“There is only one radio station in Southern California that dares to play
Classical Music 24 hours a day, all year long. KUSC-FM stands alone as theguardian of music that clears our minds, inspires our hearts, fills us withthe celestial energy and provides musical solace for our souls.”--Douglass M. Stewart, Jr
Documentary Filmmaker
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

KUSC’s Mission
We celebrate classical music and its power to enrich the lives ofpeople at all phases of life, to bridge differences and to strengthen
our Southern California community.

It’s been an amazing year for KUSC and for classical music in
our community. Thanks to you, we finished our fiscal year on
June 30 stronger than ever. Your support helped us expand
and deepen our services to our Southern California listeners.
There’s no doubt that new technology has enabled people to find and enjoy
KUSC classical music in more ways than ever. Our listenership is strong both on
the air and online. This year, along with healthy broadcast listening numbers,
we saw an incredible increase in the number of you who use our live stream on
our website, our app and via smart speakers. Thanks to you, KUSC is the highestrated classical station in the country.
This year, we invested in new talent - the next generation of hosts and producers who will make sure that our classical music services thrive well into the future. We welcomed host Jennifer Miller whom you can hear throughout theschedule. We’ve been experimenting with new digital music content for new
audiences and we just launched our first formal KUSC intern program.

We are committed to helping children experience the joy of classical music andare so pleased with the community turnout for our “Kids Discovery Days”. In addition to another successful event at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, we were thrilled to see so many smiling faces at our first Orange County Kids
Discovery Day at the Bowers Museum.
These are just some of the things you helped us achieve in the past year. Many
more are highlighted in this Annual Report. We are excited about our future andinvite you to stay on this journey with us on the air, online, and at our KUSC
events.
Thank you again for your support.

Judy McAlpine, President
USC Radio Group

Welcoming Jennifer Miller to Classical KUSC!

Content Highlights

During the past year we welcomed Jennifer Miller as the newest member ofthe KUSC family. Jennifer had been developing her broadcasting skills as thehost of California Classical All Night for a year. She brings a wealth ofknowledge as a trained vocalist and can be heard throughout the weekly
on-air schedule as well as on the Opera Show.

LIVE Broadcast Productions
Each year KUSC engages partnerships with local arts organizations to bring the joys of live music
productions to the airways. Here is a list of the broadcasts presented:•

LA Phil’s 100 anniversary Season
Celebration Live from the Hollywood
Bowl
Saturday, Sept. 16, 2018
John Van Driel, Alan Chapman,
Brian Lauritzen, Gail Eichenthal, hosted•

LA Opera On-Air: Season-Opening
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Duff Murphy and Alan Chapman co-hosted•

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Brian Lauritzen and Alan Chapman
co-host and John Van Driel hosted•

KUSC Kid’s Discovery Day LIVE from
Los Angeles Natural History Museum
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Brian Lauritzen, Jennifer Miller andJohn Van Driel hosted•

KUSC Kid’s Discovery Day LIVE fromThe Bowers Museum
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Brian Lauritzen and John Van Driel hosted•

Pacific Symphony
Saturday, June 8, 2018
Rich Capparela hosted a live broadcast fromthe Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Pictured left to right: John Van Driel, Brian Lauritzen, Tommy Phillips, (President and Artistic Director,
Philharmonic Society Orange County), Gail Eichenthal, Jonathan Bibayan —Broadcasting from the Bowers Museum

SoCal Sunday Night
Every Sunday evening at 7PM, KUSC broadcasts great concerts from arotating cast of Southern California's finest orchestras and ensembles.
We bring you the dynamic Los Angeles Philharmonic from Disney Halland from the Hollywood Bowl, take you to Costa Mesa to hear the Pacific Symphony, and welcome you to soak up the sounds of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

• Twelve Pacific Symphony concerts hosted by Rich Capparela• Ten concert broadcasts of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the
Hollywood Bowl hosted by Brian Lauritzen

KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen• Eight concerts from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra hosted by Alan Chapman• Four concert broadcast from Santa Barbara and Central Coast ensembles• Thirteen concert broadcasts of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall hosted by
Brian Lauritzen

Farewell To Duff Murphy
Duff Murphy helmed KUSC’s Opera Show for 25 years. In May of 2019, he decided to step awayfrom the program. We thank Duff many times over for all he did to bring opera to life each week
on KUSC with wonderful recordings, inspiring storytelling and of course, his deep love for opera.

The Metropolitan Opera Broadcast

KUSC aired twenty-three broadcasts from December 2018 to
May 2019.

LA Opera On Air
KUSC aired five productions of LA Opera’s 2018-19 season.
The operas aired in the spring hosted by Jennifer Miller.

Sounds of the Season—
December 2 to December 31, 2018
However you celebrate, KUSC had you covered withmusical selections that kept you company throughout
the holiday season. Beginning just after Thanksgiving,
our programming included Jim Svejda’s annual broadcast of the Messiah, The Nutcracker and a Chanukkah
special. Other special programming included Chanticleer, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, St. Olaf’s choir
and a live broadcast of the Five Lessons and Carols
from King’s College. All culminated in a full day ofholiday favorites airing on Christmas Day followed by
the New Year’s Bash with Jim Svejda.

