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Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Joy Free Three (3) classic enameled metal sinks for use or up cycling   (530) 613-3156 Greg For Sale 4 studded […]

KVMR & KVMRx are headed back to fair! We’ll be broadcasting live from Nevada County Fairgrounds this year, bringing you the sounds of the fair, interviews with fairgoers, and of […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Joy For Sale Commercial Peanut Butter grinder 500 (530) 613-3156 Annie Want 4 wheel drive truck for under $10,000   (530) […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Carol For Sale Hot Tub Chemicals & Test Strips $50.00 Value Purchased recently from Sierra Timberline Spa Guard Brand (all new): […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Jeff Free HP Office jet Pro 6830 e-All-in-One printer   (530) 557-0105 Jeff Free Super 8 movie camera and projector   […]

KVMR Update: CPB Funding Rescinded – What It Means and How You Can Help The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval to President Trump’s $9 billion rescission package, which […]

KVMR’s 2026 Pet Calendar is looking for a few good pets. We want YOU! to use the power of your thumbs and your superior intellect to do the sane thing and enter your pet‘s […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number An Free Department of Defense WWII vintage (refinished 1980) Executive size oak desk with glass topper some assembly required   (530) […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number John For Sale 2002 Toyota Tundra V8 2wd, a/t, a/c, with cruise control, fulled loaded. 145k on replaced engine, runs great, […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Diana For Sale GE chest freezer, 35” x 42.5”, works great, pickup in south county 50 (530) 268-3604 Jeff For Sale […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Eugene Free 2 Natural mattresses from Germany, new in the box. 38” x 75” rye straw inside, wool and linen. Very […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Steve Want Looking for a new car with fewer miles than his Toyota Camry (290k miles!) Something inexpensive would be great! […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Sarah Free Upright full size freezer Works just fine. Kenmore   (530) 913-9770 Belinda For Sale Sprinkler/Irrigation Timer – Rachio 8 […]

KVMR’s Homegrown Storytellers returns! This year local storytellers will gather to share riveting, true tales of our heroic encounters on July 31st, 6-8pm, at Communal Cafe (233 Broad St. Nevada […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Gary Free Lacework pieces bought in Europe. Needlework books, thread,needles etc   (530) 273-0932 Steven For Sale California Ponderosa pine cones […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Frank Want Pots to plant some bulbs, 10 each 1 gallon plastic   (415) 847-8730 Ronda For Sale Solid Oak Hutch […]

Thousands gathered on the Folsom Lake College athletic track in Folsom, Calif. to hear Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders speak on Tuesday, April 15th.   — 00:00: Jane […]

SIERRA JAZZ SOCIETY’S FREE JAZZ PICNIC Sunday June 15, 2025 6 – 9 pm Pioneer Park 421 Nimrod St Nevada City, CA 95959 Great musical lineup includes Gary Regina, Tommy […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Gary For Sale 2002 Toyota Tacoma Regular cab, 196k miles, 4×4, 4 cylinder, a/t, a/c and tonneau cover. 2nd owner 9500 […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Bill For Sale DeLonghi Dedica Italian espresso machine 6” wide counter top model new in box 200 (530) 687-2713 Bill For […]

Who better to tell the story of our future than those most affected by it? KVMR is uniquely positioned to be a pipeline for young journalists to document their story [...]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Plastic and paper reusable shopping bags for Foothills Gift & Thrift Store at 840 E Main St in Grass […]

February 20, 2025

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Plastic and paper reusable shopping bags for Foothills Gift & Thrift Store at 840 E Main St in Grass […]

February 13, 2025

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Rich For Sale 10 Propane tanks, Price per each 15 (860) 782-1577 Dennis For Sale Mattress, double 150 (530) 263-6360 Dennis […]

February 6, 2025

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Logan Free Magnavox Cabinet Record Player & Radio, sometimes referred to as “The American”. Made in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Model #279P, […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Emily Want Row boat, no motor needed! (916) 709-4787 Jeff For Sale Anderson double-glazed window. 27″ x 46″ vinyl covered steel […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Plastic and paper shopping bags for Foothills Gift and Thrift store on Main in Grass Valley, thank you!   […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Plastic and paper shopping bags for Foothills Gift and Thrift store on Main in Grass Valley, thank you!   […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Maxima For Sale Hardwood rocking chair, comfortable and lovely 50 (530) 263-9780 Maxima For Sale Specialized Hard Rock women’s 21 speed […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Dave For Sale Contractor/Handyperson tools at great prices. Let’s talk or email! [email protected]   (530) 559-8339 Kirk Free Skylights V-Lux laminated […]

As 2024 fades into memory, the voices of KVMR—Nevada City’s cherished outpost for the adventurous and the offbeat—offer up their favorite albums of the year. These selections, plucked from late-night [...]
As we turn toward 2025, know that KVMR is your radio partner. We are here for you—in emergencies, when you need a break from stressful news and ads, and to [...]
As 2024 fades into memory, the voices of KVMR—Nevada City’s cherished outpost for the adventurous and the offbeat—offer up their favorite albums of the year. These selections, plucked from late-night [...]

December 26, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Matt For Sale Dog door sliding glass door for large dog 6’ 8” height 90 (530) 263-8132 Dennis Want Subaru rims […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Eric Want Honda ATV 4×4 400cc in good condition. $2,500 +/-   (530) 265-4254 Jody For Sale Sliding door insert with […]

December 26, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Josh For Sale Moots YBB SI Titanium mountain bike. I am 5’ 6” and it fits me or someone a bit […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Matt For Sale Dog door sliding glass door for large dog 6’ 8” height 90 (530) 263-8132 Dennis Want Subaru rims […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Eric Want Honda ATV 4×4 400cc in good condition. $2,500 +/-   (530) 265-4254 Jody For Sale Sliding door insert with […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Matt For Sale Dog door sliding glass door for large dog 6’ 8” height 90 (530) 263-8132 Dennis Want Subaru rims […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Victor Free Electric adjustable hospital bed. Can deliver   (530) 210-0330 Mark For Sale RCA model RS2652 5 disc CD player […]

November 21, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want For Foothills Gift & Thrift on Main. Clean reusable grocery store paper & plastic bags. 840 E. Main St, […]

November 14, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want For Foothills Gift & Thrift on Main. Clean reusable grocery store paper & plastic bags. 840 E. Main St, […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want For Foothills Gift & Thrift on Main. Clean reusable grocery store paper & plastic bags. 840 E. Main St, […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want For Foothills Gift & Thrift on Main. Clean reusable grocery store plastic bags. 840 E. Main St, Grass Valley. […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want For Foothills Gift & Thrift on Main. Clean reusable grocery store plastic bags. 840 E. Main St, Grass Valley. […]

