and work in the Western United States. China was in a state of unrest due to poverty and famine at the time. As more and more people from China came to the United States, there was a growing anti-Chinese movement. American citizens saw more and more people from China getting work in laundromats, railroads, mines and restaurants and they feared their jobs were being taken away because people from China often offered to work for less money. Violent clashes and vandalism to Chinese homes and businesses became more and more common and led to the passing of this law.) In 1895 Wong Kim Ark went on a trip to China to visit his ancestor's homeland. When he came back to the United States he was denied entry under the Chinese Exclusion Act. Wong Kim Ark appealed his case and it eventually went to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court decided because Wong Kim Ark was born in the United States, he was a US citizen under the rule set by the 14th amendment of the Constitution, which overrides Federal law, and was therefore was granted entry back into the United States. This case was a landmark decision for US citizenship and is often quoted in citizenship hearings, including the recent Supreme Court hearing President Trump attended where he wanted to change and clarify the 14th amendment to state that only children born to legal US citizens should become US citizens.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Ame...
05/24/2026

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Americans you may not know, but probably should:

Cristeta Comerford was born in the Philippines in 1962. Her father was an assistant principal at a public school. After graduating Manila Science High School she attended the University of Philippines and studied food technology, but dropped out and immigrated to America when she was 23. She started working as a chef at the Sheraton hotel near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. She then moved to Washington DC and worked as a chef in two different restaurants. Walter Scheib, the executive chef at the White House during Bill Clinton's presidency, saw her talent and recruited her to work in the White House kitchen as his assistant. He resigned in 2005 and Laura Bush appointed Cristeta Comerford to be the new executive chef of the White House, becoming the first Asian and first woman to have this position. Michelle Obama kept her in this position during Barack Obama's presidency, noting their shared ideas on the importance of healthy eating. She retired in July of 2024.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Ame...
05/23/2026

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In celebration, we’d like to introduce you to a few Asian Americans you may not know, but probably should:

Vera Ellen Wang was born in New York City in 1948. Her parents are Chinese. Vera Wang began figure skating at the age of eight and trained for years, hoping to one day compete in the Olympic games. She competed in the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but didn't qualify for the Olympics. Devastated, she started a new career in fashion. She received a degree in art history from Sarah Lawrence College in New York and after graduating was hired as a fashion editor for Vogue magazine. She worked there for 17 years, then worked for Ralph Lauren for 2 years, then started her own business as a bridal wear designer. Vera Wang has made wedding gowns for several celebrities including Chelsea Clinton, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Victoria Beckham and Hillary Duff. She has also designed Olympic skating dresses for Nancy Kerrigan and Michelle Kwan, evening wear for Michelle Obama, Sofia Vergara and Viola Davis and even designed the uniforms worn by the Philedelphia Eagles. Vera Wang received the Council of Fashion Designers of America Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 and is recognized as one of the best fashion designers in the world.

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