Standing: Jennifer Miller and Gail Eichenthal
Sitting: Brian Lauritzen and Alan Chapman“It was going to be you or Netflix for amonthly payment. You won hands downwith your 48 hours of Christmas music andthat fabulous broadcast from Cambridge.
Bravo! Encore! And Thank you!”--Vicki, San Pedro

Content Highlights

Here's what we broadcast from July 2018 to June 2019

“Hey Google, Play KUSC!”
We try to make listening to KUSC as easy as possible. You
can listen on our free iPhone, iPad, and Android apps andyou can listen to KUSC.org while chugging away at theoffice. Now, the fastest growing way to listen to KUSC ison a smart speaker! With the Echo, just say “Alexa, play
KUSC” and with Google Home, it’s, “Hey Google, play KUSC”. It’s that simple.
Listening to your favorite classical station has never been easier.

Digital Content

Special Blog Features
KUSC Top 100 Countdown BLOG
To compliment our annual KUSC Top
100 Countdown, listeners voted on
their favorite pieces. Our hosts wrote
blogs to highlight history and provide
more information and context on
those pieces.

KUSC Guide to Opera BLOG
KUSC’s Jennifer Miller launched a
new blog series, the KUSC Guide to
Opera. So far, she’s written about“The Essential Top 5 of Opera” aswell as the “ABC’s of Opera”, a seriesof three stories highlighting the history and legacy of “Aida”, “LaBohème”, and “Carmen”.

KUSC Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
KUSC’s social media accounts are a unique place to keep in touch with what’s
going on with KUSC hosts as well as the classical music world—from classicalmemes to behind-the-scene videos from events. Join us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to keep in touch everyday! Here is a sampling our postfrom the Celebrating 100 Years of the LA Phil!

KUSC’s Live Broadcast from the Holywood Bowl with
Alan Chapman and Brian Lauritzen - #LAPhill100

Facebook Live with Jennifer Miller and Chrysanthe Tanat the 100th Celebration of the LA Phil

Community Engagement
Playground Pop-ups

KUSC continues to deepen its commitment
to connect children to live classical music
and to help demystify the art form for bothkids and adults. In addition to sharing thejoy of this repertoire, we aim to help create an audience of the future for classicalmusic, and for KUSC. We look forward to
expanding our outreach with support frompotential donors and foundations who may
be inspired to help us achieve our mission.
In addition to our focus on kids, KUSC thisyear convened two major roundtable
meetings of arts leaders in Los Angeles andOrange Counties to share common
challenges and best practices, and tostrengthen the ties between local arts
institutions.

Community Engagement

KUSC Playground Pop-up Concerts
For the second year, KUSC presented live performances by professional or pre-professional musicians on public school elementary playgrounds. These PopUp events include curricular materials distributed to teachers or after-schoolstaff in the days leading up to the concert. It’s a partnership with the afterschool program LA’s Best, which is in almost 200 LA Unified elementary
schools and with the LA Unified School District itself. We presented five PopUp performances at elementary schools in Watts and East LA this year. The
musicians included wind players from the USC Thornton School, LA Operateaching artists, Street Symphony Chamber Singers, and musicians from theLos Angeles Philharmonic.
.

KUSC produced two Kids Discovery Days, a high-energy,
one-day children’s music festival in Southern California
this past year, in partnership with the Natural History
Museum of LA County (NHM), and the Bowers Museumin Santa Ana. The museums offered free admission forchildren for the occasion, and discounts for their parents/guardians. Live musical performances, musically-themed arts andcrafts, and an instrument petting zoo were among the activities offered.
KUSC also organized a live radio broadcast from the sites.
At both museums, attendance was dramatically higher
than their typical Sundays. At NHM, we presented LA
Opera singers, LA Chamber Orchestra Fellows, Street
Symphony Mariachi, an American Youth Symphony quintet, and musicians from the LA Phil’s Youth Orchestra Los
Angeles. We also invited arts groups such as the LA Phil tohost their own promotional tables and spread the world about their own
family activities.

Los Angeles Natural History Museum and
The Bowers Museum
Our first KUSC Discovery Day in Orange County at theBowers Museum attracted record crowds, and, according tolocal arts leaders, marked the first time all the major performing
arts organizations in the County came together for an event.
This included the Philharmonic Society, Pacific Symphony, Pacific Chorale, South
Coast Repertory, Cal State Fullerton’s University Singers, and Backhaus Dance.

