KFAI
- Call Letters: KFAI
- Frequency: 90.3
- Networks: AMPERS
Description
KFAI is a volunteer-based community radio station that broadcasts information, arts and entertainment programming. By providing a voice for people ignored or misrepresented by mainstream media, KFAI increases understanding between peoples and communities, and fosters the values of democracy and social justice within its listening area. KFAI is a non-commercial FM radio station operating on 90.3 FM in the Minneapolis area and 106.7 FM in the St Paul area. KFAI is governed by a volunteer community board of directors, managed by a small paid full time and part time staff, and operated by a dedicated volunteer staff of over 300.
Pieces
Savage Aural Hotbed is a local band that fuses musical styles with unconventional "instruments," including power tools and found objects. For more ...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:09:04
Jazz dance developed as a working-class art form in the early 20th century and represented longing, struggle and perseverance. Choreographers Erin ...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:05:00
In the late 1990s, Minneapolis chocolatier BT McElrath built a reputation on high-end truffles with unique savory accents, such as balsamic vinegar...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:05:05
The United States ranks first internationally in soft drink consumption. At home, work, or out and about, Americans like to clasp a cold one--usual...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:05:00
Minnesota entrepreneur Lisa Nicholson broke into the salsa market in the mid-90s, with a fresh salsa appropriately dubbed "Salsa Lisa". Today you'l...
Bought by KAXE
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:05:00
- Purchases: 1
The Minnesota River is a tributary that flows into the the Mississippi River at Fort Snelling. In 1930, Eric Sevareid and Walter Port followed the ...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:05:07
The Givens Foundation was established in 1972 to provide academic scholarships for black youth. In 1985, the Foundation collaborated with the Unive...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:04:05
The Day Services program at Mt. Olivet Church in South Minneapolis is unique in that it combines childcare with its senior center to create what ad...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:04:56
After establishing himself as "King Mini"--a premiere mini-comic and poster artist--Vincent Stall has taken his inimitable style and vision to long...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:05:00
Sam Jasmine is an avid dart player, who also happens to be blind. In 2009 she invented the Audio Dart Master, a talking dartboard for the visually ...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:05:00
Founded in 2004 by Lecia Grossman, and under the direction of Maren Ward, zAmya Theater Project is a unique theater group comprised of performers w...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:04:34
Three years after being sold, Northwest Airlines has been completely erased from the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. For years the 1928...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:05:51
The Great Falls, dubbed “St Anthony Falls” by Father Louis Hennepin, evolved during the Ice Age and became the birthplace of Minneapolis. A spiritu...
- Added: Jan 20, 2012
- Length: 00:26:46
Minnesota State Capitol Correspondent Marty Owings previews the 2012 Legislative session with Bob Hines and Michelle Alimoradi on the KFAI Weekly N...
- Added: Jan 20, 2012
- Length: 00:23:19
If all the world’s a stage — as Shakespeare once wrote — why are most plays confined to traditional theaters? There are practical reasons, of cours...
- Added: Jan 19, 2012
- Length: 00:04:34
The Minneapolis skyline changed dramatically in the early 1970s, after two small real estate developers with ambitious dreams initiated a complex r...
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 00:26:39
Recorded for MinneCulture, The Honeydogs perform new material before heading into the studio to record its new CD, "What Comes After" (November rel...
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 00:28:42
The U.S. Postal Service reports that people are writing fewer and fewer letters. Americans are, of course, increasingly turning to e-mail, texting,...
- Added: Dec 09, 2011
- Length: 00:04:20
Nirmala Rajasekar is an award-winning musician specializing in South Indian Carnatic music. At the age of six she began training on the Veena-a plu...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 07, 2011
- Length: 00:04:56
- Purchases: 1
Ann Millikan is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed St. Paul composer whose style mixes contemporary classical, jazz and world music. She c...
- Added: Nov 04, 2011
- Length: 00:04:46
Staff of KFAI
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Todd Melby (Admin)
Independent Producer |
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Janis Lane-Ewart (Admin)
Exxecutive Director |
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Nancy Sartor (Admin)
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Joel Glaser (Admin)
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Dale Connelly (Admin)
KFAI-FM News Director |
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Emily Krumberger (Admin)
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PattiRai Rudolph (Admin)
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Micah Whetstone (Admin)
Associate Producer, Engineer |
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PRX Administrator
Administrator |
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