Crosscurrents (radio program)

This article is about the radio show. For other uses, see Crosscurrents.

Crosscurrents is a half-hour evening news magazine from KALW Public Radio in San Francisco. The show launched on August 4, 2008 and is hosted by Hana Baba. The show's tagline is "Context, culture and connection from around the Bay Area."

Crosscurrents

Genre	Radio news magazine Podcast
Running time	30 min
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Home station	KALW
Hosted by	Hana Baba
Recording studio	San Francisco, California
Original release	4 August 2008 – present
Audio format	Stereophonic
Website	http://kalw.org/programs/crosscurrents

Crosscurrents airs Monday through Thursday from 5 to 5:30 p.m. on 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area and streams live. The show is also available as a podcast.^[1]

Members of the Crosscurrents team have been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California Chapter, San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, Public Radio News Directors Inc. and the Radio Television Digital News Association.

Crosscurrents is funded through a combination of grants and listener contributions to KALW.^[2]

Show contents

Crosscurrents shows combine coverage of key local news stories with sound-rich features highlighting the arts and culture of the Bay Area.