Kim Foster Carlson
Substitute HostKim Foster Carlson is an award-winning broadcast journalist with decades of experience in radio and television news. She came to KCBX as a substitute announcer in 2021 after many years at stations such as KCBS, KGO and KQED. Kim occasionally contributes interviews to Issues & Ideas, and has assisted with reporting and training in the KCBX newsroom.
When she's not traveling, visiting her grown kids or hanging out with her dogs, you will likely find her in a swimming pool. She was a six-time division I All-American swimmer at Florida State University and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
You can reach Kim at kimc@kcbx.org.
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KCBX host Kim Foster spoke with NPR environment correspondent Nathan Rott to discuss California's changing environment and his reporting in Ukraine. -
The first wind farm built along the California coast is up and running. -
A new test to find out the level of synthetic chemicals, or PFAS, in a person's blood is now available here on the central coast. -
Tesla is recalling more than 2 million of its cars in the U.S. It’s to fix a defective software that’s supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when using Autopilot. -
Spotify dropped their annual list of users’ music habits yesterday. It’s called Spotify wrapped and it caused the City of San Luis Obispo to trend on social media Wednesday evening. -
Tuesday, PG&E submitted an application to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant running 20 years after its scheduled closure date, meaning the plant could operate until 2045.
