Global Village with Chris Heim

Series produced by KMUW

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With a fresh, inventive mix of global sounds and styles and a welcoming presentation, this award-winning show speaks to the joys of musical discovery and smart entertainment with diverse and engaging world music that appeals to a broad audience. The program is FREE and available five days a week or for weekend use. A monthly world music concert series, monthly new releases show, stand-alone holiday programs, and a wide variety of regular specials are also available free to all.

**KAB AWARDS WINNER/SPECIAL PROGRAM - GLOBAL VILLAGE AT THE SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL**

BROADCAST TO DATE ON OVER 460 STATIONS IN 46 STATES AND 190 COUNTRIES

NUMBER ONE LICENSED SERIES IN THE PRX ZEITFUNK AWARDS

KAB BROADCASTING AWARDS HONOREE - Large Market/DJ Personality

BEST WORLD MUSIC RADIO SHOW - READERS' CHOICE WORLD MUSIC AWARDS

TRANSGLOBAL WORLD MUSIC CHART MEMBER

GLOBAL VILLAGE
Global Village is an eclectic, world music-based show. It features the latest and best in world music new releases and classics along with a wide variety of artists and selections from nearly all other genres of music that incorporate influences from around the world.

Informative and entertaining, current yet set in a wider musical and historical context, the show draws on the knowledge, experience and congenial personality of host Chris Heim - and a library of over 50,000 albums, including many out-of-print titles - to pull these musical strands together into an intriguing and captivating whole.

With its broad range of artists and styles, the program works well alongside AAA, jazz, or other local and national world music, Latin, Triple AAA and other shows, including Afropop, Etown, JazzSet, World Cafe, and related local productions.

The distinctive and entertaining music mix and presentation makes the show a stand-out that attracts listeners. Its appeal to the qualities of heart, mind and spirit makes Global Village an obvious choice for the classic public radio listener, while at the same time, speaking to a younger, increasingly multicultural and genre-hopping audience. At KMUW, where the show has run since 2007, the largest audience cume is 25-34, though the show attracts across all age ranges.

• Available five days a week
• 57-minute program with two floating 1:00 breaks
• One show @ week any day, weekend or fill-in
• Specials offered throughout the year
• Show is stream-able
• SoundExchange compliant

Additional promotional support available through Facebook page (link below) with program information, videos, news, reviews, feature and resource information.

Global Village Specials:
The monthly Global Village at the Savannah Music Festival world music concert series, holiday programs (including Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving, Mardi Gras, World AIDS Day, Dr. King Day, Best of the Year in World Music, Hug a Medievalist Day, various international celebrations and holidays, and other special occasions, tributes, quirky holidays, and artist interviews - plus monthly features and the New Month/New Music show each month devoted exclusively to the best in world music new releases.

Producer/Host - Chris Heim
Radio and world music veteran Chris Heim began a lifelong love affair with radio after wandering into the University of Chicago campus station and being offered an unexpectedly open music slot. Her first radio job was at one of the Chicago area’s last true “free form” stations, WJKL. She later worked at WXRT Chicago’s progressive rock station, and then joined WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. There she hosted jazz and world music shows (the latter one of the first and longest running in public radio, starting just six months after the debut of Afropop) and served as Music Director. She was also executive producer and anchor for national broadcasts of the Chicago Jazz, Blues and Latin Music Festivals, and the Traffic series with Steppenwolf Theater. A freelance writer as well, Chris has written liner notes and bios, as well as features, cover stories and reviews for such publications as the Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, Jazziz, Jazz Times, Blues Revue, Option, Illinois Entertainer, and more. She is also a contributor to the Transglobal World Music Chart, the NPR Jazz Critics Poll and fRoots Annual World Music Critics Poll.

For more information:
Chris Heim
heim@kmuw.org
(316) 978-7176
http://www.kmuw.org/index.php/programs/global_village/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Village/100891159962739

Global Village has been a fantastic addition to our non-com AAA format. Chris Heim has an amazing super power ability to sound like one of our own team members. The breadth and depth of its music leaves us wanting a daily four hour show. Pleeeezzzzeeee????
Chuck Miller, General Manager WNKU-FM

"Music selection and variety superbly chosen and assembled. Name your day and day part: Global Village could fit almost everywhere."
PRX Music Format Curator David Srebnik

"Global Village, hosted on KMUW in Wichita, Kansas and broadcast on stations around the world (as well as online), is one of the finest world music programs on the airwaves. DJ Chris Heim really knows her stuff, and consistently presents a fantastic hour of music, carefully curated around a theme, and peppered with exactly the right amount of chatter and useful information. To be quite honest, it's one of the only world music radio shows that this writer goes out of her way to listen to regularly, and it seems that I'm definitely not the only fan out there!"
Readers Choice World Music Awards - Best World Music Radio Show

"I like this series a lot – Chris Heim breathes new life into World Music programming with The Global Village. Like the World Café and Folk Alley, there’s never a wasted or throwaway musical moment. Reliable, consistently appealing World Music programming. Maybe this is a series worth considering for regular air play on your schedule."
PRX Music Format Curator David Srebnik, PRX Music Station Picks for January '11

