KALW 91 Radio began to develop its local news department from scratch in 2005, and it grew step-by-step, culminating in the launch of the daily local news show Crosscurrents in August of 2008. In 2009, SF Weekly named Crosscurrents the Bay Area’s “Best Local News Show” and news director Holly Kernan (pictured, with co-host Hana Baba) was named Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists of Northern California. In 2010, KALW News launched a digital newsmagazine at kalwnews.org. KALW 91 Radio is a pioneer educational station licensed to the San Francisco Unified School District broadcasting since September 1, 1941 – the oldest non-commercial FM signal west of the Mississippi KALW 91 Radio official website address is www.kalw.org
