KBEM
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- 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
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Minneapolis High School Students, with the help of a team of educators and poets, were encouraged to write poetry. The poems created by the students are in some cases hard-hitting, and in others, cute.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Jan 13, 2014
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Minnesota Creates is curious about how creativity occurs, so Susan Spongberg asked an assortment of Minnesota artists how do you choreography a dance? Where do your novel’s characters come from? How do you decide what to paint?
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Jan 14, 2014
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Minnesota has many wonderful jazz musicians, still playing well into their 80's. Minnesota Jazz Legends: The Elders, features live and in studio performances and interviews, talking about their careers in the Twin Cities from early on to present.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Nov 11, 2021
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Minnesota Music Moment is a weekly feature of KBEM FM 88.5, each week highlighting a different Minnesota musician.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Feb 25, 2011
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Each item in the series tells how a musicians is inspired, how s/he works, their goals and intents for their work; in general, how each gets motivation and follows through with a creative project.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Oct 09, 2015
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Minnesota Voices-Certain Standards Minnesota Vocalists perform new renditions of the Great American Songbook. Arne Fogel-Host
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Oct 31, 2012
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In a world and time of differences, music has the power to bring us together, to unite us through a shared experience. Music knows no boundaries. It transcends that which keeps us apart. Join Jazz88 for an evening of discovery with Music Without Borders.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Sep 04, 2019
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Native flute player Bobb Fantauzzo illuminates the contributions made by jazz musicians with Native American heritage.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Apr 19, 2016
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Butch Thompson's Piano Bench Show looks at the piano stylings of the early performers of jazz.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Jul 14, 2011
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Perspectives relating to Minnesota culture, history and the arts contributed by Minneapolis high school students.
- From: KBEM
- Updated: Apr 04, 2010
Latest Pieces
Bought by KMUW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KMSU
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- Length: 59:45
- Purchases: 3
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Bought by KSRQ, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KMSU
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- Length: 59:28
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- Purchases: 2
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- Added: Jun 13, 2010
- Length: 03:29
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