KVMR community radio is fortunate to serve a wonderful region of Northern California. In addition to providing entertainment for listeners, it is our duty to provide accurate and timely information and [...]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Susan For Sale 22” iMac computer, 250GB solid state drive, Mojave OS 10.14 Great condition for this 2008 desktop computer. Comes […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Diana Yard Sale Yard Sale at 11196 Lime Kiln Rd in Grass Valley this Saturday and Sunday starting at 9am. Something […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Camping tent, prefer something newer that is easy to setup by 1 person   (530) 263-1287 Glenn Want Newspaper […]

September 26, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Camping tent, prefer something newer that is easy to setup by 1 person   (530) 263-1287 Glenn Want Newspaper […]

We are the champions! Join Team KVMR! Our mission to create a welcoming space for all voices is powered by your support. You are the MVP for community connection. Please [...]

September 19, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Will For Sale 1985 Land Rover D-90 Defender diesel. Open to partial trade for a Toyota Tacoma or 4 Runner. Best […]

As the days begin to darken… As the weather begins to chill… The time approaches for KVMR’s Twisted Tales: a Homegrown Storytelling event. Do you have a true tale of […]

September 13, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Janaia Free 5′ Picnic table with, 2 Chairs, 1 Loveseat Free (530) 265-4244 Janaia Free Small Woodstove – Door glass needs […]

September 13, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Chamai For Sale 36″ Belt. + Indian Beaded Buckle, Antique – not worn 100 (530) 263-9011 Chamai For Sale Large Quilled […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Chris For Sale Pride scooter Zero turn, used for 6 months like new model Z725. In Murphys. 2000 (209) 768-8156 Glenn […]

Flea Market 8-22-24 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Dave For Sale Utility trailer, 6’ x 10’   (530) 559-8339 Dave For Sale Compressors   (530) 559-8339 […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Jeff Free Mitsubishi High Definition TV 73” DLP in good condition with manual, remote and cables   (916) 761-7156 Nora Free […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Stephanie Free FREE Golden Retriever puppies to forever homes due to moving. 1 male, 1 female excellent temperament. TEXT PLEASE   […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number James For Sale 3 chairs. Parlor antique chair, matching floral printed living room chairs pair 200 (530) 388-8557 Jason Free Roosters […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Bonnie For Sale Necky Looksha 12’ 1 person kayak. Includes a fold down Yakima roof rack, paddle and roll-up suction device […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Doreen Want Bamboo/Vinyl blinds with Cord for outside so old fashioned and not perfect okay   (530) 265-2328 Brad For Sale […]

Are you Xperienced? Now's the perfect time to Xpose yourself to KVMRx! KVMRx's summer membership drive is on now, hop on over to kvmrx.org and make a donation to support the [...]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Michael Want Tuba, old, beat up okay as long as it works. Free or reasonable   (310) 746-6565 Glenn Free 8’ […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Maria Free Ethan Allen 7’ sofa. Off white, deep soft reversible cushions, very comfortable with 2 blue slip covers available. No […]

Marin For Sale Exercise bike,CAROL (CaRdiovascular Optimization Level) AI, 2020, photos available 1200 (530) 559-7717 Stephanie Free Golden Retriever puppies to forever homes due to moving abroad. 1 male and […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Ed For Sale Water Bladders, Vevor Model # WT-540L, 142.6 gallon, 4 each new in separate boxes. Black PVC collapsible, non-potable. […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Beth Yard Sale Yard Sale, multi family, 9am to 4pm Friday, Sat, Sun & Mon. Household, yard, gardening and treasures. End […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Janine For Sale Horse drawn Fire Extinguisher, 2 person, LARGE, late 1800’s antique. Beautiful lawn art piece or restoration project 3000 […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Travis For Sale Juniper T/G lumber various lengths. 3 boxes, each box has 2 rows wide with 5 high and the […]

KVMR has teamed up with Sierra e-Bike to raffle a Troxus Explorer e-Bike this summer. 1st Prize-- Troxus Explorer Step-Thru 26" e-Bike with helmet & 3 year warranty. Ticket #12821 [...]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Dave For Sale Construction tools and hardware, etc from a retired contractor.   (530) 559-8339 Ron Want Barbed wire, 400’   […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Cathy For Sale Singer sewing machine Model 328k “Style-O-Matic” made in the UK in the 1960’s. Comes with original Singer sewing […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Marnie Want Large coolers or ice chests for drinks at Celtic Festival Operations Free (530) 264-4164 Cathy For Sale Singer sewing […]

For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Want Large coolers or ice chests for drinks at Celtic Festival Operations Free (530) 264-4164 For Sale Singer sewing machine Model 328k […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Daniel Free 3 rolls of 4ft Wire fence, about 30ft, 40ft, 50ft. 25-30 6ft Metal T Posts. Pickup 10miles down Dogarbar […]

The KVMR Celtic Festival & Marketplace is THIS WEEKEND! May 3-5 in Grass Valley, CA at the Nevada County Fairgrounds. Full stage schedule & tickets on sale now!  A Spectacular [...]

We’re bringing you the Luck of the Irish this Saturday April 20th 10am-noon, when KVMR offers discounted pairs of tickets to celebrate our upcoming KVMR Celtic Festival, May 3rd-5th, 2024 at the […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Ti Free Blue Spruce tree, approximately 5’ high. Healthy, needs to be planted in the ground (530) 265-4385 Ken For Sale […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Ken For Sale Want Free Oak computer desk, very large with matching upper cabinet. Priced to sell quickly. Excellent condition, includes […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Tim Free Weber Summit 670 large grill with 6 burners, one side burner, an d rotisserie. It does not ignite and […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number James For Sale Kirby vacuum cleaner, Avalir with carpet shampoo attachment. Extra drive belts and bags, used 3 times 180 (530) […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Coat tree   (530) 263-1287 David Free Harrow, orchard, 12 discs with an 8’ rack with 2 sections, can […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Stephen Want Hospital bed, would like to borrow one for a week if possible (949) 690-0305 Gary For Sale 6’ sectional […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Stephen Want Hospital bed, would like to borrow one for a week and a half if possible   (949) 690-0305 Nan […]

KVMR's Women's Collective will be honoring Women's History Month with special programs throughout the month of March. Women’s History Month has been observed annually in the month of March in [...]

