KBUU-LP is an FM radio station serving Malibu, Calif. at 99.1 FM and on the web at radiomalibu dot net. It transmits a modern rock format daytime and community disc jockeys play their choices of music evenings. It is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a low-power FM radio station, and it went on the air in January 2015. The station calls itself 99.1 KBU and uses two slogans: "On The Air, On The Web, On The Beach" and Volunteer community programmers at KBUU-LP produce 40 hours of local music programs per week, including "Miles of Styles" Latin Jazz with Erin Laetz, "Bix Mix - jazz and way beyond with Bill Bixler, "Big Rocks with Caryn Weiss," engineered by Brandi Jackson, "Malibu Trails Americana," "The KBU Collective" with Elena Corral, "Off The Lip with Sandy Bottoms," Come Together With Brooke Halpin and the Beatles," "The Rock Show" with Laura Espinosa, "Just Another Dennis Sunday" and "The Menace's Attic" with Dennis Scheyer, and "Harvesting Happiness, straight talk from engaging guests with Lisa Cypers Kamen." KBUU-LP produces 70 minutes of local newscasts per weekday. Headlines are posted on several social websites including Twitter and Facebook , and posted at the Malibu Times website. It carries Democracy Now! from Pacifica Radio weekdays. KBUU-LP carries "The California Report," a daily newscast from KQED-FM in San Francisco. It carries "The California Report Weekend Magazine", Pulse of the Planet, Le Show with Harry Shearer, and the weekly broadcast meeting of the Commonwealth Club of California. Additionally KBUU-LP carries the following syndicated programs : the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra weekly concert from Disney Hall, "The American Parlor Series" with JP Houston and Julie Van Dusen, and "eTown." KBUU-LP is licensed to Zuma Beach FM Emergency and Community Broadcasters, a committee of Malibu residents. Its station manager is Hans Laetz. Its programming originates at his house. KBUU-LP is one of the very few radio stations in the United States to be licensed to operate with its main studio in a private home organization, underwriting donations may be tax deductible under section 501 3 of the Internal Revenue Code. The station has a policy of affirmative action and equal opportunity. There are no paid employees.