“I brought three of my students all the way from LA. I had attended yourKids Discovery Day at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles in April,and I wouldn’t think of missing one of these amazing events, even if itmeans driving to Orange County! Thanks for spreading the joy of classicalmusic.”—Sylvia Heymann, teacher in Los Angeles

Community Engagement

Kids Discovery Days

Kids Discovery Days andPlayground Pop-ups“Thank you for inviting us to be apart of such a special event! The
students loved singing for you
and the assembled audience!”
Robert Istad
Professor of Music,
Director of Choral Studies,
Cal State Fullerton
Artistic Director, Pacific Chorale“A big thanks to you and your entire extended team for filling the museum with somany happy sounds and sights. Our familydays don’t usually have a concentration ofso many young kids and it was so fun andrewarding to see them experience the program and the galleries.”“Street Symphony Chamber
Singers A warm welcome at
Compton for KUSC andStreet Symphony Crowd
pleasing music at Compton
Ave Street Symphony Chamber Singers Rock!”—A fanCelebrating

Years of Jim
In September 2018 Jim Svejda celebrated 40 years
on the air with KUSC. In honor of this monumental
achievement, KUSC launched the Jim Svejda Fundfor Talent Development.
The Jim Svejda Fund for Talent Development will
enable KUSC to create a talent pipeline: hire interns with promise, create junior positions in which
they can develop, and nurture young staff that can
one day step into the positions of our current talented announcers. This will assist in the recruitingof potential talent and develop full-time positions
to bring classical music to audiences for generations to come.
Jim has been described by many as one of the mostknowledgeable announcers in the country. His
shows, “The Record Shelf, a nationally syndicatedshow and “The Evening Program” weeknights on
KUSC, features interviews with classical artists,
critical reviews of various recordings, dynamic artist
profiles and historical recording from past
performers.
Jim’s history with KUSC and his commitment to excellence was honored at a 40th Anniversary Gala inJanuary, 2019. There was a performance from the
LA Guitar Quartet, USC Thornton Chamber
Orchestra and Alan Chapman and his wife Karen
Benjamin. There was even a special short video
directed by Daniel Zucker a “Jim Svejda Special
Fan”. Special guest speakers included, Judy
McAlpine, President, KUSC, Anne Akiko Meyers,concert violinist, Brenda Barnes, CEO King FM,
Rose Campion, USC Valedictorian ‘18 and former
KUSC Intern and Luiz Jimenez high school student,
influenced by listening to Jim on the radio.
Thank you Jim for an amazing 40 years and beyond!

KUSC Radio Team with Jim Svejda (center)

Every gift is important to the success of the Jim Svejda Fundfor Talent Development. For more information on major phi lanthropic opportunities call: 213-225-7400.

Classic Events
August 2018

• Hershey Felder• The Wallis

Underwriting / Sponsorship

September 2018

• Mozart Requiem• LA Master Chorale
October 2018

February 2019

• Classics 6 (Shostakovich/
Scheherazade)
Pacific Symphony• Olga Kern
SOKA

March 2019• Clemency of Titus
LA Opera• Mariinsky Orchestra• Classics 8 (Bruch/

The Soraya (VPAC)

Mendelssohn)
Pacific Symphony• Classics (2) Bernstein
Pacific Symphony• Mahler: The Titan
Pasadena Symphony

November 2018

• Czech Philharmonic• Philharmonic Society ofOrange County

December 2018

• Eastern European Christmas• Da Camera Society
January 2019

• Mozart & Beethoven• LA Chamber Orchestra

April 2019

• Colburn Orchestra• Colburn School
May 2019• Hershey Felder / Debussy• Los Angeles Master Chorale
July 2018• Hershey Felder: Beethoven• The Wallis

Arts and Corporate Sponsors
For information on becoming a KUSC sponsor, contact Tim McClellan at 213-225-7450 or
tmcclellan@kusc.org.

KDB 93.9 in Santa Barbara at
Gibraltar PeakFM Radio transmitter sites have several
important systems to keep a signal on the
air consistently. In addition to the various
systems that the engineering department
maintains directly, we also coordinate withexternal facility maintenance trades suchas air conditioning technicians, electricians
and tower rigging crews.

Various improvements were made within
the transmission system at Gibraltar Peak.
Aging and obsolete audio equipment andpower supplies were replaced with newand more reliable devices to support the93.9 Santa Barbara signal.

In FY19 our emphasis was on improving
reliability at some of our key tower sites
and refreshing some of these key systems
including the addition of auxiliary transmitters. The flagship KUSC 91.5 radio
tower site located near Mt Wilson in
Angeles Forest received delivery of a new
auxiliary transmitter. We look forward tobringing this new system online for
improved redundancy purposes in thisnext fiscal year. Electrical improvements
are well under way.

KDB Antenna

Construction improvements for 91.5

91.5 Angeles Forest Tower Site—
Mt. Harvard

KDSC 91.1 in Ojai-Thousand Oaks. The
Ventura transmission system received acomplete equipment rack re-wire. New
satellite equipment was also installed which
improves 91.1’s live connectivity from the
Downtown Los Angeles Radio Studios.

91.5 Angeles Forest Tower Site—
Mt. Harvard

Engineering

KUSC Angeles Forest Tower Site
Mt. Harvard

A Classical Journey
Denmark, Germany & Holland

Traveling with KUSC

March 5-16, 2019, KDFC/KUSC host Robin
Pressman, joined 25 KUSC/KDFC members
for an inspiring music-filled adventure to
Copenhagen, Hamburg and Amsterdam.
The highlights of this tour included a performance of Turandot, by the Royal Danish
Opera, Nabucco at the Hamburg State
Opera, Girls of the Golden West performedby the Dutch National Opera Company anda concert performed by the Rotterdam Philharmonic.
The journey began with three nights in Copenhagen, experiencing walking tours of
the city, a trip to the North Sealand andFrederiksborg Castle and concluding with
Turandot by the Royal Danish Opera.

