Personalities

Ahmed Wassie

Al McFarlane

Editorial Mission:
Information, Instruction, Inspiration in a user-friendly, culturally relevant communications vehicle

Business Mission:
Providing preferred access to Black consumers for businesses, agencies, and organizations

Ana F. Ousie

Host of Oromo Community Radio.

Baron Dave Romm

David E Romm brought a magpie curiosity to Fresh Air Radio along with humor and cynicism. His interest in science fiction and weirdness started long before arriving at KFAI in 1979, and has expanded to encompass the web and podcasting. He lives a connected life in S.

Becky Warren

Bill Cottman

born and raised in Salisbury, Maryland
graduated from Howard University School of Engineering in 1967
married Beverly Delores Walton in 1967
selected photography as my tool for creative expression in 1970
became a father in 1974

Bob Losinger (Old School Bob)

Originally from Philadelphia, now a Minnesotan and active KFAI listener member and volunteer. Like KFAI, my passion for music has no boundaries.

Brad Wrolstad

Brad has been with KFAI since 2005 and has been a frequent guest host on Global Beat, Temposphere and other shows. He joined the African Rhythms team in 2011.

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Brian Westley

Brian Westley is the co-host of Shockwave.

Brother Tad & Miss Sara

Miss Sara is proud to have been a volunteer at KFAI since 1986, and co-host of the Rockhouse since 1987.

Brother Tad has been co-host of the Rockhouse since 1992.

Capt. 2much Freetime

Elmar L. Romain, as Capt. 2much Freetime and Sherwood B. Funn and various other handles, launched the Rocket Ship Ska Trip on KFAI way back in the late '90s when his ska collection was quite a bit slimmer than it has since become.

Caryl Minnetti

Charles Brin

Charles Brin is the co-host of Wednesday's Spoken Word.

Charlie Thayer

Colin Robinson

COLIN ROBINSON, host of The Transatlantic Mixtape Of Your Mind, is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, England. He has lived and breathed Radio since he was 10 years old!

Cyn Collins

KFAI Spin With Cyn programmer, (and former Dig Up the Roots co-programmer), Cyn Collins is the author of West Bank Boogie. She is a music, arts and culture journalist for various Twin Cities publications such as City Pages, RockstarMotel.com, Twin Cities Daily Planet, TC METRO, her blog "Cyndications" and more.

Dakota Dave Hull

Hailed by everyone from Dave Van Ronk to Doc Watson, from the Washington Post to downbeat, Dakota Dave Hull’s guitar style spans a wide musical geography to create an infectious, uniquely personal blend of jazz, ragtime, folk, blues, Western swing, and vintage pop. Dakota Dave is a restlessly curious, adventurous traveler along the broad highway of America’s music.

Dan Rein

Dan Rein has been the host of Century Song for over 20 years. He brings a world view of tradition music from all corners of the globe. Live concerts, interviews, and music from forgotten peoples and civilizations.

David Cummings

Rockin' in Rhythm
Monday 2:00 to 4:00PM
Hosted by David Cummings
Tired of the every day grind. Want to live a life of romantic adventure, want to get away from it all? Then, we offer you Rockin' in Rhythm.

Dee Henry Williams

Dixie Treichel

Producer, Host, Engineer, Editor, Composer, Sound Artist. Sound Designer

DJ Lady Em

Don Olson

Peace and social justice activist for over 40 years. KFAI programmer since 1980.

Doug Cain

Occasional international traveler, DC loves language, history, studying struggles, cultural diversity and finding common ground.  His passion for music began early and expanded quickly.  He has been involved with KFAI since its first year, 1978, hosting international music programs such as Music without Borders and Global Dawn before Global Beat.

Dr. StrangeDub

Dr. StrangeDub (Michael Rose) has been a DJ at KFAI-FM since 1996. The good doctor is the host of the Echo Chamber -- which pounds and soothes the brain with the heaviest dubs, the most conscious roots, and funkiest club beats on the planet.

Eden Tuquabo

1. Born in Gynda, Eritrea
2. Grew up in Sudan & America
3. Love to study History and Culture
4. Love Eritrean Music and Art
5. Love to Preach for Peace

Ellen Stanley

Ellen Stanley began her radio journey while a student at Oberlin College, where she hosted a women's music program for four years. She has been hosting the long-running Womenfolk since Fall, 2002. As a banjo player, publicist and music writer, Ellen brings an insider's perspective to the music with exclusive interviews, live guests and tasty bits of fun folk trivia.