February 29, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Jody For Sale Husqvarna 4 Stroke Trimmer (weed eater), model 224L. Purchased new in 2015. Not used for last several years. […]

February 22, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want 5 gallon propane tank (530) 263-1287 Dave For Sale Various Tasmanian Devil items. Framed pictures, clothes, games, card decks, […]

KVMR’s Community Advisory Board is now accepting applications! This is your chance to be heard. KVMR is building a brand-new Community Advisory Board to receive input on what you think [...]

February 15, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Steve For Sale 1970’s era Peugeot 10 speed bicycle. Frame 24″ steel . Original paint and decals mostly intact. 25 (916) […]

February 8, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Scott For Sale Misc things, many needing work, please call for information, generators, toilet   (619) 213-6119 Joanne For Sale MultiPure […]

February 1, 2024

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Stuart For Sale Specialized cycling jacket, Element, men’s large cool weather navy blue. Listed on Sacramento Craigslist under bike parts 50 […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Karen For Sale Black leather couch, 3’ x 7’ very pretty and comfy 150 (530) 277-1396 Karen For Sale Leather ottoman […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Daniel For Sale Generac whole home generator, model # G0070432. Purchased in 2019, never used 4250 (916) 580-9636 Maurice For Sale […]

The 2024 Celtic Festival happens May 3, 4 & 5 this year! Use the code "earlybird" until March 17 to get discount tickets! Featuring multiple musical and demonstration stages, the [...]

Apply TODAY to participate in our Broadcaster Training Class on July 9th and 10th, 2022.

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Rick Free Screenplays, copies of shooting scripts from 41 well know feature films. Titles range from A Clockwork Orange to Notorious, […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Sandy For Sale Poulan 18” chainsaw, gas with case 75 (530) 265-3104 Sandy For Sale Bose bookshelf speakers series 201V 150 […]

KVMR's Favorite Albums Of 2023 It’s that time again…KVMR’s annual Year In Review, celebrating all the awe-inspiring music releases that your favorite KVMR & KVMRx DJs have been obsessing over [...]

December 21, 2023

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Lock For Sale 2017 Mini S ALL4 Countryman with only 50K miles, seats 4, all wheel drive. Just smogged, always garaged, […]

Every year KVMR celebrates the hard work and ingenuity that our volunteers & broadcasters contribute to making this little community radio station shine with a Volunteer Appreciation Party. During this […]

December 14, 2023

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Jason For Sale Jeep Compass 2008 150k miles. Original owner, regular maintenance kept up. Runs great! 5000 (530) 798-3978 Kevin For […]

December 11, 2023

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Tom For Sale Outdoor extension cord, 200’ 125v, 10 gauge, 1250w capacity. Heavy duty for equipment, RV charging etc 75 (530) […]

As you’re getting ready for holiday shopping, or thinking of who to call for many services in our community this season, we at KVMR ask you to please consider our [...]
KVMR's Holiday Hoedown returns this December at the Nevada Theatre in Downtown Nevada City. An evening of acoustic music featuring Davia, The Moore Brothers, Anni McCann, Elena Rayo and Cherisha [...]
Goth Nite is a monthly nitery where elders and juveniles, loners and lovers, pallid and sun-kissed mortals, congregate within Ribald Brewing’s unhallowed walls to relish in a common joy. New [...]
Legendary Folk Musician John McCutcheon is heading back to the Sierra Nevada Foothills for an exclusive KVMR Fundraiser performance on Saturday January 6th at The Center For The Arts, Grass [...]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Jean For Sale PETMATE plastic dog crate, 36” long, 27” high, 24” wide. Nearly new, door opens from right or left […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Pam   Rescue For Pets Sake Event PAWS & PINTS on November 3rd 4-7pm at Bullmastiff Brewing,10183 Commercial Ave, Penn Valley, […]

Starting on Monday November 6th, the KVMR News will air twice a day, Monday-Friday at 8:06am & 12:01pm. We’re narrowing our focus in order to make the best use of our [...]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Joel For Sale Heat lamp Firartd-3 infrared heat lamp 75 (530) 906-9390 Joel For Sale Towel warmer for massage 35 (530) […]

David Shield’s earliest memories include Saturdays at KIRO AM 710 in Seattle, where his father, writer and broadcaster John R. Shield would bring his kids, giving their mom a break. Watching the teletypes […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Reilly Free Push Power Mower, Briggs & Stratton 500 series 21”. 2 in 1 mulch rear bag attached. Needs repairs or […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Bob For Sale Excellence Dual Temperature Mini Bunker Display Refrigerator/Freezer. New 4.8 cu ft. Operates as a refrigerator OR freezer between […]

September 26, 2023

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Suzanna For Sale Sofa bed love seat size, full size bed, blue. Needs a mattress 25 (530) 615-8325 JoAnn Free Weslo […]

September 17, 2023

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Steve For Sale Canoe 17’ Old Town with paddles 200 (530) 265-5248 Matt Free Electric lift chair, fabric La-Z-Boy   (530) […]

September 8, 2023

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Tiffany For Sale Bunk Bed solid wood, oak one side has a desk and bookshelf 90 (510) 967-0519 Tiffany For Sale […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Carol For Sale Foam Pad, new twin size, great for camping. 8” thick, FIRM, 38” x 75”, comfortable and clean 50 […]

KVMR‘s 25th Annual KVMR Celtic Festival & Marketplace Festival is just around the corner! Daily Schedule Announced & Single Day Tickets Now Available! Join us at the Nevada County Fairgrounds [...]

Flea Market 8-24-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Lenila For Sale 8 steel portable panels for horse camping or what ever livestock you want to corral. […]

(6/17, 7:15pm) All Evacuation Order Have Been Lifted For The Reader Fire In Nevada County for Zones NCO E330 (Millhouse, Monezuma and central Purdon area along Hwy 49) AND NCO E331 […]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Michael Free Firewood, split seasoned Ponderosa pine (937) 623-6328 Glenn Want Orchid pots, ceramic (530) 263-1287 Jim For Sale File cabinets, […]

KVMR’s News Team will provide more coverage on the Highway Fire at 6pm during KVMR’s Evening Newscast . The Highway Fire is located near the Town Of Washington & Highway […]

Flea Market 8-3-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Pat For Sale Teardrop style trailer, wooden, hand made, 600 pounds for a small vehicle 3500 (530) 913-1338 […]

It’s KVMR’s 45th birthday this year, and we think it’s a BIG DEAL. KVMR has made a BIG IMPACT on our community for the past 45 years, and we want [...]

