Regular 90.3 FM listeners may have noticed a change to the sound of KFAI around 11:45am on Wednesday. No, we didn’t switch to an all-ASMR static format. The power to the IDS Center, home of KFAI’s broadcast antenna, was shut down in response to damage caused by a leak in the building’s water expansion tanks. This leak made its way some of the building’s electrical equipment, prompting an evacuation of all floors above the 26th.
A shot of our main antenna of March 7, 2022 after a significant ice storm.
As of Thursday afternoon, our transmitter equipment has been without power for more than 24 hours and outages are projected to last through the weekend. While this might put a damper (no pun intended) on our Summer Member Drive, there has been no stop to the great music, news and information on KFAI.org and our mobile app. If you’re reading this right now, you’re probably ON kfai.org and are seeing first-hand the value of our streaming platforms. It’s your support that keeps the power flowing through these streams and helps us archive the shows you may have missed during this prolonged outage.
KFAI BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
NOTICE AND AGENDA FOR MAY 2022
This month’s Fresh Air, Inc. Board of Directors meeting
takes place on Monday, May 23, 2022, at 7 pm.
Please NoteThis is a virtual meeting; participants can take part online or by phone.
If you have questions about the meeting or wish to add an agenda item,
please email the Board at board@kfai.org before the meeting. In addition, the Board roster, contact information, previous board minutes, and financials are available at kfai.org/board.
KFAI Board meetings are open to the public, and everyone interested will be encouraged to attend. The meeting begins promptly at 7 pm.
Don’t let anyone try to tell you otherwise, there is great music out there EVERY year. At Weekend on Demand, we pride ourselves on playing the new new and in 2021 we logged spins on 651 different tracks that came out in 2020 or 2021 and placed them all on a “WOD 2021” Spotify playlist:
(We’ve already started a 2022 version of this playlist – after one week, it has 13 tracks, so we’re right on schedule!)
We also put together a 2½ hour block of 36 tracks from 2021 which was broadcast on FA2 and then saved to the KFAI Mixcloud:
Our tastes tend towards indie, pop and/or goth and our most frequent intersections are with our fellow Saturday family shows “True Brit!” and “Temposphere” along with Tuesday’s “New Like Whatever.” Check all of us out every week!
WE NEED YOU!
It's FUNKRAISER TIME!
The inaugural #Funkraiser is on KFAI! You can make an even bigger impact with your gift by donating to KFAI through GiveMN’s “Give to the Max Day” website. KFAI still receives the full amount of your pledge – plus your gift makes KFAI eligible for additional funds.