Eric Fifteen

a.k.a. Eric Cried Softly, Secret Agent Cried Softly, Smoove E Cried Softly Man, and a series of other inaccurate names. Eric likes to tell really annoying jokes that usually involve puns, talk in ridiculous voices and occasional impressions of people, and he loves to play lots of obscure underground rock music that sounds like cardboard.

Eric Mohring

Eric Mohring is a fiddle and mandolin player from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Eric has performed Cajun music for over 20 years. He is a nationally recognized Cajun fiddler whose fluency in French contributes to his authentic Cajun vocals. He has worked as a fiddle instructor at Augusta Cajun Week in Elkins, West Virginia, and at Folklore Village in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

Eve MacLeish

Eve is a lover of Latin music and culture, having spent many years traveling and living in Latin America, all the while collecting music. She still visits her home in Merida, Venezuela. She started collecting Latin music as a teenager on her first trip to Mexico, then later traveled to Brazil in search of more music and adventure.

Georgia

I host a weekly program called Sonic Pleasure on KFAI.  Since its debut on September 4 2000, the format for the show is playing 60s influenced rock from the 70s to the present from 2 AM to 3:30 AM.  During the second half of the show, I play 1960s garage & psychedelic rock.  I occasionally throw in some surf, electronica and indie pop, even some late 50s stuff.  I also do some video work on

Glen Leslie

A vinyl enthusiast who plays records on the air.

Ian Graham Leask

Ian Graham Leask has been the producer and co-host of "Write On! Radio" for many years. He grew up with magnificent storytellers and has been in the world of literature all his life. He received a masters with an emphasis on writing from the university of Minnesota, where he also worked towards a PhD, an endeavor which has been on hold for many years.

Jacquie "LadyJ Griot" Maddix

is a 24 year broadcasting veteran with a background in corporate television, cable and community television, as well as community and cable radio. A St. Paul, Minnesota native, Jacquie Maddix has worked at Cities 97, KMOJ Radio, Midwest Sports Channel, WRNB Cable Radio, and WCCO Television-Channel 4 in Minnesota.

Janis Lane-Ewart

Born and raised in a rhythm and blues-oriented household in Chicago, Janis Lane-Ewart came to her passion for jazz as a young college student and went on to work in arts administration with a jazz focus.

Jelil Abdella

Host of Voice of Oromiyaa

Jim Rudolf

Jonathan

I am either going to or playing a show everynight (when not volunteering @ KFAI). I find local music is the most inspiring to me and music in the Twin Cities is vibrant with such a wide range of styles. I aim to expose the listener to all kinds of local music that they can't hear anywhere else.

Karl Smelker

Kathy Mouacheupao

Kathy Mouacheupao is the Cultural Corridor Coordinator with the Twin Cities Local Iniatives Support Corporation (TC LISC). She was a 2011 Bush Leadership Fellow researching the Hmong diaspora. Kathy was the Executive Director for the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT) from 2005-2011 when she realized the sweet spot was at the intersection of arts, culture and community.

Kenna Sarge

North High School graduate
Masters degree, University of Minnesota School of Education
Freelance dance educator and choreographer

KFAI Legacy Project

Koami Darrah

My goal as a volunteer at kfai since 2006 is to bring a different perspective and image of Africa through its music, tradition , culture. Feel free to drop your suggestion at jukeboxafrica@yahoo.com
Merci!

Larry Englund

I first worked as a deejay for Friday night dances at a local church in the Bronx during the late 50s and early 60s. I began broadcasting at KFAI in 1979, when I’d begin the stations’ broadcast day as a host of Shake Up Southside on Monday Mornings. I then moved to Wednesdays from Midnight to 2AM, with a show called Streetlight Serenade.

Lê Quan Khiêm

Chương Trình phát thanh Việt ngữ đến với quí vị thính giả vào tối Chủ Nhật hằng tuần từ 8pm cho đến 9pm trên làn sóng của đài KFAI 90.3 FM Minneapolis và 106.7 FM St. Paul, cùng lúc trên mạng internet qua địa chỉ www.kfai.org

Leila Giannetti

I love KFAI!

Liberty Finch

Liberty Finch is a music DJ, freelance writer, and long-time KFAI volunteer (news reporter, public affairs host, engineer, producer).

Luke Andrews, your Sonic Psychonaut

What is a Sonic Psychonaut?  I'm a Mindwalker.  In your ear and down your dendrites, baby.

Francophile, cinephile, movie music nut, crazed addict of all things Soulful, Jazzy, Funky, Groovy, Latin, Bossa, Afrobeat, Reggae, Raaga, and especially all of their electro-modern permutations and incarnations.

