Date: August 30th 2006

For Immediate Release, August 30th, 2006 Contact: Jesse Thorn / 415-225-1665 / splangy@splangy.com

**Santa Cruz Radio's Prodigal Son Returns**

Comedy/interview program The Sound of Young America added to KUSP lineup

Santa Cruz, CA 8/30/06 -- After months in the public radio hinterlands, The Sound of Young America is returning to Santa

Cruz's airwaves, bringing good humor and smart conversation with it. The Santa Cruz born-and-bred program, hosted by Jesse

Thorn, "America's Radio Sweetheart," will air Sundays at 6PM on local NPR affiliate KUSP-FM. The station hopes the program

will continue its success in the Monterey Bay Area media market, and will draw new, younger listeners to its airwaves. KUSP is the first NPR-affiliated station to carry the show on a weekly basis.

"Santa Cruz is the home of The Sound of Young America, and I couldn't be happier that KUSP is taking a chance on this show," said Thorn.

In the years following its launch as a college radio show in 2000, The Sound of Young America became one of Santa Cruz's

favorite radio programs, repeatedly winning newspaper reader polls and drawing significant praise in the local press. More

recently, the show has launched a national network, airing on more than half a dozen stations.

The show's podcast, launched in January of 2005, has become one of the most popular programs on the internet, generating over

half a million unique program downloads. The podcast has been featured in Time Magazine, Salon.com, the Wall Street Journal,

and in alternative newspapers as far away as Philadelphia and Montreal.

About The Sound of Young America

The Sound of Young America is a public radio show about things that are awesome. Incorporating in-depth interviews with

original comedy and commentary, it represents a new paradigm in public radio programming. On The Sound of Young America, you

can hear serious (and seriously funny) conversations with comedians, writers, rappers, rockers, and more. Past guests on the

show have ranged from rapper Chuck D to author Chuck Klosterman to a variety of others not named Chuck. The show and its

acclaimed blog can be found online at maximumfun.org.

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