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On Saturday, June 28,2025, Dick Conte and Michael Burman announced their retirement from the airwaves of KCSM JAZZ 91. We respect their decision and thank them for decades of service to our on-air community and the College of San Mateo.Starting in July you will be hearing new but familiar voices in their time slots. While it is impossible to replace the passion and knowledge Dick and Michael brought to JAZZ 91 we wish them health and happiness into their retirement years.

On Saturday night, June 15, The Dick Conte Quartet (Dick on piano; Steve Webber, bass; Steve Heckman, saxophones; Jimmy Hobson, drums) performed at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley during their annual concert to benefit the Dick Conte Piano Scholarship Fund which helps young jazz pianists.

Watch Dick Conte and Dick Fregulia's PerformanceAired: 11/18/2025. This live in-studio performance of two of the Bay Area's finest pianists Dick Conte and Dick Fregulia who joined forces trading piano duties backed by bassist Steve Webber and drummer Jimmy Hobson. KCSM's own Jayn Pettingill is your host.

On Saturday July 26th the incomparable Sonny Buxton presented his last broadcast at KCSM JAZZ 91. With a 60-plus year career in broadcast media, Sonny decided to hang up his headphones to retire at the age of 88 from our Saturday Mid-Day Jazz Show. It was bittersweet but the response was overwhelming and filled with appreciation and well wishes. It was a gracious exit for a class act! In recent weeks we have seen the retirements of Dick Conte and Michael Burman as well as the untimely passing of Leslie Stovall from KCSM JAZZ 91 airwaves. Their presence is very much missed but the team at JAZZ 91 is here to serve our audience with the best in Jazz. (click the story subject line to see the new lineup)

My first exposure to jazz came at an early age hearing big band classics emanating from my father’s little clock radio. He would listen to a nostalgia / big band station and it was THE station that was on constantly in the house. I believe this is where I acquired a taste for melody, harmony and rhythm. It wasn't until later in high school that I began to appreciate the modern stylings of jazz...Miles, Coltrane, Stan Getz, etc. At SFSU's KSFS-FM, I produced and hosted an award-winning program called the "Underground Cafe" which aired for two years focusing on the outer fringes of jazz. Most of my experience in jazz radio (all 8 years of it) was acquired here at KCSM and I feel so fortunate to have learned under some of the best jazz legends of all time...engineering for Al Jazzbeaux Collins was my first real gig. Pat Henry, Tee Carson, Clifford Brown Jr, Dick Conte, Alisa Clancy, Melanie Berzon, George Hughes and KJAZ's (now KCSM's) Greg Bridges and Bob Parlocha were and still remain constant sources of inspiration.

The standout group of K-pop's fourth generation is in their element in this Tiny Desk Korea performance.

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones following a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

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