Privatization in the 20^th century

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

The transfer of  a nonprofit organizationor a profit business, enterprise, agency, public service, or public property from the public sector(a government) to the private sector has consequences on many levels.  Privatization also means government outsourcing of services or functions to private firms for services such as revenue collection, education, law enforcement, and prison management.

November 2, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm      

Streaming* live globally from http://KGGV.FM   KGGV 95.1 FM Guerneville “The Bridge” is a community, non-commercial radio station based in Guerneville, Russian River valley, Sonoma County, northern California USA

San Francisco’s Chinatown

Established in 1848, San Francisco’s Chinatown is the oldest Chinatown in North America and has the largest, concentrated Chinese community outside of Asia.  San Francisco’s Chinatown’s history and culture reveal a significant aspect of immigration to North America from the East.

October 26, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

Streaming* live globally from http://KGGV.FM   KGGV 95.1 FM Guerneville “The Bridge” is a community, non-commercial radio station based in Guerneville, Russian River valley, Sonoma County, northern California USA

The Controversy of the Sacco and Venzetti trial

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

During the early 1900s turmoil between labor and capital the guilty verdict of the infamous Boston Sacco and Venzetti murder case triggered riots and cries of innocence.  The climate of opinion, influenced by their foreignness as Italian immigrants and their anarchist political beliefs, was said to condemn them without a fair trial.  The actual truth of their role in the murders, however, may never be known.

October 19, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm and in KGGV.FM  archives    

Streaming* live globally from http://KGGV.FM   KGGV 95.1 FM Guerneville “The Bridge” is a community, non-commercial radio station based in Guerneville, Russian River valley, Sonoma County, northern California USA

Walt Disney his theme park vision

Beneath the Waves history/music series host Gerry Takano

Walt Disney, a commercial illustrator at the age of 18, moved to Hollywood, California in the early 1920s and set up the Disney Brothers Studio.  The character of Mickey Mouse was created in 1928. Disney later introduced synchronized sound, full-color three-strip Technicolor, feature-length cartoons and technical developments in cameras. 

October 12, 2016, Wednesday 12noon – 2pm PT, rebroadcast next Friday 2-4pm and in KGGV.FM  archives    

Streaming* live globally from http://KGGV.FM   KGGV 95.1 FM Guerneville “The Bridge” is a community, non-commercial radio station based in Guerneville, Russian River valley, Sonoma County, northern California USA.