Flea Market 7-27-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Scott For Sale Toyota 2003 Tacoma 2.4l clutch pressure plate, entire kit   (530) 575-1902 Scott For Sale […]

Flea Market 7-20-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number     Diane For Sale Antique Bed, brass, very good condition, queen 290 (530) 802-4224 Diane For Sale […]

Flea Market 7-13-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Small chest freezer, under 5 cubic feet   (530) 263-1287 Hanz For Sale Refrigerator 18” x […]

This July during the popular Summer Nights in Nevada City, The Miners Foundry and KVMR will present the Spring Street Stage, featuring live local music favorites on Wednesday nights, 6-9:30pm.  [...]

Listen back to a special 2 hour edition of R Town Radio in conversation with and the music of, legendary blues performer John Hammond. John Hammond is considered one of the […]

Flea Market 7-6-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Mark For Sale LG window air conditioner, model LW1015ER 10k BTU Fits double hung window opening of 23”-36” […]

Flea Market 6-29-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Steve For Sale 2019 LS tractor XG3140, compact, 375 hours with implements, rototiller, post hole digger, 6 way […]

Flea Market 6-22-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Storm Crow Festival North San Juan 130th Cherry Festival. June 24th parade at 10am meet at the community […]

KVMR Celebrates 45th Birthday with Big Brunch & Celebration In June, for Pride Month and a week before Father’s Day, we’re celebrating our 45th birthday by paying our respects to two [...]

Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Paul & Mary For Sale Recliner couch 350 (530) 277-3283 Paul & Mary For Sale Shop Smith, good working order, includes: […]

Well, it’s the end of an era. Robyn Martin, longtime host of the Garden Forum, is passing the proverbial hosting torch to Richard Marks. Tune in this Thursday (6/8) from […]

Flea Market 6-1-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Storm Crow Festival North San Juan 130th Cherry Festival. June 24th parade at 10am meet at the community […]

Flea Market 5-25-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Storm Crow Festival 130th Jun 24th parade at 10am meet at the community center in North San Juan, […]

In the last 45 years, KVMR broadcasts have reached the Trappist-1 system, a star system 270 trillion miles away.  The only way we’ve made that journey is with your support. [...]

Flea Market 5-11-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Mel For Sale Lumber rack   (530) 621-0409 Mel For Sale 1946-48 stainless steel trim mercury except station […]

Lori Burkart Frank interviews Nancy Baker, former Fortune 500 CFO from ASML Semiconductor and Stanley Black and Decker.  Nancy moved to Nevada County after her retirement.  She has invested her time […]

Flea Market 5-4-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Rich For Sale 1955 Ford Custom Line car, runs,drives, stops. Will be installing new bushings for the shift […]

KVMR Celebrates 45th Birthday with Big Brunch & Celebration Join the festivities and honor KVMR's founders at the Miner's Foundry! This June, for Pride Month and the week before Father’s [...]

Flea Market 4-27-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Debbie Free Kittens, nearly weaned already eating, gray in color, great mousers   (530) 329-0740 Debbie For Sale […]

Flea Market 4-6-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Helena Want Inversion table (775) 895-2763 Helena Want Bird bath (775) 895-2763 Loraine Want Leaf blower, light weight, […]

Flea Market 4-6-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Rusty Free Saw dust, 55 gallon bags from furniture making (530) 559-6833 Rusty Want Redwood water tanks, old […]

Flea Market 4-6-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Joy Free Queen mattress   (530) 292-3730 Joy Free Bed frame, queen size, metal, no box spring but […]

Flea Market 3-30-23 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Jackie Want Firewood, a truckload anything but pine   (440) 263-0561 Tom Want Companion donkey, male or female, […]

KVMR’s Winter Membership Drive was postponed due to heavy storms and snow.  Instead, we provided valuable emergency coverage to many people in need. That galvanized us to create the KVMR [...]
After a three year hiatus, we're pleased to be announcing KVMR's Upcoming 25th Annual KVMR Celtic Festival & Marketplace. This year's festival takes us back to the Nevada County Fairgrounds [...]

Flea Market 3-9-23 Name For Sale Description Price Phone Number Scott Free Kayak 2 person copy of a Folbot, homemade very durable (530) 908-6110 Mark For Sale 1980 VW Westfalia […]

February 16, 2023

Flea Market 2-16-23 Name Description Price Phone Number Linda For Sale Amethyst Geode Table. Solid rock filled to the bottom with large dark amethysts. It weighs about 250 pounds. It’s […]

Apply TODAY to participate in our Broadcaster Training Class on July 9th and 10th, 2022.

February 2, 2023

Flea Market 2-3-23 Name   Description Price Phone Number Deanna For Sale Antique style gas furnace gently used works great. Easy hook up 600 (916) 259-6633 Francis For Sale Bryant […]

Flea Market 1-26-23 Name Description Price Phone Number Evelyn Want Working Manual Typewriters, for workshops to teach children and adults to type! (530) 460-8116 Dave Free Mattress and box springs, […]

Flea Market 1-19-23 Name   Description Price Phone Number Bob For Sale Outsider electric scooter only used a couple of times 1500 (530) 389-2517 Carolina Want Water tank, 200+ gallon […]

Flea Market 1-5-23 Name   Description Price Phone Number Doug Want Looking for 6’ to 8’ correlated tin roofing, reasonable shape rusting okay   (530) 575-7676 Katherine Want Electric coffee […]

Flea Market 1-5-23 Name   Description Price Phone Number Kimberly For Sale Sunglasses, Gargoyle, same model worn by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie Terminator, never been worn, in case 400 […]

As we say goodbye to the year 2022, let’s take a moment to explore what albums your favorite KVMR DJs have been enamored with this past year. From the heart-warming [...]

December 29, 2022

Flea Market 12-29-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Elizabeth For Sale Queen size memory foam mattress Tuft Nu 60” x 80”, gently used. 4 years old, no stains in excellent […]

December 22, 2022

Flea Market 12-22-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Douglas For Sale Ashley Health DVAG11L propane heater. Wall mount direct vent. 11k BTU. From an RV 200 (530) 264-6327 Mike For […]

KVMR's Holiday Hoedown An Evening of Acoustic Music December 13th, at the Nevada Theatre $20 Advance / $25 At The Door Last year, so starved for live music and lonely [...]
This year 12 local artists squeezed 140 pets into a monthly calendar. Finally– you can know what day it is while you look at cute pets AND support KVMR! What’s [...]

