89.3 The Current - Very Good Progressive Rock Station

[Oreo]

If you haven't check out 89.3 The Current and are into Alternative/Progressive Rock I highly suggest giving a listen

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/thecurrent/
Some people may still be upset about losing the classical format that used to be on this station. I personally love it... it was one of the reasons I cancelled my XM subscription.

You can listen live over the Internet(s)
http://server-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/b?cg=minnesota-clickthru&ci=us-mpr&tu=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/tools/play/kcmp.wpl

playlist
Songs featured in the last six hours

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Firewater - Psychopharmacology
Visqueen - Manhattan
Mike Doughty - The Only Answer
Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y
Mia Doi Todd - Tongue-tied
Robert Skoro - 2318
Jen Trynin - Getaway February
Landing Gear - Tempe, AZ
Morphine - Mary Won't You Call My Name
The Delgados - Get Action!
Les Savy Fav - Tragic Monsters
Frank Black - Headache
Phantom Planet - Big Brat
The Frames - Fake

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Morcheeba - Friction
Kasey Chambers - For Sale
The Mountain Goats - Letter From Belgium
Lydia Mendoza - Mal Hombre
Lhasa - La Frontera
Libertines - What Became Of The Likely Lad
De La Soul - Squat
Parliament - Up For The Down Stroke
Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
Archer Prewitt - Go Away
Sufjan Stevens - We Won't Need Legs to Stand
R.E.M. - So. Central Rain
Interpol - Evil
The Go! Team - Junior Kickstart

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
the The - The Beaten Generation
Anubian Lights - New Wildlife
Pretty Girls Make Graves - This Is Our Emergency
Buffalo Tom - Sodajerk
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
Carla Bruni - Le ciel dans une chambre
Stars - Ageless Beauty
Streets - Dry Your Eyes
Luscious Jackson - Let Yourself Get Down
West Indian Girl - What Are You Afraid Of
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Wolf Among Wolves
Sigur Ros - Von

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Ray LaMontagne - Shelter
Old 97's - Blinding Sheets Of Rain
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
Low - Monkey
Drive-By Truckers - Where the Devil Don't Stay
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Hank Williams - Cold Cold Heart
Graham Coxon - Freakin Out
Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left
The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Hardest Walk
Mando Diao - If I Leave You
Devendra Banhart - Be Kind
Dntel - (This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan

10:00 am - 11:00 am
The Golden Republic - You Almost Had It
The Court & Spark - Lucia
Neil Young - Harvest
Beck - Bad Cartridge
The Suburbs - Waiting
Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing With A Swing
Phoenix - Victim Of The Crime
Inara George - Fools in Love
Halloween, Alaska - State Trooper
Air - New Star In The Sky Chanson Pour Solal
Styrofoam - Misguided (feat. Valerie Trebeljahr + alias)
Stereolab - Cosmic Country Noir

9:00 am - 10:00 am
US3 - Tukka Yoot's Riddim
Brazilian Girls - Homme
Seu Jorge - Starman
The Elegants - Little Star
Ella Fitzgerald - Prelude To A Kiss
Hood - The Lost You
Bright Eyes - We Are Nowhere And It's Now
Gomez - Silence
Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind
Matt Pond PA - Close (KC Two)
Ulrich Schnauss - Clear Day
Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet
Luna - Speedbumps
Ben Harper - 11th Commandment

4:00 am - 5:00 am
Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon Revisited Song For Elvis

[Alpharetta]

1. 89.3 in Atlanta

WRFG. Community Radio.
blues, world, bluegrass, jazz, community affairs.
good station

[dpbrown]

2. Is Bill Kling trying to kill KFAI and RadioK?

Just asking.

[Oreo]

4. What's KFAI?

I listen to Radio K a lot... just can't pick it up at work.

[dpbrown]

5. Community radio station that plays eclectic music and blues

www.kfai.org

And part of the IPR, Independent Public Radio ( http://www.ampers.org/ ), that is not part of Bill Kling's empire of corporate public radio.

KFAI and RadioK both have Internet feeds, if I'm not mistaken.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. The supposed "inadequacy" of KFAI is that it has a lot of

non-music programming, much of which is in (gasp) foreign languages.

However, I'm hoping that KFAI will be kept alive by the progressive community. As for Radio K, if it's still a U student station, it should stick around for years as part of the student activities budget.

I listen to 89.3 when I'm in the car (it's good driving music), but I'm still mourning WCAL, home of Performance Today, From the Top, and Evening Song.

[no name no slogan]

7. Community-based, independent public radio

The voice of the community, without the corporate sponsorship.

www.kfai.org

www.iprradio.org

ON EDIT: yeah, what Dan said.... :dunce:

[Zookeeper]

12. KFAI seems to have a fairly small range...

I used to listen to it at work in Minneapolis, but I can't pick up the station in Arden Hills.

I love Radio K, but the sign-off at sunset gets pretty old, especially in the winter (4:30 ! ). The reception is not that great here, also.

The Current offers something different than KFAI and Radio K. I don't see it as a threat to those stations.

[jean]

3. thanks for the info - I'll ck it out

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

6. Here's another one for everyone to try..

90.7 fm, KSER in Everett, Washington. Try this station, a community radio station, independent and proud of it!
www.kser.org then look for the streaming icon...........

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. Another good community radio station is

KBOO-FM ("kay-boo") in Portland, Oregon. Not surprisingly, one of its biggest fundraisers is a massive Halloween party known as the Boo Ball.

http://www.kboo.org


It has left-wing talk from 7:30-9:00 AM Pacific Time (9:30-11:00 for us Central folks).

[Demrock6]

10. What about........?

Am 1280 or Am 1500?

Hehe kidding.

I honesly have never heard of 90% of the bands on the current. KAFI has a late night metal show that I listen to once in a while.

[chickenscratching]

14. seriously though?

am 1500 is always good for a laugh.
especially michael savage.

[CatholicEdHead]

11. I like the station

since it first went on air. I am taking a week off from listening to it online until next week. Even though I am a MPR member, I am going to other music options until next week until the spring fundraising is over.

[Zookeeper]

13. I love it!

I became a "Founding Member" yesterday.

I also liked WCAL and think it's too bad that we can't have both, however The Current plays the (non-classical) music that I listen to, both old and new. I love hearing the occasional punk gem from late '70's (ok, I'm a tiny, tiny bit nostalgic!) and also having my interest in obscure current bands satisfied.

They won me over when they played Komeda, T-Rex, Bad Plus, Steve Earle, Stereolab, Frank Black, Iggy Pop, X (!), The Streets, The Hives, Bjork, Sam and Dave, George Clinton, Atmosphere, Libertines, Hank Williams (Sr.), The Pixies, Parliment, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Badly Drawn Boy and The Shins. And I'm hearing new things, especially singer-songwriter stuff that I normally wouldn't listen to.

What a great station!