KCSM Radio Interview Guidlines

PLEASE READ GUIDLINES BELOW BEFORE SUBMITTING REQUEST

submit your request directly to: Alisa Clancy

• All interview requests must be made online, please do not call or solicit the individual announcers.
• All requests will be processed in the order they are received and will be followed up with an e-mail.
• Interview requests must be submitted at least 3 weeks prior to the date/s your are requesting.
• If you are not living in the Bay Area, please make sure to include the dates you'll be in town.
• Interviews will be scheduled at the discretion of KCSM.
• No more than one interview per year.
• All interviews are on site, we do not do phone interviews
• No more than two people per interview, no last minute guests.
• Interviews are 30 minutes or less except for Desert Island Jazz whose length is at the host's discretion.
• All interviewees must sign a KCSM release form prior to the interview.
• All interviews will be recorded and may be aired at a later date or made available as a podcast (without music).
• All interviewees must have a commercially available CD that fits our format.
• - We cannot process your request until we have auditioned your CD.
• Live interviews will only be conducted at the following times:
• - Monday through Friday mornings at 9 am with Alisa Clancy
• - Friday nights at 10pm with Kathleen Lawton on Crazy About the Blues
• - Sunday nights at 9pm with Harry Duncan on In The Soul Kitchen
• Pre-recorded interviews will be broadcast on Sunday mornings at 8am on I'm Talkin' Jazz