November 17, 2022

Flea Market 11-17-22 Name   Description Price Phone Number Neville Yard Sale Rocks, minerals and jewelry. From many continents and jewelry making supplies. 11582 Lower Circle Dr in Alta Sierra. […]

November 11, 2022

Flea Market 11-10-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Roy For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee 2018, low miles, perfect condition, diesel 6 cylinder. Loaded, call or text 17000 (916) 477-4881 Rusty […]

November 10, 2022

Flea Market 11-3-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Roy For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee 2018, low miles, perfect condition, diesel 6 cylinder. Loaded, call or text 17000 (916) 477-4881 Rusty […]

John McCutcheon returns to The Center for the Arts for his annual KVMR Fundraiser concert on Saturday, January 7, 2023. Tickets on sale now! A Fundraiser for KVMR SATURDAY, JANUARY [...]

Flea Market 11-3-22 Name   Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Van in great running condition, looks are not important   (530) 263-1287 John Want Locust logs to use for […]

Flea Market 10-27-22 Name   Description Price Phone Number Patti For Sale Cord or wood, split small, oak 225 (530) 615-6586 Patti For Sale Air conditioner, single room, window 350 […]

Flea Market 10-20-22 Name   Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Van in great running condition, looks are not important   (530) 263-1287 Don For Sale Rocking chair, maple wood, […]

Dumpstaphunk, New Orleans’ reigning kings of funk music, made a stop in Grass Valley on their west coast tour with Trombone Shorty, who appeared at the venue the following night. […]

  KVMR’s Homegrown Storytellers Presents: Twisted Tales An  Evening of Community Storytelling at the Communal Cafe,  233 Broad Street, Nevada City Wednesday Oct 26, 2022 5:30pm Stories Begin at 6pm $10 […]

Flea Market 10-18-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Eric For Sale Oak Firewood, Seasoned & split size ( 12” to 16” ) You load! $100 truck bed load (tractor here […]

KVMR’s All Ears is back this month, adjusting your dial to some new releases selected by your fellow KVMR DJs. From Icelandic pop icon, Björk, back with her 10th solo [...]

The Brits have a long list of great rock bands. Join host Steve Artz as he highlights 13 of them on the next edition of Rock Map including the Beatles, […]

Our featured “Spotlight Shoutout” band this week is none other than the wonderfully talented group, “The California Honeydrops“. They celebrate their 14th year together with their first release in the […]

September 29, 2022

Flea Market 9-29-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Rachel For Sale Salon chair, good condition, modern, electric. Fits all sizes 200 (530) 460-9793 Glenn Want Van or cab over camper […]

Flea Market 9-29-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Michael For Sale Townie Electra bike – like new 400 (510) 653-7197 Kathy Free Computer desk/gaming desk/writing desk, 35” wide x 24” […]

September 27, 2022

Flea Market 9-22-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Andrea For Sale Antique Dark Oak BED (early 1900’s) Full size (retrofitted to fit QUEEN mattress) -Unique High Headboard. Rare 3-dimensional wood […]

September 27, 2022

Flea Market 9-15-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Ron Free Can full of plastic flower pots for growing things from seed, quart, various sizes (530) 913-7698 John Want Vehicle, for […]

This week’s “Spotlight Shoutout” artists reign from Melbourne, Australia. They are the all women indie-rock trio, “Camp Cope”, and they are led by the very talented vocalist/guitarist, Georgia Mag, and […]

Pascale of Yubanet.com talks with KVMR’s Steve Baker and Cláudio Mendonça about the Mosquito Fire–it’s size, containment date, some of the technologies being used, evacuation warnings and orders, and the […]

Due to concerns about unhealthy air quality, KVMR has made the very hard decision to cancel the Wee Celtic Festival scheduled to happen Saturday September 10th.  After consulting air quality […]

September 8, 2022

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This weeks featured “Spotlight Shoutout” artists are the latest retro-old school soul band to emerge on the scene, “Thee Sacred Souls”. A smooth trio from Southern California have just released […]

This Sunday evening (9/4) at 8PM, KVMR broadcaster Peter Blachley is pleased to announce a special guest on his R Town Radio Show. Musician Byron Isaaks, who records and tours […]

This month on All Ears let’s delve into the latest musical creations that your favorite KVMR DJs are digging into these days - From London based octet Kokoroko, New York [...]

Flea Market 9-1-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Sarah Free Elliptical machine works great (530) 205-7698 Steven For Sale Plants, like the ones you get at Home Depot and such […]

This week’s Spotlight Shoutout on the Tuesday Music Magazine is local musician Christopher Taylor. Sierra Nevada foothills singer-songwriter, Christopher Taylor decided to re-release his 2008 album in May of 2022 […]

We’re bringing you the Luck of the Irish this Saturday (Aug 27) from 8am-noon, when KVMR showcases Celtic programming and fun deals to celebrate our upcoming Wee Celtic Celebration in [...]

Name Description Price Phone Number John For Sale 1972 32’ Airstream trailer Excela, needs work 6500 (530) 432-6629 Josh For Sale American truck tracks mud and snow tracks, fit on […]

Due to concerns about unhealthy air quality, KVMR has made the very hard decision to cancel the Wee Celtic Festival scheduled to happen (tomorrow) Saturday September 10th.   After consulting air […]

The Pleasant Fire is 85% contained and is holding at 47 acres.   The blaze started when a vehicle fire spread to adjacent vegetation near Owl Creek Road and Lost […]

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Flea Market 8-4-22 Name Description Price Phone Number Patty Free 65 gallon fish tank good for fish or reptiles (530) 272-9138 Patty Want Metal detector 12” deep or more (530) […]

This month on the All Ears blog let’s dig into a wide variety of new albums that some of your favorite KVMR DJs are shedding a light on - from [...]

Described as the master of the short story, Canadian-born writer Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. Her stories are typically set in her home county […]

Peter Joseph Burtt & the Kingtide – Live At Commons Beach, Tahoe City, July 24, 2022 Peter Joseph Burtt and his band gave the Sunday afternoon crowd plenty of reasons […]

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Flea Market 7-21-22 Name For Sale Want Free Description Price Phone Number Joan For Sale 1991 Baby Grand Piano Shaffer and Son’s, you move 2900 (530) 569-0094 Russ For Sale […]

A true KVMR legend has left us. Mikail Graham, who was on the original team that helped start  KVMR in 1978, has passed to “The Other Side”,  ironically the name […]

The deadline for submissions has been extended to this Friday, August 12th! Email your photos to [email protected] today!   Now, more than ever, we need cute pictures of puppies and kitties […]

Flea Market 7-7-22 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Rich For Sale Toilet, white 10 (510) 367-7070 Rich For Sale 50# Lincoln welding rods 1/8 5p+ price […]

Check out some new music reviews handpicked by some of your favorite KVMR DJs, this month highlighting new releases from Fantastic Negrito, Antsy McClain,  Pharis and Jason Romero, & Ana [...]

