Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio

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  • Call Letters: KBFT
  • Frequency: 89.9 FM
  • Networks: AMPERS

Our call sign is going to be KBFT and you all can tune into our programming at 89.9 MHz on the FM dial. KBFT is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 1000 Watts (1kW) with our antenna located atop the Nett Lake water tower in the village of Nett Lake, MN. Our studios are located in the Nett Lake School campus building. KBFT is owned and operated by the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.

Series

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13 Pieces

Bois Forte Ogema Anishinabeg. This project will explore Leaders, within the Tribal Government, both past and present as well as the spiritual leaders.

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8 Pieces

Bois Forte Veterans Series is a special Veterans Day series featuring the Anishinaabe Men and Women who served in the United States Military from the Bois Forte Band Of Chippewa in northern Minnesota.

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3 Pieces

A compilation of various contest winners throughout the history of KBFT.

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55 Pieces

Cultural Crossings is a project that highlights the voices of Nett Lake youth.

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1 Piece

Experience authentic Anishinaabe knowledge from band members, descendants, and community members from the Bois Forte and Minnesota area.

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18 Pieces

KBFT interviewed some elders in the community to share some recollections of their lives on the reservation and how things have changed over the years.

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11 Pieces

This project will feature a look at native apparel through research and reproduction of authentic regalia of the Anishinabe Nation.

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16 Pieces

Historical window, a program that lets you experience the past and treasure the history of the Bois Fort Band of Chippewa through the voices of our elders.

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16 Pieces

KBFT Radio present Anishinaabemoen Series (Ojibwe Language) featuring Bemidji State University professor of Ojibwe - Dr. Anton Treuer

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2 Pieces

KBFT Bois Forte Live Community Broadcast Pow Wow Series - a "live/on air" series featuring interviews from respected leaders in the Pow Wow circle and the Bois Forte Community.


Latest Pieces

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He loves his brothers and basketball.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: :53
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He likes to make people laugh.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: :48
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She enjoys her good imagination.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:03
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He loves to play and be healthy.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: :53
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Mary is thankful for the teachings of her grandparents and how they rarely knew hunger for the gathering skills they acquired from their teachings....

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 10:01
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Lester in the first grade, did not know a word of english and never wore shoes but moccasins. Lester shares the racial tension between the local O...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 10:18
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Lorrainne worked most of her life on the reservation. She remembers the Beattles coming in with a bang, all the kids liked the music, the sound an...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 10:31
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Luanne was afraid during the Cuban missile crisis, she thought we might go to war with Russia. Luanne's grandpa Louie teased Luanne about the Beat...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 07:12
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Marybelle, recalls trading items for food during the Depression. She owed the second television in the village. Marybelle could not understand wh...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:49
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Maurice as a young boy won a dance contest to 'get rhythym'. Maurice joined the U.S Marines as soon as he turned 18, having felt a strong sense of...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 10:10