The final four nights were spent in Amsterdam
with day trips to the Kroller-Muller Museum–containing the largest collection of works by
Van Gogh; a private tour of the Rijksmuseum
and Rembrandt’s famous Night Watch; The
Dutch Opera’s performance of the Girls of theGolden West; visits to Delft, The Hague andRottendam and a concert from the Rottendam
Symphony.
Five-star accommodations, fine dining at top
restaurants, outstanding music and Robin’scommentary made this an amazing musicaland historic journey.

Traveling on to Hamburg we spent threenights discovering the art, culture, food andmusic of this important city. The groupattended Nabucco at the Hamburg State
Opera and visited the town of Lubeck, with
its historical alleyways and criss-crossed
lanes—one of the important ports on theBaltic Sea.

Above: Former Copenhagen Stock Exchange
Building with the dragon tail spire and group photooutside the Frederiksborg Castle.

Saxon Treasures
June 10-20, 2019, KUSC host Alan Chapman,joined 25 KUSC/KDFC members for an inspiring music-filled adventure to Dresden and
the Bach Festival in Leipzig.
The highlights of this tour included a trip to
the wonderful, city-wide BachFest in Leipzig.
The group attended five magnificent concertsby some of the world’s most renowned Bachinterpreters, including recitals by renowned
pianist Sir András Schiff, violinist Isabelle
Faust, and a concert by the Gewandhaus
Orchestra, the oldest in Europe.
As a prelude, the journey began in magnificent Dresden, often called “Florence on theElbe”. From there, the group took excursions
to tour the renowned Meissen Porcelain factory, and traveled into “Saxon Switzerland”
with a private boat ride on the Elbe. They
traced Bachs genius in sites around the—city and also visited Mendelssohn’s last home
as well as a day trip to Weimar, where Bach
lived eight years. All along the way they met
other titans of German culture such as Schumann, Wagner, Liszt, Martin Luther, Goethe,
Schiller, and many others. And as a finale,
everyone attended a performance at one of
the most beautiful theatres in the world, theSemper Opera, where they were present for
Verdi’s powerful Nabucco, and Mozart’s delicious The Magic Flute.
Five-star accommodations, fine dining at top
restaurants, outstanding music and Alan’scommentary made this a glorious journey
through the musical and historic landscapesof one of Europe’s premier destinations!
To receive notice of future tours, become a part of the
KUSC Leadership Circle or Legacy Society. Details canbe found on our website at www.kusc.org or call
Minnie Prince—213-225-7534. KUSC tours are limited
to 25 persons.

View of the Elbe River from the heights of
Saxon Switzerland
A view from atop the Frauenkirche

Traveling with KUSC

Dresden and the Bach Festival/Leipzig

Bach and
Alan Chapman in
Leipzig

Annual Giving

Development

KUSC remains humbled by the generous support our listeners have provided overthe past years. You believe in the service that KUSC provides and it is because ofthis unwavering support that development/membership accounts for nearly 80%of the station’s operating income. Your support allows us to offer and keep greatclassical music on the radio throughout Southern California. Below is a chart representing KUSC’s membership growth and sustainer revenue since 2015.

Anonymous (60)John R. Oden & Mark Dizik

Dr. Barbara Ackermann,
LCSW

Fantasia Fairchild

Carleen Anderson
Jerry & Barbara Andes
Dr. Roman Anshin, M.D.
Sonia Appell
Jim & Nancy Bailey
Christopher D. Baker
Drs. Brenda & Bill Barnes
Charles N. Baron
Terry S. Bateman
Donald R. Beck
Dr. Allen Belkind
Benla C. Bennett
Herbert M. Berk
William J. Bryan
Audrey Steele Burnand
Jeremiah & Raun Burnham
Dr. Leland S. Burns
Bobbi Chifos
Dr. Owen G. Clayton
Nancy Coleman-Frank
Edward & Lisa Cook
Dr. Allen J. Curtis
Caroline DeMar

Theresa & Jeff Ferguson
Robert S. Field
Jeanette Fraser
Robin Friedheim
Dr. & Mrs. E. Peter GaborJohn & Peggy Garvey
Robert L. Glasser
Deborah Goetzman
Lillian Berman Goldfarb
Meredith Goodwin
Donald P. Gould
David Grant
Tom Greene
Heinz Hanau
Rod & Nancy Harvey
Robert S. Helfman
Martin Bray & Scott Henderson
Vera J. Hirtz
Terrence Joseph Hughes
Jon Harvey & Joemy Wilson
Barbara JuryLen & Trudy Kapner
Doris H. Keniry
Steven Katz
Nick J. Labedz
Donald & Sharon Lafler