Flea Market 7-7-22 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Lori Free 10’ square offset solar umbrella, needs new canopy, string, bracket and 3 wires repaired (530) 802-1782 […]

Flea Market 6-30-22 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number John For Sale 1972 Air Stream trailer 6500 (530) 432-6629 John Want Stepping stones for a garden   […]

  Join KVMR DJ Little Sunny for a very special edition of Freedom Highway live from the Grandstand Stage at the High Sierra Music Festival this Sunday, July 3rd at […]

As of July 7th, 2022, the Rices Fire is 904 acres in size and 98% contained. Once the fire is 100% contained, KVMR will cease updating this Rices Fire Resource […]

Well, the dice rolled and my show came up snake eyes:  I have to do Moonlight Rhapsody, my Monday 10pm to midnight show, on July 4th – just when people […]

This July during the popular Summer Nights in Nevada City, The Miners Foundry and KVMR will present the Spring Street Stage, featuring live local music favorites on Wednesday nights, 6-9:30pm. […]

Flea Market 6-16-22 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number David For Sale 5’ x 10’ kennel steel heavy gauge wire for small animal fencing, 6 panels total […]

KVMR wants to learn more about our listeners like you - where you are, what you like, when you listen and your ideas for new programs. Please help us by [...]

Apply TODAY to participate in our Broadcaster Training Class on July 9th and 10th, 2022.

Flea Market 6-2-22 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number John For Sale Free Want 1972 Airstream trailer, dual axle, 32’ 5500 (530) 432-6629 Andrea Want 1 or […]

KVMR's back with a new batch of music reviews handpicked by some of your favorite KVMR DJs, this month highlighting new releases from the likes of Vaneese Thomas, April March, [...]

  On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday May 31, 8-10PM A Ukrainian Music Special   On Tuesday May 31, host and producer Mikail Graham will present a special […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday May 24, 8-10PM Taking Up Space   Join guest hosts Todd Wahoske & Jerianne Van Dijk for an evening full of space, yes the kind of […]

Flea Market 5-19-22 Name For Sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Nick For Sale File cabinet FIRE RESISTANT 4 drawer legal letter. 4 drawer cabinet exterior dimensions: 52.75″ tall […]

Spring 2022 Strawberry Music Festival LIVE Broadcast on KVMR 89.5FM, 105.1 FM Truckee, 99.5 in Angels Camp Thursday May 26 through Sunday May 29th Turn on the radio, and join [...]

SIMRIT LIVE IN PENN VALLEY: A BENEFIT FOR KVMR KVMR FM and SIMRIT are partnering to present an evening of music at Western Gateway Park on Saturday, June 4! DJ […]

A Fundraiser for KVMR SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022 at 7:00PM  Presented by Strings Concerts at The Center for the Arts 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, CA $30 – $40 […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday May 17, 8-10PM The Garden Fair   Join guest host Tenali Hrenak for a fascinating Muddy Boots sound painting on our next episode. Welcome to The […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday May 10, 8-10PM No Expectations   It’s early May and the flowers are blooming and hearts are swooning. Folk and Americana […]

Spring has sprung, and we’re asking you to Spring for KVMR! Listeners just like you paid for the last season of radio, and we’re raising the essential funding it takes […]

Flea Market 5-5-22 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Jim For Sale 16’ Old Town canoe with 2 paddles and life vests 350 (530) 320-1826 Jim for […]

 

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday May 3, 8-10PM Rembetiko* – the Oh So Diverse Music of Greece – Part 2   It’s been nearly 10 years […]

Flea Market 4-28–22 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Eve For Sale 1976 sail boat 14’ Capri cyclone, one person with trailer 400 (530) 913-5156 Eve Want […]

NEW SHOW: Moonlight Rhapsody with host Paul Berger Premiering Monday, May 9th 10pm til Midnight   Paul Berger drew the final curtain on Dawn Eclectica with his May 4th show. […]

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On the next edition of The Other SideTuesday April 26, 8-10PMBad Vibes from The Other Side   On our next episode we’ll be featuring Bad Vibes from The Other Side with special guest host KVMRx […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday April 19, 8-10PM Rembetiko* – the Oh So Diverse Music of Greece – Part 1   In honor of Easter and […]

Flea Market 4-14-22 Name For Sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Kathleen Want Cotton material a yard and 1/2 or larger, the brighter the better   (530) 559-0189 Kathleen […]

Tony Beverly, known as his radio persona Husky Le Pew, will be celebrating his 300th broadcast on KVMR this Thursday, April 14th from 2pm-4pm on Music for Grown Folks. “In […]

KVMR's back with a new batch of music reviews handpicked by some of your favorite KVMR DJs, this month highlighting new releases from the likes of Sugaray Rayford, Allison de [...]

Flea Market 4-7-22 Name For Sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Wood Stove in good condition   (530) 263-1287 Katie For Sale Troy built Pony 42 ride […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday April 12, 8-10PM Rainbow Marshmallow Episode 2   Part 2 of our Rainbow Marshmallow series, created by guest host Michael McDonald, once again dives deep into […]

Flea Market 3-3-22 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Glenn Want Wood stove in good condition (530) 263-1287 Natalie For Sale 1950’s Wedgwood stove, propane 40 (530) […]

KVMR Youth News Corps An initiative of the KVMRx Future of Radio Project The Future of Journalism Who better to tell the story of our future than those most affected […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday April 5, 8-10PM Pop! Goes the music…   It’s spring time and lots of new blossoms are popping as well as brand […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday March 29, 8-10PM The Mommyheads Part 2   Tune in for Part 2 of guest host Mark Leviton‘s special on indie-rock band The Mommyheads. The […]

Community Radio KVMR is assembling “The Caravan of Love” – their second annual Covid-safe love-themed motorcade Sunday, April 3rd, through Nevada City and Grass Valley, with everyone invited to take […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday March 22, 8-10PM Spring Equinox earth • moon • sky jamboree   This episode will miss the spring equinox by a couple of […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday March 15, 8-10PM Rainbow Marshmallow, Episode 1   This show begins a brand new 5 Part series created by guest host Michael […]

Flea Market 3-10-22 Name For Sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Anders For Sale 1959 Edsel Ranger 2 door hard top in collectors condition in Camptonville 15000 (831) 566-1706 […]

