KFAI
- Call Letters: KFAI
- Frequency: 90.3
- http://www.kfai.org
- Affiliations: Pacifica, PRI, and NFCB and Ampers
- 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
Twin Cities’ musician Bob Dunlap is known to most of his friends and fans as “Slim.” Dunlap played with the Replacements and released two solo CDs ...
- Added: May 07, 2012
- Length: 26:06
Symbolical Head is a storytelling event and panel discussion at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis, featuring Will Alexander, Barth Anders, David J Sc...
- Added: Apr 13, 2012
- Length: 40:02
The Cory Wong Quartet performs at the Artists’ Quarter Jazz Club in downtown St. Paul. The band features Cory Wong, Kevin Gastonguay, Andy Schuster...
- Added: Apr 13, 2012
- Length: 28:59
Some people believe that Coldwater Spring has been flowing for more than 10,000 years. Located south of Minnehaha Park on the former Bureau of Mine...
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 29:07
Tish Jones is the Community Engagement Director for the St Paul Almanac, and Executive Director of TruArtSpeaks. She began performing at age 14, an...
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 04:47
Tim O'Keefe has been playing music in Duluth and the Twin Cities since the 1970s. What began as a musical journey on harmonica has led to vast know...
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 05:00
The Twin Cities have the most theater seats per capita than any other U.S. city, except for New York. Amidst Minneapolis-St. Paul’s wide spectrum o...
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 05:07
The tale of Paul Bunyan and friends has captivated Minnesotans for more than 100 years. Statues of the lumberjack pepper the state, in towns of Ack...
Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 05:56
- Purchases: 1
The basement of Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) houses the Hennepin Medical History Center--a tiny, two-gallery museum filled to the rafters ...
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 04:55
In 1886, the State-Run School for Dependent and Neglected Children opened in Owatonna, Minnesota. For nearly 60 years the orphanage housed thousand...
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 28:39
This "Live from Minnesota" segment features the Brass Messengers—a Twin Cities’ band that formed from the Heart of the Beast May Day parade. With C...
Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 29:06
- Purchases: 1
Black Men Reading is a North Minneapolis book club and study group modeled after groups that formed in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. For more ...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 04:50
Yinghua Academy is blazing new trails. In 2006, the Chinese-immersion school opened in Northeast Minneapolis as the first of its kind in the Midwes...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
"Palliative care" is a term used in the hospice community. KFAI producer Will Hale prepared this story on the Grace Notes Hospice Choir--a creative...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 04:43
Minnesota may be famous for its Scandinavian heritage, but it's also home to a vibrant Irish music community. From weekly sessions at pubs like Kee...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 05:01
Minnesota has been recognized as the national capitol of choral music. Each year singers from around the country come to the Twin Cities to auditio...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 05:02
Hmong people come from the mountains of China, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand, and have a strong presence here in the Twin Cities. KFAI producer Will W...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 04:27
In a career that has spanned 50 years, Jack Edwards has dressed New York theater royalty and Hollywood stars; from Katherine Hepburn, to Carol Burn...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Nellie Stone Johnson was born in 1905, with an ancestral mix of African-American, Native-American, and Euro-American heritage. She grew up on a far...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 04:58
"Come Together" is not only the name of a Beatle's song, it's a trend the Twin Cities is leading through the formation of art collectives. Art coll...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 04:19
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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Micah Whetstone (Admin)
Associate Producer, Engineer |
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allison herrera (Admin)
Producer?Reporter |
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Phil Wilson (Admin)
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Miguel Vargas (Admin)
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