Lynette Reini-Grandell

Lynette Reini-Grandell has been a volunteer programmer at KFAI since 1995. She writes poetry, short fiction, and teaches English at Normandale Community College. You can contact her here.

Mara theDeath

Merged with endless feminine eons ago and since dedicated to singing the beauty and power of what once was mistakenly called "the weaker sex". And if the power of that half of humanity can be only expressed through loud and hard music - so the better!

Mark Koerner

Archduke of Evil

Marya Morstad

Marya Morstad is the host of Art Matters, broadcast every Wednesday from 7:00-7:30pm. She has produced the NFCB award-winning documentary on art + spirituality, Art and Spirit Matters as well as the art + politics audio documentary, Art is Patriotic.

Melinda J Anderson

Michael J Cyrs

Mike Stapp

Miss Mo

Bitten hard by the Cajun and Zydeco Bug in the late 1980's was the start of an enduring love affair with the music, culture, and people of Southwestern Louisiana. Playing this catchy dance music whether in a jam, on stage or at the KFAI studio she hopes will lift your feet and your spirits as high as it does hers.

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Nite Nurse

The Nite Nurse has been a reggae and world music DJ since her college days, back when Shabba had a Trailer Load 'a Gals. She joined Tony Paul as a co-host of Shake & Bake in 2006. She spends her leisure time during the Vikings off season watching
ESPN with the sound down and the dancehall reggae
turned up. A Minneapolis native, she attended the

Pam K.

Since 1994 Pam K. has been bringing Stone Soup to the air waves from the KFAI studios. Stone Soup airs from 10 a.m. until noon on Wednesday mornings. A great program each week bringing a huge and diverse love of music to you ears! A unique mixture of songs and thoughts from Pam's world entertains you each week on Stone Soup!

Patti Walsh

Patti has been a volunteer since 1986 and has hosted three shows, So What?, Noisefactor 4, and Pop for the Unpopular. She is currently serving on KFAI's Board of Directors, frequently subs on Voice Cried Softly, and is doing the coordinating for KFAI's Vinyl Voices.

Paul Harding

Paul brings you Foreign Currency weekly on KFAI.org.

He hosted "Radio K International" on Radio K (KUOM) for 16 years during which he immersed himself in international music.

Peter Gokey

Fresh Fruit Co-Host Fourth Thursdays
Community Activist
HIV Prevention Educator
Nurse

Contact:

pgokey@gmail.com

Ramon Hough

Raymond Jackson

Richard Utke

Rochelle James

Ron Thums

I co-hosted Radio Rumpus Room with Jean Silverberg on Friday night for around 17 years, until we retired the show on May 30, 2010. After a couple years break from regular weekly hosting -- staying active as volunteers in the meantime -- we both returned to the airwaves in February 2013 and currently host the Tuesday Morning Blend (6-8 a.m.).

Rosemary Strobel

Hi I'm NOT the host. YOU ARE!

Roy Taylor

Salah Barre

Salif Keita

Sean Hansen

Sean Hansen is a Minneapolis native and former engineer for First Person Radio & Radio Pocho.  Since 2012, he has served as executive producer and host of Modern Kicks, which can be heard every Wednesday morning at midnight.  He also writes mysteries under the name of J. D. McGregor.

 

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Shoua (Suavlwm) Xiong

In 1986, right around August, I was surfing on the radio dial for cool music to listen. I came upon a blip of sound bite from one of my former volunteer, Mr. Yee Vue. It sounds like Hmong language I thought. I have tried to surf back to the dial but could not tune in for a while and then I finally did by tune in the dial and turning the radio antenna to different directions.

Siobhan (Shivon) Kierans

Malarkey - Monday 7:30-8:00pm

Stacey H. Taylor

Programmer for KFAI Web show Liquid Soul Experience(LSEX)

Stephen Manuszak

Synthwaves

Out of Minneapolis, Minnesota SynthWaves is a weekly web-cast featuring all new and relevant to the 80s revival synth scene.  Your host, Noah Kaufmann aka Bennimushu has been following the scene for over 5 years and now brings you, the listener, on board for the journey.

Tarik Thornton

Toki Wright

Toki Wright is Twin Cities based international recording artist, music producer, community organizer, and educator.  He has released music on Rhymesayers Entertainment and Soul Tools, charted on iTunes Top 100, been featured on MTV (music videos and MADE coach), and toured the globe.

Tomo Lennox

Tomo is the the webmaster for Disabled and Proud.

Travis Ramin

stupid Idiot