Radio K is a proud recipient of the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Radio K - KUOM is the award-winning student-run radio station of the University of Minnesota, playing an eclectic variety of independent music both old and new. Radio K educates students, breaks ground in musical programming, and provides cutting-edge cultural coverage through our specialty shows and Culture Queue.
A full report to the Minnesota State Legislature of Ampers projects supported by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund is available here.
More information on the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund is available here.
More information on Ampers is available here.
Support for the below programming and projects comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. We would love to hear your feedback. Please email Radio K at [email protected].
The Vanguard
“The Vanguard" - from Radio K, is a student-produced, all-local Hip-Hop project that celebrates the depth and influence of Minnesota’s Hip-Hop community. Created by students at the University of Minnesota, each installment features a live performance and in-depth interview with a Minnesota-based hip-hop artist, amplifying the local voices that are shaping the future of Hip-Hop.
Behind the Scenes with MN Musicians: Off-Mic & On-Camera
“Behind the Scenes with Local Music Makers" - from Radio K, elevates emerging artists from across Minnesota, spotlighting the state’s vibrant and diverse music scene. Each episode features a live performance and in-depth interview with a local band offering listeners and viewers an intimate look into the creative process and personal stories behind the music shaping our community today.
Real College Podcast
“Side A: Twin Cities Culture Now” from Real College Podcast is a 30-minute podcast aired and available online that explores a timeless question: What culture, art, and history are shaping Minnesota - now and into the future?
Told through vivid storytelling, in-depth interviews, historical insights, and immersive audio, “Side A: Twin Cities Culture Now” dives into the diverse voices and creative forces that have built - and continue to shape - Minnesota’s cultural landscape. We shine a light on the artists and artisans, workers and dreamers, the everyday Minnesotans who quietly shape Minnesota's vibrant identity.
Local Vibes
Radio K opens a door into the vibrant local hip hop scene and features a new MN Hip Hop artist - join us for a conversation and a performance of the best of MN hip hop only from Radio K.
Off the Record; On to Video
Off the Record; On to Video is a weekly video program providing a new visual and technological path for Minnesota musicians to increase their audience exposure - at once expanding both the scope of the work that can be created within Minnesota and the breadth of the audiences exposed to Minnesota artists through a weekly filmed, live-performance at Radio K.
Weekend Hit List
Like a tweet for the airwaves; it’s 90 seconds of lifelong learning with a rock and roll sound track. Going beyond the standard “concert calendar”, the Weekend Hit List is the ultimate weekly guide to where you should hang out, rock out, museum-crawl or dance 'til you drop in Minnesota providing the contextual, historical and artistic significance behind your plans for the weekend. It’s the ultimate audio guide to the weekend for a diverse, connected and mobile Minnesota. The Weekend Hit List will increase Minnesotans participation in arts and culture by increasing the knowledge and awareness of the way Minnesota’s rich veins of art, of history and of culture affect our daily lives . . . especially on the weekend. Support comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
BaseMNt Music
BaseMNt Music is a monthly podcast featuring underground and undergraduate bands from Minnesota, giving student musicians a unique opportunity to connect with the larger musical community and to get heard by more folks than just their college roommates.
Culture Queue
Culture Queue is a weekly 30-minute fast-paced and sound-rich radio show consisting of locally-focused, Minnesota-made arts and culturally-centered programming that is drawn from a diverse student-body that interweaves voices from a rich tapestry of ages, ethnicities, and abilities, and delivered across the state, ensuring access to Minnesota's artistic resources regardless of income or mobility.
Quick Queue
Quick Queue is a weekly dose of arts, culture, and history on the radio and in 90 seconds. Quick Queue’s unique, story-telling style provides seamless transition from music programming into the voices of Minnesota artists, historians, writers, poets and more both through direct broadcast and a lasting, digital archive – providing Minnesota arts and culture access across the world, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Radio K Vinyl Closet
Radio K's Vinyl Closet is a digitized archive of Studio K performances from 1994 to 2006 that feature seminal Minnesota artists that have left an indelible mark on the Minnesota music scene.