"...the trifecta of good world music radio presentation: a great ear for music, a good sense for sequencing and sounds, and (perhaps most importantly) a knack for presenting real music with real information without being wonky or pedantic."
Megan Romer, About.com World Music Blog

"Global Village shows are great listening - well-paced, simply but succinctly scripted, and with an excellent choice and range of music within the broader genre of ‘world music’."
John Pilley
Music Production Manager - Radio New Zealand National

"(Chris Heim's) knowledge and understanding of music never ceases to amaze."
KMUW listener

"We love GV on KWTF! "
Don Campau
Program Director, KWTF-FM

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READERS CHOICE WORLD MUSIC AWARDS - BEST WORLD MUSIC RADIO SHOW
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**KAB AWARDS WINNER/SPECIAL PROGRAM - GLOBAL VILLAGE AT THE SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL**BROADCAST TO DATE ON OVER 460 STATIONS IN 46 STATES AND 190 COUNTRIESNUMBER ONE LICENSED SERIES IN THE PRX ZEITFUNK AWARDSKAB BROADCASTING AWARDS HONOREE - Large Market/DJ PersonalityBEST WORLD MUSIC RADIO SHOW - READERS' CHOICE WORLD MUSIC AWARDSTRANSGLOBAL WORLD MUSIC CHART MEMBERGLOBAL VILLAGE Global Village is an eclectic, world music-based show. It features the latest and best in world music new releases and classics along with a wide variety of artists and selections from nearly all other genres of music that incorporate influences from around the world. Informative and entertaining, current yet set in a wider musical and historical context, the show draws on the knowledge, experience and... Show full description


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SPECIAL: Global Village goes global soul, with a wide array of artists from around the world doing soul and funk influenced music. We’ll hear some ...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WXXI Rochester, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WNYE and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 9
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SPECIAL: In conjunction with the March Women’s History Month feature, Global Village devotes the show to great women artists from around the world....

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KSUT, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WNYE and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
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Global Village highlights some contemporary Turkish and Turkish expat bands this time - including Gaye Su Akyol, the Turkish-Canadian group Minor E...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WNYE, WRGY and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
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SPECIAL: Global Village remembers multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire and performer David Lindley, who was born on this date and passed away earli...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, Lower Cape Communications, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WLPR , WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
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SPECIAL: Spring is here! Global Village welcomes the new season with a wide array of artists, styles and songs celebrating the ups (and downs) of s...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KBBI Alaska, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Delmarva Public Media, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 13
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SPECIAL: Global Village celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with a wide array of Irish sounds, traditional to contemporary, classic and more recent record...

Bought by KRZA, RADIOLEX, KBRP Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 24
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SPECIAL: It’s a ‘Wayne’s World’ special this time in the Global Village as the show pays tribute to legendary saxophonist and composer Wayne Short...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KSKA, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WSLR, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 28
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SPECIAL: Shakespeare taught us to beware the Ides of March, but for Global Village it’s an opportunity to embrace music from Italy – including a pr...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Delmarva Public Media, Lower Cape Communications, KSFR, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
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Before there was ‘world music,’ there was fake world music, aka exotica. This time Global Village celebrates the birthday of one of the pioneers of...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), Delmarva Public Media, RadioFreePalmer, Lower Cape Communications and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
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SPECIAL: Global Village highlights a variety of Latin sounds from artists and groups from many different corners of the globe. We’ll hear Cuban cua...

Bought by KSKA, GCR (Global Community Radio), Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, North Country Public Radio, WLPR and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 13
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SPECIAL: Global Village features music from Nigeria, including Tony Allen with Fela’s Africa 70 band, the ashiko sound of King Sunny Ade and I.K. D...

Bought by KRDP, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WFIU, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 20
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It’s New Month/New Music time in the Global Village. Each month, Global Village devotes an entire show to the best of recently released and forthco...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KBRP Community Radio, KRDP, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 30
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SPECIAL: The final Monday of every month, we present our award-winning monthly concert series showcasing live performances from top world music art...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), North Country Public Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
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It’s ‘global instrumental’ this time in the Global Village, as we wander the world in search of a variety of great instrumental tracks. We’ll hear ...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KSKA and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 32
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SPECIAL: In conjunction with the February Mardi Gras Month feature, Global Village heads to Trinidad this time for some great steel drum music. We’...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Prairie Public, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 20
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SPECIAL: Global Village wraps up the January feature looking back at the past year in world music with a special rebroadcast of our annual countdow...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKRN, WFIU, WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
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SPECIAL: It’s global saxophones this time in the Global Village. We’ll hear music from Femi Kuti, Manu Dibango, Paquito D’Rivera, Maceo Parker, Gye...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KBRP Community Radio, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 32
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SPECIAL: Global Village celebrates the ‘Golden Age’ of African music, roughly from the ‘60s through the ‘80s, when a plethora of new modern sounds ...

Bought by WFIU, KIYU-FM, KSKA, KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 18
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SPECIAL: Global Village highlights Afrobeat from several different corners of the world this time. We’ll hear Tony Allen with Fela, as a leader, an...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KSKA, KHNS, KRZA, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 24
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SPECIAL: Z is for Zither this time in the Global Village, as we highlight the zither from China (the ancient guqin), and similar instruments that e...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KIYU-FM, WESM 91.3 FM, KKRN, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 16