William Earl Lentz
Karl H. Loring*
Adolph Maier
Hon. Nora Manella
Alison Manheim
Susan J. Marks
Jim Michaelis
Les Modie
Mike & Lorraine Mohill
Maury & Barbara Mortensen
Bernard & Faye Pipkin
Ernest & Anne Prokopovych
Suzanne Robinson
Rosa E. Rosenberg
In Memory ofCharles Simon Sarkas
Ronald* and Barbara Schonfeld

KUSC Legacy Society

KUSC honors members of the Legacy Society, dedicated donors who have madeplanned gifts ranging from naming KUSC in their will or trust, to making KUSC abeneficiary of a charitable gift annuity. Many of these future gifts will be used tobuild an endowment to ensure that future generations are able to have classicalmusic in their lives. If you have already included the station in your estate plans,
please let us know by contacting Minnie Prince, at 213-225-7534 or
mprince@kusc.org

Matej Sherko and Anthony Rosello
Lynette Sim
June Smith
Max Stolz, Jr.
Evelyn Stone
Joseph* & Linda Svehla
Robert Thurm
Craig & Junior Vickers
Carol Ann Walker Trust
Carole E. Walker
Ramona R. Whitney

Dr. Robert & Mrs. Nadyne Zafran

Morton Lampert
Jocelyn Lee
Dennis & Kathleen Lees

*Deceased
Updated: September 11, 2019

KUSC Leadership Circle

KUSC is honored to recognize members of the Leadership Circle who arecommitted to annually supporting the station to make classical music andthe arts a more important part of more people’s lives.

President’s Gold

President’s Circle($25,000 + )(10,000-$24,999 )Anonymous (4)Anonymous (13)Colburn Foundation

Herb Alpert Foundation

Ferguson Foundation

Sandy Behrens

Arthur J. Geoffrion andHerman H. Hamer
Memorial Fund

Dunard Fund USA, LTD.
Barbara Jury
Heather MacDonald

Paula and Henry Lederman

The Norris Foundation

Ernest Lieblich
Foundation

Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky

Lillian Lovelace

Flora L. Thornton Foundation

William E.B. Siart
Dr. Daniel Temianka

Composer’s Circle($5,000- $9,999)

Anonymous (22)The Negaunee Foundation

The Hilaria and Alex
Baldwin Foundation, Inc.

Dr. Margery Nicolson, PhD

Nancy E. Barton
Foundation
Eve Bernstein
Sara & Robert Cannon
Donald P. Gould

Janet Petersen
Jerome and Toby
Rapport Foundation
Susan F. Rice
Michelle Rohè

Dr. Cornelia Haag Molkenteller

The Ruby Family Foundation
Wendy and Ken Ruby Trustees

Thomas C. Hudnut

Dena and Irv Schechter

Barbara and Stuart Klabin

Linda and Joe Svehla

Laifun Chung and Ted Kotcheff

Timothy P. Whalen

Katharina and Thierry Leduc

WHH Foundation

CPT Charles T. Meyer, IV“As a classical music lover, I want
to share this joy with today’s
young people. A prerequisite forthat is sufficient exposure. KUSC
plays a very important role inthat respect, which is one reason
why I believe it deserves wide
support.”—Art Geoffrion“How could we exist withoutmusic? It calms us when we’restressed; it soothes us when
we’re melancholy; it excites us
when we are ready to dance.
And what better way to enjoy itthan listening to KUSC: stories,
commentaries and a beautifully
run organization behind it all.
Hooray for KUSC”.
—Nancy Ferguson

Producer’s Circle
Anonymous (47)

Sharon and Daniel Lowenstein

Anne-Marie Stephens

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Abeles

Judy McAlpine

Douglass M. Stewart, Jr.

Gretchen E. Alkema

William McKelvey

Max Stoltz, Jr.

Karen and George Bayz

Anne and Thomas McKerr

Barbara and Steve Straub

Patricia and Dennis Burke

Janice Miller

Simon Strauss Foundation

Norman E. DuFort

Abby & Alan Myerson

Teshinsky Family Foundation

Louise Grant Garland

Jean Oppenheimer

Deborah Goetzman

Michael R. Oppenheim

Terrance Van Vliet and
Jan K. Keller

Teresa Gordon

Jane C. Parks

Robert D. Voit

Harvey Hoeppner and
Bob Richards

Mariette and Alexander SawchukBea and Dennis Volper

Dr. Charlie and Claire Shaeffer

Deborah and Lee Walcott

Charlotte Hughes andChristopher Combs

Shanbrom Family Fund

Ramona R. Whitney

Dr. Jack and Anitra Sheen

Terri and Tom KevilleMichele and David Wilson

Kerry and Robert Shuman

Scott LittIrene V. Steinman

Anna and Edward Yeung“KUSC is a crucially important institution in our lives. Every day, it gives us the most beautiful and exciting music in the world-music that lifts the spirit and enlightens the soul-music to live by. What a
gift! You can’t ignore it and must support it”—Kathryn Norstrom“There’s a reason we still listen to the great musical giants:
their spirits awaken and refresh ours. They’re alive and wellon Classical KUSC!”—Dan Temianka MD“Since 1995 we've been residents of Orange County andhave continued to enjoy the music of KUSC! Its variety of
programming and most knowledgeable announcers enrich
our lives daily and have cultivated an appreciation andpassion for Classical Music. We are delighted to be part of
the KUSC 'family' through our annual support and lookforward to the bright future of KUSC. It is ours and yoursupport that keeps the music going! Thank you KUSC.”—Carl and Elaine Neuss“KUSC wakes us up in the morningand brings us to work and school,
carries us home at night, soothes
our nerves and makes life lighter,defines our emotions individuallyand connects us universally. It is
an integral part of our family. I
can’t imagine life without the giftof symphonic music and thethought-filled comments of thepresenters on KUSC.”—Valerie and Hans Imhof