KVMR's Women's Collective will be honoring Women's History Month with special programs throughout the month of March. Women’s History Month has been observed annually in the month of March in [...]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday March 8, 8-10PM The Mommyheads Part 1   The inventive indie-rock band The Mommyheads formed in the late eighties, and have recorded nearly […]

Flea Market 3-3-22 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Mark Free 2 15” Chevy rims and tires 5 lug   (530) 273-3386 Mark Free 350 Chevy turbo […]

KVMR's back with a new batch of reviews handpicked by some of your favorite KVMR DJs, this month highlighting new releases from the likes of Hurray for The Riff Raff, [...]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday March 1, 8-10PM Tripping with Mr. Mike   Join Mr. Mike for a vintage 2009 evening full of psychedelic summer exotica […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday February 22, 8-10PM Happy 2-22-22   No matter what you think about this Tuesday’s episode, it’s a palindrome all around the globe. […]

 

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday February 15, 8-10PM Sound Paintings versus Capitalism   On this episode we feature our second new show from guest host Tenali Hrenak. This […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday February 8, 8-10 PM The Experience 2008   Tune in for a special episode from all the way back in 2008. […]

KVMR brings you a new monthly blog of album reviews handpicked by some of your favorite KVMR DJs, this month highlighting new releases from the likes of Aoife O’Donovan, They [...]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday February 1, 8-10 PM The Myths Of Winter   Strange days, strange times, the weather is crazy wild and then the […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday January 25, 8-10PM Whence Mountain & The Orbtones Reflect Sound Band   On this episode we feature the return of one […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday, January 18 | 8-10PM The World Of Cazazza   In 2012 we featured artist, composer and industrial music legend, Monte Cazazza, […]

Flea Market 1-13-22 Name For Sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Eva For Sale Fischer Price snuggle puppy swing   (510) 967-6869 Eva For Sale Ergo 360 infant insert […]

KVMR is currently hiring for a full-time Volunteer Coordinator & Office Manager. Please submit your cover letter and resume to Ali Lightfoot at [email protected] by February 10th, 2022. Job Summary: […]

It sounded like so much of a true KVMR 89.5 FM broadcast event: the 40th anniversary of the Bethel AME Church of Marysville Choir performing in Nevada City on Martin […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday January 11, 8-10PM David Bowie – post birthday special… David Bowie would have been 75 on January 8, 2022, alas, he […]

Flea Market 1-6-22 Name For Sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Colesha For Sale Loft childs bed raised off the ground twin size mattress with slide! Wood finish slight […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday January 4, 8-10PM Dreaming… On the first edition of The Other Side for 2022, tune in for a dream pop downtempo episode with […]

Every year, KVMR 89.5 FM broadcasters list their favorite albums of the year. Since the station plays a wide array of eclectic music, the choices are all over the genre […]

For a deeper look into some of the outstanding musical creations from 2021, check out our album highlights written by some of your favorite music-obsessed KVMR DJs.     Makaya […]

December 23, 2021

Flea Market 12-23-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Matt Want Work full size 8′ bed truck that is not totally beat up, must smog $3-$4k, beauty […]

Nevada County is home to a wealth of talented local musicians and artists, and we sure missed live music these last couple years. So this year, when thinking what to […]

KVMR elves take special care this time of year to bring you fun shows to get into the holiday spirit, from the weird to the sublime – check out some […]

December 16, 2021

Flea Market 12-16-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Bob For Sale Golf club travel bag 25 (530) 363-4806 Diana Free Bedroom Set white with dresser 9 […]

People all over the world make and record music using instruments and vocal stylings that reflect their culture, customs, and tradition. Arooj Aftab from Pakistan now lives in Brooklyn and […]

Holiday Fun on The Other Side Every Tuesday in December, 8-10PM Tune in each Tuesday in December for a cavalcade of holiday fun and good Xmas tunes straight from the […]

Flea Market 11-4-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Mark Free Riding lawn mower 8hp needs battery, drive belt, maybe new tires. Runs 34” cut   (530) […]

Last year on Black Friday, KVMR had a “Chain of Giving” fundraiser to help combat local food insecurity, and our listeners really stepped up to make a difference. We raised […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday November 23, 8-10PM Excursions into Deep Waters On the next edition of The Other Side, guest host Paula Andrea, and her friends Vlad Moskovski and Oz […]

November 18, 2021

Flea Market 11-18-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Dan Free swimming pool above ground 9’ wide 18’ long 4.5’ deep, with pump, sand filter, saltwater chlorination […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday November 16, 8-10PM “What’s The Point? and other magically wonderful gems!” Join guest host Prickly Pear for a special evening featuring the music of Harry Nilsson. […]

November 11, 2021

Flea Market 11-11-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Kika Want bookcase about 5′ across 32” tall, prefer something sturdy   (415) 259-1786 John in Rancho Cordova […]

Flea Market 11-4-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number John For Sale Set of 3 lever hydraulic controls, 2’ and 3’ hydraulic cylinders and a supply tank […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday November 2 & 9, 8-10PM “Bond….James Bond – A Two Part Special November 2 & 9”   Join long time guest […]

Flea Market 10-21-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Don For Sale white vinyl fence posts 4.75 x 4.75 8′ 2” tall, no reels slots 50 each […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday October 26, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #83: The Night Time Is The Right Time Join guest host Ralph Henson for a pre-Hallow's eve extravaganza [...]

Flea Market 10-21-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Indy For Sale 2005 Buick Le Sabre white, on non-op needs new transmission with leather interior 1000 (530) […]

Flea Market 10-14-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Andrew For Sale Camper shell By White 2003 Dodge Ram fits 1994-2008 101.75” long 72.5”wide 1200 (707) 357-0375 […]

Flea Market 9-30-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Rick For Sale Carousel horse, 35 years old, 4.5’ tall, hand carved, free standing with lion saddle 450 […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday October 5, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #80: Indie Rock Murders (Part One of Three) Many indie rock acts enjoy performing spontaneous versions of songs […]

Family teaches us we don't have to be exactly the same to love each other. Family is sometimes joyful, sometimes chaotic, but it's who we count on when the going [...]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday September 28, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #79: end of the season This week’s episode we’ll be featuring a menagerie of strangeness mixed with the lovely […]

Once again, KVMR 89.5 FM is in a celebratory mood  as the non-profit community radio station begins an eight-day "We Are Family"on-air membership drive this Saturday. A good number of [...]

