North State Public Radio

Call Letters: KCHO
Frequency: 91.7
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Affiliations: BBC, NPR, PRI, and APM
Networks: American Routes Private Network, Here's the Thing, and American Public Media

KCHO FM 91.7 and KFPR 88.9 are non-commercial non-profit organizations which are a service of California State University, Chico. We provide listeners with a vast assortment of programs reaching a diverse listening audience. We are affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR) and Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). This allows us to bring our listeners informative, educational and entertaining programs.

Blue Dot

204 Pieces

Conversations exploring where science and pop culture collide. Hosted by Dave Schlom with audio production by Matt Fidler.

From: North State Public Radio
Updated: Jun 04, 2019

California Burning

11 Pieces

A 5-part series deeply exploring of the California wildfire problem. Public Radio Veteran, Matt Fidler, combines on-location interviews with experts who understand wildfire the best, and NPR-style story telling to give listeners a non-political perspective on how to best approach a problem that is becoming increasingly destructive and deadly.

From: North State Public Radio
Updated: Aug 20, 2019

Cultivating Place

284 Pieces

Essential connections exist between nature, our gardens, and our places in both. Through thoughtful conversations with growers, gardeners, naturalists, scientists, artists and thinkers, Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden is a weekly public radio program and podcast that explores what we mean when we garden.

From: North State Public Radio
Updated: Jan 10, 2020

BD - Eagles 101: the lives of eagles and the eagle cam phenomenon!

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot

Caption: Liberty on the Redding, CA nest with Sol and Luna, Credit: Terri Lhuillier

Bald and golden eagles are some of the most magnificent birds in North America. Dave is joined by Michelle Hawkins, Director of The California Rapt...

CP - Small House Farm Beauty & Learning, Bevin Cohen

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place

Bevin Cohen is the co-founder with his wife Heather Marie of Small House Farm – a homestead, a garden, a family, a bridge to the natural world arou...

BD - Musings on the Moon with author Christopher Cokinos

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot

Dave finds a kindred spirit with Christopher Cokinos, author of the new book, Still as Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon from Antiquity t...

CP - A Year Full of Flowers (In Pots!), with the UK's Sarah Raven

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place

To kick off May, looking forward to Mother’s Day, Graduations and the promise of Summer Gardening in general here in the US, this week we go all in...

CP - BEST OF: The Bumble Bee Atlas projects, with Leif Richardson, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Protection

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place

Following on from native plant week, this week we revisit a BEST OF conversation about some of our favorite native plant visitors: our native bumbl...

BD - The amazing undersea world of sharks with Dave Ebert, aka "The Lost Shark Guy"

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot

Dave visits with one of the world's foremost experts on sharks, Dr. David Ebert. Dave is the Director of the Pacific Shark Research Center at San J...

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CP - California Native Plant Week: CNPS Rare Plant Program & Inventory with Aaron Sims

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place

The third week of April is California Native Plant week, this year being celebrated by the California Native Plant Society via 8 days of action in ...

BD - Nature's soaring scavengers: the Vulture Family

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot

Dave investigates the world of vultures and condors with the Director of the UC Davis California Raptor Center, Michelle Hawkins. One of the most u...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach

CP - Great garden friends: The Hummingbird Monitoring Network, Dr. Susan Wethington (BEST OF)

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place

Hummingbirds are a beloved and charismatic creature of the America’s, the more than 350 species of hummingbirds have coevolved with the flora of th...

CP - Seeding Circularity: Orta Kitchen Garden Seed Pots, Anne Fletcher

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place

Caption: Courtesy of Anne Fletcher, Orta Kitchen Gardens. Alright reserved.

This week – with Spring and seeding season fully underway - indoors and out, we speak with gardener entrepreneur Anne Fletcher of Orta Kitchen Gard...

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