For information on becoming a member of the KUSC Leadership Circle, contact Matt Miles
1-213-225-7518 or mmiles@kusc.org

KUSC Leadership Circle($2,500- $4,999)

2019 KUSC
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

2%

Revenue5%

Development$ 7,167,139

Underwriting/Sponsorship$ 1,275,929

Government
Funding$

470,796

Other$

173,397

14%

79%

Total Revenue $ 9,087,261

Expenses
Operations$

1,174,980

Development$

1,649,533

Underwriting/Sponsorship$

540,795

17%

12%

40%

8%

Content/
Engineering$

3,276,956

Administration$

871,871

23%

Total Expenses $ 7,514,136

KUSC’s most recent independent auditor’s report conducted by Price Waterhouse
Coopers can be found on our website:
https://www.kusc.org/culture/our-mission/audited-financials

USCRG Board of Councilors

Robert (Bob) Abeles (Interim Board Chair) is
currently Senior Vice President, Emeritus at the
University of Southern California. In June 2016, heretired from USC after serving as Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer since
January, 2009. He currently serves as a member ofthe board of directors for EXED, a development
business and management services company thatspecializes in supporting charter school creationand enhancement, and also serves as a director ofWestern Asset Funds, a large fixed income investment manager, in Pasadena, California. In addition, he serves on the Board of Councilors of the
USC Rossier School of Education and is Audit Chairof Great Public Schools Now, a California not-forprofit organization dedicated to ensuring all Los
Angeles students receive a high-quality educationby accelerating the growth of quality publicschools.

David J. Berger is a member of the Board of Directors at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and aleader in the firm’s corporate governance practice.
He specializes in representing officers, directors
and shareholders in corporate control contests,
mergers and acquisitions. David also serves ascounsel to a number of private equity firms, including Francisco Partners. He has taught corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions andrelated classes at institutions such as Harvard Law
School, Stanford University’s Directors College,
Stanford Law School, UC Berkeley Boalt Hall Schoolof Law, and Duke University’s Director Education
Institute. He also maintains an active pro bono andpublic service practice. David has served on the
Board of Directors of the California Culinary Academy as well as the Smuin Ballet, Legal Aid Society
Employment Law Center of San Francisco, and theLegal Community Against Violence.

David Brown was named interim senior vicepresident for university relations at the Universityof Southern California in October 2018. In this role
he provides strategic direction and leadership of
USC’s efforts to continuously improve its relations
with external and internal stakeholders. His portfolio of responsibilities includes government relations, public relations, community outreach, andUSC’s thirteen public radio stations. For the past
six years, he has served as associated senior vicepresident for USC federal relations, based in
Washington, D.C. In that role, he was the university’s chief advocate on all legislative and regulatory
matters related to higher education and student
aid policy, federal research funding and healthcare
policy.

Frank H. Cruz is President of Cruz and Associates,
a financial consulting firm he founded in 1995. He is
the former chairman and director of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and co-founder ofTelemundo, the nation’s second largest Spanishlanguage network, and KVEA-TV in Los Angeles,
where he was formerly vice president and generalmanager. Frank is Chairman emeritus of the California Institute for Federal Policy Research and has
served on the board of directors of Health Net, theJames Irvine Foundation, and the Fred Friendly
Seminars at Columbia University. He is a member of
the USC Board of Trustees where he has served
since 1999.

Corey Field, Esq is a widely regarded entertainment and intellectual property lawyer, legal writer,
teacher and scholar. In addition to his law firm,
Corey Field Law Group, P.C., where he practices
entertainment, media, copywrite and trademark
law for worldwide clients, he is a lecturer in law at
the USC Gould School of Law. His industry leadership includes serving as a former president of The
Copyright Society of the USA (New York) the world’s
leading copyright law organization and service as
director and trustee on boards including the BMIFoundation and The Kurt Weill Foundation. He
currently serves as outside counsel for the Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Institute. Before
becoming an attorney, he received a Ph.D. in music
composition from the University of York, England
and worked for over ten years as an executive in
the international classical music publishing industry.

