Today is Thursday, March 9, 2023, the 68th day of the year with 297 days remaining until the the end of the year. Here is everything you need to know about today’s programs on KNCT, but first…
Central Texas College’s Continuing Education spring schedule is now available. It features a variety of professional development, workforce training and personal enrichment courses. Several of the upcoming courses include:
- March 6: Aqua Toning with Kat; M/W through March 29; 5:45 – 6:45 p.m.; $19
- March 21: Basic DSLR Photography; T/TH through April 6; 6-9 p.m.; $75
- March 25: CPR for Health Care Providers; 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.; $120
Continuing Education is also looking for instructors to teach College for Kids classes. Classes are designed for youngsters aged six to 14, depending on the program. Classes include game design, coding, robotics, engineering and more. For more information, contact Jocelyn Larkin at jhart@ctcd.edu.
The success of NASA’s Artemis I mission last year means the agency is getting closer to sending astronauts back to the Moon. A crew could land on the Moon within a few years, spending up to a week on the surface. And within a decade or two, astronauts could be spending weeks or months there.
StarDate airs every weekday at 5:57 am, 4:57 pm, and on weekends at 8:20 am.
The Sound of Texas – Doc Battenfield of Terlingua
In this episode, Tumbleweed Smith talks to a long-time veterinarian who settled down in Terlingua.
The Sound of Texas airs every weekday at 6:30 am and 12:30 pm.
We’ve talked a lot about fossils on EarthDate, but we’ve never talked about how they form.
Normally, when a plant or animal dies, it decays or is consumed. But occasionally its remains are preserved as a fossil.
This usually happens when the organism is buried quickly in sediment. The sediment layer protects it from the elements, scavengers, even oxygen. Often soft parts decompose, leaving bones, teeth, shells, or exoskeletons.
EarthDate airs every weekday at 8:30 am, 3:30 pm, and weekends at 10:30 am.
Science and the Sea – Mapping The Gulf
Scientists have been charting the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana for three-quarters of a century. Hundreds of surveys have provided glimpses of different regions, in different levels of detail. But only recently did all of that work come together. Scientists from Texas A&M University compiled decades of work to produce sharp digital maps of the hidden sea floor.
Science and the Sea airs every weekday at 9:30 am, 2:30 pm, and weekends at 11:30 am.
SoundBeat – The Edison Tone Tests
The opera house lights dim, the capacity crowd hushes…Then a voice, a high, bright soprano…yes, there it is…fills the air.
But the real fun starts when the singing stops. You see, the year is 1919, and the crowd is taking part in an Edison Tone Test. Before the lights come back up, they’re prompted to guess if what they heard was live, or a diamond disc.
SoundBeat airs every weekday at 10:30 am and 1:30pm.
Dan Hull joins us every Thursday and Friday at 6:15 pm for the i14 Sports Report. This show provides commentary & coverage of local high school sports up and down the i14 Corridor in Central Texas. Dan has been a local high school sports broadcaster since 1991 and was KNCT’s Program Director for over 20 years.
Beginning at 7 pm, KNCT presents part two of “Mavis Staples’ Soul: A Celebration.” This program is a music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into the 2020’s. A panel of top notch music writers and scholars reflect on her rich music history, as Paul Ingles hosts a mix of some of her most important and stirring performances. Hour 2 focuses on her family’s commercial success of the early 1970’s, and how they tried to keep up with trends before eventually discontinuing their recordings as the Staples Singers in the middle 1980’s. Then Mavis launched a solo career that bubbled below the radar for many years before taking off in the 21st century.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that all of the amazing programs and beautiful music you enjoy on Simply Beautiful 91.3, KNCT-FM is made possible by donations from our listeners. You can donate anytime by visiting our website at KNCT.org.
And while any amount is appreciated, did you know that if you donate $10 or more today you could could receive Boston Pops/John Williams: Pops on Broadway-Music of the Night CD. Just look at all of the amazing songs on this CD:
Track List:
1. Everything’s Coming Up Roses from Gypsy by John Williams;Boston Pops Orchestra
2. No One is Alone from Into the Woods by John Williams;Boston Pops Orchestra
3. Gotta Dance – A Tribute to Jerome Robbins (Instrumental) by John Williams
4. I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables by John Williams;Boston Pops Orchestra
5. Bernstein on Broadway by John Williams;Boston Pops Orchestra
6. The Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera by John Williams;Boston Pops Orchestra
7. Andrew Lloyd Webber Trilogy (Instrumental) by John Williams
8. Send in the Clowns from A Little Night Music by John Williams;Boston Pops Orchestra
9. Let Me Entertain You: The Music of Jule Styne (Instrumental) by John Williams
10. Suite from Miss Saigon: Claude-Michel Schönberg (Instrumental) by John Williams
11. Love Changes Everything from Aspects of Love by John Williams;Boston Pops Orchestra
12. The Trolley Song from Meet Me in St. Louis by John Williams;Boston Pops Orchestra
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