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Granite City Radio Theatre Season Finale on May 22

04/28/2013 - 11:30 AM

We are very excited to announce that the star of last season’s The Voice, Nicholas David, will be performing as the special musical guest of KVSC’s Granite City Radio Theatre show on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30p.m. Unfortunately, tickets have SOLD OUT for this show, but make plans to listen to 88.1FM on via live webstream!

KVSC and the Pioneer Place on 5th Theatre in St. Cloud are plotting and scheming to present another engaging and entertaining installment of Granite City Radio Theatre.

Join us for a night filled with radio drama, including a new episode of Shades Brigade, the delectable music of Collective Unconscious, comedy sketches to tickle your central Minnesota funny bone...and the return of the live trivia challenge with Dan Barth!

Nicholas David (Mrozinski) has played Pioneer Place a couple times over the years and most may remember him as the frontman of The Feelin’ Band. He grew to national fame last year when he was a finalist, and fan favorite, as a member of Team CeeLo on NBC’s Season 3 of The Voice. 

Nicholas also performed on Monday Night Live and will be performing with Collective Unconscious for the Granite City Radio Theatre. Nicholas will perform four songs during the live radio theatre broadcast, and then audience members will be treated to a three-song encore set after the show just for the live audience at Pioneer Place.

Did you miss the first two shows of the Granite City Radio Theatre? Listen to them in their entirety here. Also, check out photos from the first show here.

KVSC’s Granite City Radio Theatre is supported by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Win Guest Passes

03/26/2013 - 11:10 AM

We have guest passes to dozens of shows coming up in the Twin Cities and in St. Cloud.  As you well know, we often give guest passes away on air.  We also have online drawings to awesome shows, in addition to tickets to multiple sporting events and music festivals.  To win the tickets simply enter our contest drawing. Visit the page frequently, as it is constantly updating. Also, visit our facebook page and click the "like" button for announcements of the shows that we have tickets to!

KVSC is your source for seeing live music for free!

KVSC Debuts St. Cloud Somali Radio

03/25/2013 - 11:00 AM

KVSC 88.1 FM has launched a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week webstream radio station dedicated to the Central Minnesotan Somali Community. Dubbed St. Cloud Somali Radio; this online radio station is housed in the KVSC studios on the campus of St. Cloud State University and funded by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Legacy fund.

“The idea for St. Cloud Somali Radio started in the last two years,” said Jo McMullen-Boyer, KVSC 88.1 FM Station Manager. “After learning more about the rapidly growing immigrant population of Somali in Central Minnesota; it became clear there were very few artistic and creative outlets to learn more about Somali culture, customs, news and music.”

There are approximately 8,000 Somali immigrants living in St. Cloud and surrounding communities. St. Cloud Somali Radio aims to serve as the cultural and heritage hub of Somali music, feature programming and important cultural lessons including bi-lingual language translation for the region.

SCSU alumnus Ben Prchal was hired in September of 2012 as the Program and Training Coordinator of St. Cloud Somali Radio. Prchal has taken charge of the project by reaching out to the Somali community to create programming and assist with the technical programming to launch the online radio station.

“We are primarily using groups in the St. Cloud area as methods of outreach as we approach the launch of St. Cloud Somali Radio,” Prchal said. “Specifically, we have been in communication with the St. Cloud Somali Salvation Organization (SASSO), the Islamic Center of St. Cloud (ICSC), and the Somali Student Association at SCSU. As we ramp up to the launch, we will be working to spread the word about the station and share what we’ve spent our time building here.”

Once the station launches, St. Cloud Somali Radio will be increasing their efforts to recruit volunteers to create programming that will cater to the Central Minnesotan Somali Community.

KVSC is Now Taking Requests via Twitter!

02/27/2013 - 11:00 AM

That's right folks! KVSC has incorporated social media into our live on air studio! Listeners can now send our deejays Tweets to request a song.

Get your request in by using the hashtag #kvscrequest or by tweeting @KVSC881FM. Or you can choose to send the on air deejay a simple "thank you" for playing awesome tunes, and constructive feedback is always appreciated.

Of course we are still using the studio line, 320.308.5872 (KVSC), to take requests.

Please make sure to follow us on Twitter here. Also, make sure to "like" us on Facebook here. We use both of those pages to announce upcoming shows, give away concert tickets, and keep our listeners up to date with everything KVSC has to offer! 

KVSC is Your Social Media Alternative. 

KVSC Playlists in Realtime and Archive Search

07/08/2012 - 11:00 AM

So, you heard a song, but missed the DJ telling you what it was called and who sang it.  Don't sweat it. Just go to our Spinitron page.  

Located in the "Listen Live" player on the upper right of all KVSC.org pages, you can see who's on the air and what artist and song is currently playing.  Also, if you click the host's name you can view their profile.  If you click the track name, you can view the entire play list in real-time via spinitron.com. 

The archive link gets you to all playlists by all hosts.  Try it out for yourself!

Free News

05/29/2012 - 1:45 AM

KVSC is your free source for news.  

We have seven newscasts each day and have in-depth dedicated news programs twice each day.  Get the news on the air each day at 6 AM, 8AM, 10 AM, Noon (a full hour of news), 4 PM (a full hour of news), 9 PM and midnight.

We post stories on our news page and share them via social media.  Follow @KVSCNews on Twitter.

Listen to KVSC on Your Mobile Device -- iPhone, Blackberry or DROID

10/31/2011 - 10:50 AM

Does your phone dream of KVSC? Let it dream no more as KVSC has a number of ways to listen to Your Sound Alternative on your mobile device.

Go to http://www.kvsc.org/listen_live.php for instructions on how to listen on a variety of devices!

 

Ever wonder whose voice that is on the radio?

09/01/2010 - 1:50 PM

While listening to your favorite program on Your Sound Alternative, have you ever wondered who the voice is behind the microphone? That's a great question! KVSC attracts more than 70 volunteer deejays, so it can be hard to keep up. To see who is hosting your show of choice, check out our Program Guide. If you would like to join the team, visit our training department to learn the steps of becoming a radio host.

KVSC is Proud to be an AMPERS station

08/15/2010 - 12:00 PM

KVSC is proud to be part of the AMPERS radio network.  Ampers is a network of 15 independent community radio stations in Minnesota. Each station is locally managed and programmed by and for the local communities they serve.  Ampers is the largest network of community radio stations in Minnesota and one of the largest of its kind in the United States. From Grand Marais and Thief River Falls to Mankato and Winona, and just about everywhere in-between, we’ve got Minnesota covered. Our combined audience is about 250,000 devoted listeners.  

PODCAST: Holocaust Survivor Henry Oertelt

06/17/2009 - 12:00 PM

KVSC.org presents an original production--the amazing journey of Holocaust survivor Dr. Henry Oertelt.  The entire podcast series is presented in episodes of the 18 critical events that led to Henry's survival of five Nazi concentration camps and a three day death march.  Henry Oertelt's compelling book, "An Unbroken Chain" was recorded and engineered at the KVSC studios.  KVSC is sincerely honored to be the audio archival source of Dr. Oertelt's eternal message of hope and dignity.