Natalie Klein attended Pennsylvania State University where she received her bachelor of science in
civil engineering. Throughout her professional career, she has worked in process manufacturing, oiland gas related industries, as well as the computer
hardware and software fields. She has volunteeredin a variety of positions in the local schools andsurrounding communities including co-chairing theDevelopment Committee for Stanford’s Bing Nursey
School. In addition, she is engaged in a variety of
non-profit work and volunteers on various committees at Sacred Heart Preparatory where her
youngest son was enrolled. Currently she is a board
member of the Heroic Imagination Project, a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and teaching people
how to become everyday heroes. Natalie and herhusband, Ken, are actively involved at the Universityof Southern California where they founded the
KIUEL Institute, an organization focused on undergraduate student leadership and student life. Her
interests include reading, listening to classicalmusic, designing women’s clothing, running,
painting and gardening.

iCadenza & CEO of Cadenza Artist Management, aconsultant for arts leaders and organizations, withparticular expertise in motivation, empowerment,
and team dynamics. She has extensive consulting
experience, and uses her training in the Bianchard
Companies model and Nancy Kline’s Time to Thinkmethod to work with her clients in developing
strong business practices and solid team dynamics.
Julia is passionate about introducing artists to theconcept of approaching their career developmentwith an entrepreneurial mind set and using provenbusiness concepts for their personal career
success. Julia is a trained opera singer and earneda Master of Science in Executive Leadership fromthe University of San Diego. In addition to theBoard of Councilors she also serves on the board of
Ohana Arts.

Jennifer Rosenfeld is co-founder of iCadenza, aconsultancy and online education platform thathelps classically trained musicians pursue successful and fulfilling careers and the co-founder of Cadenza Artist, a talent agency representing classical,
jazz and world music artists, dance companies andmulti-disciplinary projects. She has also worked
with arts organization leaders on creating a cultureof innovation and developing promotional andstrategic initiatives. She trained as a pianist andsings with the Stanford Chamber Chorale. She
earned her BA from Stanford University in History
and Slavic Languages and Literatures and is pursuing a JD/MBA from Stanford Law School and Graduate School of Business. She also teaches a course
at Stanford and sits on the board of directors of
the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.

William E.B. Siart is chairman of the board of
EXED (Excellent Education Development), a nonprofit corporation which he founded in 1997 thatdevelops and manages charter public schools. Herserves a trustee, chairman of the finance committee, member of the executive hospital financeand investment committees of the University ofSouthern California. He is also a trustee of the J.
Paul Getty Trust. He is the chairman and directorof the Western Asset Funds, Inc. He is former
chairman and chief executive officer of First Interstate Bancorp, a $60 billion banking company with
offices in 13 western states and more than 40,000
employees. He is also active in Los Angeles andnationally in K-12 education reform. A native of
Los Angeles, he earned a BS degree in Economics
from Santa Clara University and an MBA in Financefrom the University of California Berkeley.

Leonard (Lee) Walcott was Vice President andManaging Director of The Ahmanson Foundationfrom 1987 until his retirement in March of 2008.
Prior to holding that position he was Director ofUpper School at Marlborough, chair of the Fine
Arts Department and instructor of Advanced
Placement Art History. He then spent one year at
Campbell Hall School. A former trustee of Marlborough, Campbell Hall and the Ahmanson Foundation, he now serves on the advisory boards for
UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Libraryand the Califormia Rare Book School as well as the
UCLA Centers for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and 17th and 18th Century Studies.

Martha Welborne is currently a Senior Advisor at
HR&A Advisors, an industry-leading real estate,economic development and public policy consulting firm. She was recently the Chief Planning Officer at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (METRO) departing inJanuary 2016, where she lead a staff of over 200 inplanning the long-range future of transportation in
the County. She also over-saw Metro’s real estate
department, regional capital development activities, the management of all grants, and a variety ofstrategic initiatives. She is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects and has also served as President of the Los
Angeles Chapter od the American Institute of Architects. She also has previously served on the
Board of Councilors of the School of Architecture
at USC.

USCRG Board of Councilors

Julia Torgovitskaya Rapoport is president ofJudy McAlpine
President

Bill LuethTEAM KUSC

Vice President, Marketing &Sponorship

Engineering.

Ron Thompson

Mark Steinmetz

Director of Engineering

Vice President of Content

Steve Coghill

Justin Collard

Director of Operations

Chief Technology Officer

Bill Kappelman

Minnie Prince

Director of Compliance

Chief Philanthropic Community
Development Officer

Cliff Nielsen

Rina Romero

Steve Sevy

Senior Business Officer

IT Specialist
Operations Coordinator

Administration

KUSC Digital

Veronica Jimenez

Jonathan Bibayan

Budget/Business Technician

Web Developer

Maribel Lepe

Content

John Van Driel
Sr. Content Director

Kelsey McConnell
Assistant Program Director

Rik Malone
Assistant Program Director

Blake LawrenceMusic Director

Mark Hatwan
Production Director

Budget/Business Technician

Special Project Team

Jennifer Tuffy

Chrysanthe TanThomas Kotcheff

Stephen Page

Development/
Community Engagement

Underwriting/Sponsorship

On –Air Host

Gail Eichenthal

Sr. Manager Underwriting
and Corporate Partnerships

Administrative AssistantSenior Director ofCommunity Engagement

Matthew Miles
Major Gifts Officer

John Leathers

Tim McClellan
Business Development
Manager

Jaime Cisneros

Shauna Der

Database Administrator

Senior Account Executive

Nicole Coe-Gonzales
Gift Processing Supervisor

Susannah Hutchison
Gift Processing Coordinator

Lilly Lau
Development Coordinator

Nicole Massingale
Customer Service Coordinator

Production

Alan Chapman
Rich Capparela
Brian Lauritzen
Jennifer Miller
Dianne Nicolini
Robin Pressman
Jim Svejda

