KBEM
- Call Letters: KBEM
- Frequency: 88.5
- http://www.jazz88.fm
- Affiliations: BBC, NPR, PRI, and Ampers
- Networks: AMPERS and American Public Media
KBEM was initially established at Minneapolis Vocational High School in the 1960s. The station was moved to North High School in 1983 as a part of the District’s desegregation initiative and it continues to reside there today. The vast majority of KBEM students attend North High School.
Series
Joan Griffith, Twin Cities musician and educator, has conversations with prominent Minnesota jazz musicians.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: May 25, 2016
Joan Griffith, Twin Cities guitar player and educator, interviews Minnesota jazz artists.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: May 27, 2016
Minneapolis Public School teachers talk with Kevin O'Connor about their accomplishments.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Jul 14, 2011
During his 60-plus years in jazz broadcasting, Leigh Kamman conducted hundreds of interviews with jazz artists, including many from the Minnesota scene. These are being preserved and edited by the Leigh Kamman Legacy Project and presented as The Jazz Image: Minnesota Edition, a continuation of the The Jazz Image: Special Edition series. These projects are part of the process of preserving and sharing the massive archive of historical recordings he left when he passed away in October 2014.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Jun 29, 2020
Minnesota jazz broadcasting legend Leigh Kamman conducted hundreds of interviews with jazz artists, including some of jazz's illustrious figures. Now, these treasures have been lovingly preserved and edited into a new series of broadcasts, The Jazz Image: Special Edition. These recordings preserve priceless conversation Leigh Kamman had with such luminaries as Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan and Stan Kenton. In his ninth decade, Kamman adds fresh commentary to round out these 5 minute broadcasts, 13 in all in this series.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Jan 14, 2014
5 to 8-minute, highly produced heads-ups highlighting great musical activities in the Twin Cities broadly conceived. The pieces feature the musicians, their music, club owners, fans, in short all of those responsible for creating musical experiences.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Dec 10, 2019
Viva City, Festival of the Arts, was initiated thirteen years ago as a way to showcase arts education in Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS). In this pod cast, we feature the musical portion of Viva City from the Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minneapolis.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: May 29, 2011
Minneapolis High School Students comment on Minnesota Arts, Culture and History
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Aug 24, 2011
Latest Pieces
- Added: Jun 09, 2017
- Length: 05:00
- Added: May 31, 2017
- Length: 05:00
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 05:00
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 56:06
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 54:36
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 58:55
- Added: May 19, 2017
- Length: 08:12
- Added: May 19, 2017
- Length: 05:00
- Added: May 12, 2017
- Length: 07:44
- Added: May 12, 2017
- Length: 01:58:31
Staff of KBEM
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Philip Nusbaum
independant producer |
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Travis Ryder (Admin)
Program Director, KBEM |
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Patty Peterson (Admin)
On air host-Show producer for KBEM for AMPERS |
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Joel Glaser (Admin)
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Samuel Keenan (Admin)
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Hlee Lee (Admin)
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Daniel Sigelman (Admin)
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Cassie McDuffie (Admin)
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