KPPQ features a dedicated and talented crew of local DJs producing unique and information programming. Every month CAPS Media and KPPQ features a DJ who helps define the style and sound of Ventura community radio on KPPQ- LP at 104.1FM and on myTuner. Doc Ventura is performer, guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and best of all a KPPQ DJ. A Chicago blues man, transplanted to beautiful Ventura, shares his love of the blues from the 1920’s through the present day on Doc’s Delta Blues Lounge. Doc Ventura says “I believe if you LIKE the blues you will LOVE them after tuning in”. The hour-long show features familiar stars like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf but the majority of the program is dedicated to lesser known blues artists such as Homesick James, J.B. Hutto, T-Model Ford that are often overlooked in radio. The diversity of blues styles and forms found in Doc’s Delta Blues Lounge entertains, informs, and builds appreciation of this indigenous art form. Doc has four solo albums. You can catch Doc and his Delta by the Beach Band or with The Milo Sledge Trio throughout Ventura and up and down the central and south coast. Tune in to 104.1fm on Thursdays at 7pm and Sundays at 3pm to enter Doc’s Delta Blues Lounge. All KPPQ locally produced programs, as well as national and international shows, can be enjoyed 24/7 at 104.1 FM and streamed worldwide on myTuner Radio and on capsmedia.org. Many of the shows are available on-demand on the KPPQ podcast network found at capsmedia.org/radio. Stay tuned for the next DJ profile in your Ventura Breeze.
Recently CAPS Media crews produced a promotional video for Ventura County Fire publicizing the Department’s Junior Fire Academy. As outlined by Fire Fighter Spencer White, the three week-long summer sessions are free for boys and girls aged 13-15 who are Ventura County residents and want to learn what it takes to be a part of the fire service. The academy creates a fun learning environment for students to experience the physical and mental rigors of the Fire Department’s daily emergency operations. Training includes First Aid and Hands Only CPR, Structure and Wildland Fire Suppression, Rappel Operations, Confined Space awareness, Hand Tool usage and more. The camp also includes tours of fire stations, demonstrations by 911 dispatch, Air units, ambulance EMTs, rescue dog demonstrations and much more. For details go to VCFD.org/junior-fire-academy.
CAPS Media manages two television channels and one radio station in Ventura providing public programming on television, radio and online streaming twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week on all distribution outlets.
CAPS’ channel 6 presents programming created by and for the public including community information programs, faith-based services and more. CAPS manages and presents government meetings at City Hall including city council, design review, general plan advisory committee and planning commission on channel 15 which also features education and information programs including those by El Camino High School students.
To learn more about CAPS, visit capsmedia.org. A video on the home page, CAPS Media City Council Presentation 2023, presents an overview of the organization.
