KCUR
- Call Letters: KCUR
- Frequency: 89.3
- Networks: Harvest Public Media, Kansas News Service, Reveal, American Public Media, and Guns & America
KCUR-FM is a high quality, news, information and entertainment service in a non-commercial environment. KCUR-FM is "Your Station For NPR News" and is a source for diverse local programming.
Series
216 Pieces
12th Street Jump Series - Subscribe Now Public Radio's weekly Jazz, Blues, and Comedy Jam, recorded live from 12th Street in Kansas City, where Basie tickled the ivories and Big Joe Turner shouted the blues. Each week we celebrate the birthday of a jazz or blues great with sketch comedy, improv and great live music. "An urban/jazz PHC."
- From: KCUR
- Updated: Jan 05, 2021
6 Pieces
KC Currents, a new program covering news and culture in Kansas City’s diverse communities.
- From: KCUR
- Updated: May 12, 2015
Latest Pieces
(Air Dates: May 9 - 15) This week on 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday and career of Red Garland, with our very own Joe Cartwright. Eboni...
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: May 2 - 8) This week we celebrate the birthdays of composer Irving Berlin and Kansas City's own queen of jazz, Mary Lou Williams. We fi...
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: April 25 - May 1) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Toots Thielemans with our special gu...
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: April 18 - 24) This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Charles Mingus with our special guest Steve Lambert. The gang...
- Added: Apr 16, 2017
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: April 11 - 17) This week on 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Yip Harburg. The gang comes up with a theme song for The Don...
- Added: Apr 16, 2017
- Length: 59:00
(Air Date: April 4 - 10) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Freddie Hubbard with our special guest Sta...
- Added: Mar 25, 2017
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: March 28 - April 3) This week on 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Hugh Masekela with our special guest, Hermon Mehari. Eb...
- Added: Mar 25, 2017
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: March 21-27) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Sarah Vaughan with our special guest, Ange...
- Added: Mar 10, 2017
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: March 14 - 20) This week on 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of jazz vocalist Al Jarreau. We test Professor Cartwright’s jaz...
- Added: Mar 09, 2017
- Length: 59:00
(Air Dates: March 7 - 13) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the music of Quincy Jones with our special guest, the la...
- Added: Mar 02, 2017
- Length: 59:00
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Laura Spencer
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