CITY TIMES SOUND

City Times Sound

With a professional radio station located in the heart of City College’s downtown San Diego campus, the students of the Radio, Television and Film program learn their craft in a state-of-the-art studio.

KSDS San Diego HD-2, now known to students as City Times Sound, is a student-run radio station located in the KSDS studios broadcasting on HD radio and online during the academic term. Students work directly with station staff and many serve as interns in programming, production and membership.

Faculty: Jodina Scazzola, [email protected] and Chris Acedo, [email protected]; CTM adviser: Nicole Vargas, [email protected]

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PODCAST: CT Sound debuts first podcast of the fall semester (with video)

The Listening Machine is a call-in show of sorts asking San Diegans questions about the big issues they face every day

Jakob McWhinney, Podcast Director • October 4, 2021

The fall season of CT Sound opens with the debut episode of The Listening Machine podcast.

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PODCAST: City Times Sound team reflects on remote production

Student leaders in the program discuss the difficulty of being online

Assad Khalilzadeh, Program Director • June 8, 2021

With San Diego City College still closed for in-person classes, the first news radio class since the start of the pandemic recently wrapped up remote production at the end of the spring 2020 semester.

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PODCAST: Looking back at the best of Sex and Sexuality podcast

The seven-episode podcast is available online

Vicky Pineda, CTM Operations Manager • June 3, 2021

Marlena Harvey, Managing Editor of the City Times has been speaking with counseling interns at San Diego City College, Tristan Hartley and Laurel Marks.

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PODCAST: City College Theatre student discusses how courses were affected by the pandemic

Spring 2020 production of "Urinetown" was postponed

Michelle Botello, Multimedia Journalist • June 2, 2021

San Diego City College student Gary Tallaksen discusses the changes in the classes and the production of theatre classes.

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PODCAST: Dean speaks about the return of City College student radio

Jeanie Tyler talks about the student radio station’s return and working with KSDS

Joel Garcia, Multimedia Journalist • June 1, 2021

Due to the City College campus being closed, Student Delivered Sound Radio has been broadcasting in an automated format without on-air talent.

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PODCAST: City Speaks Sex and Sexuality airs final episode

The host and guest speakers discuss what they have learned through the podcast

Marlena Harvey, Managing Editor • May 27, 2021

For the final episode of City Speaks Sex & Sexuality host Marlena Harvey talks with Tristan Hartley and Laurel Marks in of San Diego City College’s Mental Health Counseling about final thoughts of the semester, and share resources for students to utilize.

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PODCAST: City Speaks Sex and Sexuality talks about masturbation

City Speaks Sex & Sexuality talks about how exploring yourself can lead to a better sex life, and about why masturbation is so taboo.

Marlena Harvey, Managing Editor • May 20, 2021

“Masturbation can be anything from genital pleasure to taking yourself out for dinner,” Laurel Marks said.

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PODCAST: Polyamory in modern relationships

Host Marlena Harvey talks with Tristan Hartley about what polyamory is and how to practice it safely.

Marlena Harvey, Managing Editor • May 13, 2021

“Polyamory is actually practiced by about 5% of the population, which is the same percentage of the population that are LQTBQ+,” Hartley said.

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RADIO: Two City students awarded prestigious scholarship

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is a highly-competitive award

Will Mauriz, Multimedia Journalist • May 12, 2021

Two San Diego City College students, Tatiana Butte and Lucia Huerta, will receive a highly prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, the San Diego Community College District announced on May 10.

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PODCAST: City College nurses aid in the vaccination effort by the state

Leaders of the Nursing Students’ Association depict how the program adjusted to the pandemic

Gabriel Schneider, Editor-in-Chief • May 11, 2021

President Em Carpenter and Vice President Larissa Johnson of the San Diego City College Nursing Students’ Association discussed challenges faced in the program due to the pandemic.

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