“I was introduced to classical music while
watching Looney Tunes with my dad when I wasa child. There was one called What's Opera, Docfind a love for the music, but I have fond memories of lazy weekends at home with my dad
watching cartoons. As we are getting older it
can be easy to forget those times, so KUSC
helps me to remember. I thank you for being
there every day while I work at home from
Jacksonville, FL..”– Kimberly“I’ve always had a deep love for classical music.
Listening to KUSC everyday gives me tremendous“Classical music on KUSC sustains me through thejoy and happiness. The fact that KUSC is the only

day, in my drive to work, while I am working, andpublic classical radio station in Southern California

at home while I relax, read the Sunday paper, or do

makes it more priceless. Thank you for your presence in my

my chores. It gives me joy and relief from thelife.”

stresses and anxiety of the news and the workaday- Cloe, Altadena

world. Its announcers, including Alan Chapman,
Gail Eichenthal, and Brian Lauritzen, are welcome
voices that teach as well as entertain. The station isalways there for me and I am sure to have it onwhen my 5 year old grandson visits. He now rec-

“KUSC presents a musical fountain of beauty andknowledgeable hosts. So lucky to be able to enjoy
all of these amazing treasures.
—Teresa,ognizes many instruments and when a familiar

Redondo Beachpiece of music comes on. Thank you KUSC!”– Denise in Los Angeles

I appreciate being a part of a community of classi-“In the midst of all the crazy goings on in the world,

cal music lovers were we can respect each other’s

the constant changes, the loud music, there isdiffering tastes and ignore the political craziness

KUSC keeping us classical music lovers calm. I am

bombarding us in our day-to-day lives. KUSC is a

grateful KUSC is there for me when I need an es-

spiritual oasis.

cape.”— Alan, Panorama City
— Janet, Laguna Niguel
Photos: Kids Discovery Day at the Bowers Museum

KUSC Listener Comments

and that's where it all began. It's a silly way toArts for LA/LACHSA Foundation

KUSC supports the efforts of the arts, by providing
office space to Arts for LA and the Los Angeles
County High School for the Arts Foundation.

Founded 35 years ago in the global creative
capital of Los Angeles, LACHSA—the Los
Angeles County High School for the Arts—is
one of America’s premiere public arts highschools for student artists whose undeniable talent and fearlessly authentic voiceschange the world. LACHSA students comefrom every part of Los Angeles County andexemplify its wide-ranging diversity.

Since 2006, Arts for LA has worked to activate
artists, arts organizations, and the Los Angeles
community at-large to advocate for a healthy,
equitable, and creative Los Angeles region. Arts
for LA is the only cross-discipline, cross-sector
advocacy organization dedicated to serving as
the voice for the arts in Los Angeles on an arrayof issues ranging from arts education and creative career pathways, to affordable space forartists/arts organizations and increasing financial investments to the arts and culture fieldfrom both philanthropy and government.
Our programming aims to:
CONNECT individuals and organizations aroundkey issues that contribute to the creative
vibrancy of Los Angeles.
LEARN with powerful data and by producing
unique research.
LEAD constituents to effect communitychange.
To get involved or for more information,
visit: www.artsforla.org.

LACHSA is a conservatory-style incubator indance, music, theatre, visual arts, andcinematic arts, that nurtures and mentors
its students in transformational ways.
Working with professional teaching artists
to sharpen their critical thinking wandstrengthen their skills, LACHSA students
develop the confidence to courageously
share their art with the world. They go on
to attend top colleges and arts conservatory programs and establish themselves as
leaders in their chosen fields of art or
study.
Without exception,
LACHSA
students become the significant artists andindividuals they were always meant to be.
The non-profit LACHSA Foundation ensuresthat the most remarkable student artists in
Las Angeles County are able to engage in atransformative conservatory incubator, regardless of their backgrounds. Each year,
LACHSA Foundation works to fund theactual costs of the arts curriculum and programs by cultivating relationships with abroad base of donors who recognize how
critical it is to support young artists destined to change the world.
To learn more about LACHSA andthe Arts High Foundation,www.artshighfoundation.org.

KUSC Coverage Map

KUSC’s Classical Public Radio can be heard in seven counties, from as far
north as San Luis Obispo and as far south as the Mexican border. With
39,000 watts of power, Classical KUSC boasts the 10th most powerful
signal in Southern California. KUSC transmits its programming from fivetransmitters - KUSC-91.5 FM in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita; 88.5 FM
KPSC in Palm Springs; 91.1 FM KDSC in Thousand Oaks; 93.7 FM KDB in
Santa Barbara and 99.7 in Morro Bay/San Luis Obispo.