Radio K

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Radio K (KUOM) is the award-winning student-run radio station of the University of Minnesota, playing an eclectic variety of independent music both old and new. Radio K educates students, breaks ground in musical programming, and provides cutting-edge cultural coverage through our specialty shows.

Radio K began broadcasting back in 1912 and continues this proud tradition today.  From farm reports and football games broadcast in Morse code to education for homebound kids during the polio epidemic; from Garrison Keillor's radio roots to being one of the reasons Rolling Stone magazine thinks the U of M rocks, Radio K has covered a lot of ground in its 100+ year history.
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Series

Caption: Radio K (KUOM)
26 Pieces

Student by day, musician by night.

  • From: Radio K
  • Updated: Oct 17, 2017
Caption: Support for this program comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund., Credit: Behind the Scenes from Radio K - Real Colleg Radio (KUOM)
239 Pieces

Behind the Scenes with MN Musicians: Off-Mic & On-Camera offers unparalleled accessibility and engagement with Minnesota artists through unique first-person videos, interviews, and performances. It's like a dating service...for the arts.

  • From: Radio K
  • Updated: Apr 17, 2024
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29 Pieces

K Local is a collection of the best new music from the Twin Cities, curated by Radio K's Off the Record every month. Listen to Off the Record every Friday from 3-5PM for an ecclectic mix of everything that's happening in the Twin Cities scene.

  • From: Radio K
  • Updated: Jul 23, 2019
Caption: Radio K Quick Queue, Credit: KUOM
170 Pieces

Radio K's Quick Queue is quick. It's slick. It's sound-rich. And in around ninety seconds you'll know an awful lot more about the Arts & Culture scene in the Twin Cities than you did two minutes ago.

  • From: Radio K
  • Updated: Oct 14, 2014
Caption: Support for this program comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund., Credit: Local Vibes from Radio K (KUOM)
55 Pieces

A show highlighting hip-hop artists from around the Twin Cities.

  • From: Radio K
  • Updated: Apr 17, 2024
Caption: Radio K - Culture Queue - the art show that rocks., Credit: KUOM
176 Pieces

Radio K's award-winning Arts and Cultural program, dedicated to telling stories about the many wonders of the Twin Cities that you won't hear anywhere else.

  • From: Radio K
  • Updated: Oct 14, 2014
Caption: Off The Record; On To Video from Radio K
314 Pieces

Minnesota local music in-studio performance every week!

  • From: Radio K
  • Updated: Oct 14, 2014
Caption: Support for this program comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund., Credit: Radio K - Real College Radio (KUOM)
251 Pieces

The weekly arts and cultural magazine program dedicated to helping you discover the Twin Cities.

  • From: Radio K
  • Updated: Apr 17, 2024
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68 Pieces

Like a tweet for the airwaves; it’s 90 seconds of lifelong learning with a rock and roll sound track.

  • From: Radio K
  • Updated: Jul 08, 2015

Latest Pieces

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This is not your father's comic book. The best in comics & graphic novel artists gather in Minneapolis at the Soap Factory to save the day.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:23
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Tubby Smith - the last great hope for Men's Gopher Athletics.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:34
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How much, how often and how big . . . do you tip?

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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November is National Novel Writing Month!

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:31
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Based on the movie trilogy, five college students discover ancient demons . . . and sing about it!

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Radio K - Culture Queue - the art show that rocks., Credit: KUOM
From jazz meets rap (or vice versa) to NaNoWriMo (that's national novel writing month to you and I) to celebrating Day of the Dead.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:34
Caption: Radio K - Culture Queue - the art show that rocks., Credit: KUOM
The films of Ousmane Sembene, musical act The Books and the age old question: why do we have wisdom teeth anyway?

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 30:37
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College-favorite "Of Montreal" gets funky on their new album and a little less funky on their latest tour.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:34
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The ins and outs of pepper spray, from buying it, making it and . . . using it.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:46
Caption: Radio K - Culture Queue - the art show that rocks., Credit: KUOM
This week on Culture Queue, we discuss the recent rash of sexual assaults on campus, talk to a few train hoppers and look at the history of the Pig...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:57