September 23, 2021

Flea Market 9-23-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Larry Free 12-15 bags of crv cans and plastic for free (530) 477-2266 Larry For Sale 4 pack […]

On Wednesday, September 22 from noon to 2pm on Tangled Roots, the Tony Furtado Duo (Tony Furtado & Luke Price) will be playing live in a safe, socially-distanced location outside […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday September 21, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #78: Blast Off #5 Not Your Usual Space Music Experience Tune in for our final Blast […]

September 16, 2021

Flea Market 9-16-21 Name For sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Eric For sale Ivory electrical switches, outlets, enough for an entire home 40 (419) 308-6354 Lisa For sale […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday September 14, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #77: Autumn Sunrise On this episode we’re featuring a world music collection of artists from Nigeria, Spain, Italy, Brasil, […]

On the next Monday Morning Show (9/13) on KVMR 89.5 FM and kvmr.org, Marsha Stone of the San Juan Ridge Tapestry Project will describe their artistic work and recruit new [...]

September 9, 2021

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September 2, 2021

Flea Market 9-2-21 Name For Sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Steve For Sale Mesa Boogie express, 525 black shadow 2 channel 5w 30w 750 (530) 613-2192 Steve For […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday August 31, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #75: Charlie Watts RIP - Ode To A High Flying Bird The world lost one of the sharpest [...]
8/27 - Today from 1pm-2pm on the Garden Forum, host Robyn Martin will be speaking with Leo Zlimen & Bowen Kyle from Nevada County, who are launching a new community [...]

Flea Market 8-26-21 Name For Sale Free Want Description Price Phone Number Clearwater For Sale 48” curved flat screen Samsung tv lcd 250 (530) 292-9210 Clearwater For Sale Dyson canister […]

KVMR will be providing top of the hour updates on the local Bennett Fire in Grass Valley. Stay Tuned, Stay informed.   YubaNet Bennett Fire Updates Nevada County Zonehaven

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday August 24, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #74: Blast Off! #4 Not Your Usual Space Music Experience Tune in for episode #4 of our brand new 5 […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday August 17, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #73: Back to the roots #5 This is an archival episode of The Other Side from March 8, 2011, and [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday August 10, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #72: Virginia Astley - the music 1982-1996 In the early 1980's I came across a record by the artist Virginia Astley called From Gardens [...]
KVMR will be continuing to provide top of the hour updates on the latest news about the River, Colfax and Nevada County Fire. Spread the word to folks affected to [...]
DJ Meri St Mary is back in the KVMR studios this Sunday for a healthy dose of Gospel from 12pm-1pm on Hallelujah Hollaback & a look back at the 1970's [...]
R Town Radio brings you the stories of the musicians and the people who contributed to their musical projects. On this episode of RTown Radio, hosted by Peter Blachley we [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday August 3, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #71: Deerhoof Part II Back in June 2021 guest host Mark Leviton took you on a fun spin through the music of Deerhoof,  a [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday July 27, 8-10PM Sequestered #70: On The Edge Of Classical... In the early days of KVMR there was a lot of classical music played, [...]

I will be offering free downloads of Joni Mitchell – The Reprise Years (1968-1971) for the next 4 weeks during Good Stuff. When you hear me talk about the promotion […]

Interested in getting involved in community radio? KVMR is currently seeking four people to join the Board of Directors. About us: KVMR provides community members opportunities to connect through the […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday July 20, 8-10PM Sequestered #69: Blast Off! Episode #3 Tune in for episode #3 of our brand new 5 Part series created by [...]

Surprise! It’s KVMR’s 43rd Birthday! Birthdays are a time to celebrate milestones and set intentions. And so, we reflect on KVMR’s humble origins: starting with 10 watts and in an 8′ […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday July 13, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #68: mid-summer chillout It's hot and the AC is hopefully on and keeping ya cool. Well here's hoping this [...]

The end of the Covid lockdown in our area allowed me to participate in a good old fashion sing along with a small group of vaccinated guests. Singing these well-loved […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday July 6, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #67: Jon Hassell RIP 1937-2021 An iconic composer, performer and fascinating soul, Jon Hassell passed away on Saturday [...]

Even though we’re missing the High Sierra Music Festival once again this year, KVMR will present the next best thing. This Saturday, July 3rd from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm, […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday June 29, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #66: A Tribute to guitarist John Havard + Women from the the other side In the 1st hour we'll [...]
When folksinger/storyteller John McCutcheon decided to do an online benefit concert for his favorite community radio stations, the list got so long that he decided to do two concerts, one [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday June 22, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #65: Blast Off! #2 Not Your Usual Space Music Experience Tune in for episode #2 of our brand [...]

When Gary Puckett found out her true age, he warned his “Young Girl” to “get out of my mind,” reminding her that she was a just a baby in makeup. […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday June 15, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #64: Thao and The Get Down Stay Down Originally from Falls Church, Virginia, and now based in San Francisco, [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday June 8, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #63: Deerhoof The experimental and highly-independent band Deerhoof formed in San Francisco in 1994, and have issued over a dozen [...]

The KVMR Celtic Festival presents a livestream of energetic traditional and original music from five-piece Scottish band, Heron Valley. Their roots lie in Scottish and Irish traditional music, including traditional […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday June 1, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #62: Garcia Peoples In the past decade New Jersey 6-piece psychedelic jam band Garcia Peoples have distinguished themselves through nearly [...]
The Undrive Cometh… Usually at this time KVMR is airing our biggest membership drive of the year—but this is a unique situation so we’re trying a unique approach—“If you give before [...]
Rock in Road Presents A Hog Ranch Radio Broadcast "Keep Tuned and Berry On" LIVE on KVMR 89.5FM, 105.1 FM Truckee, 99.5 in Angels Camp Thursday, May 27th at 8am [...]

I am taking a month off from Dawn Eclectica, but I have a special show for you on May 19 from 4-7 am. On July 6, 1957, in the courtyard […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday May 18, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #60: Blast Off! Not Your Usual Space Music Experience A brand new 5 Part series created by guest [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday May 11, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #59: Spring Chill Reflections Spring has sprung and the nights and early mornings still have the wonderful chill [...]

Mikail Graham is the executive producer of The Other Side, and The Good News Show, and the co-host of The Beer Show with Tom Dalldorf. He has been involved with KVMR since its inception in […]

With Spring in full swing and Covid on the run, I’m letting ‘er rip on my next show Wednesday May 5, from 4-7 am. Mark Knopfler live, early Dylan, and […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday May 4, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #58: The Other Side Of Ambient Music A special archive episode from April, 2009 Non linear audio for [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday April 27, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #56: Tip of the Freberg Stan Freberg was the last of the great radio comics, whose recordings for Capitol Records [...]

Brian Terhorst is the host and producer of Harmony Ridge. He has been a broadcaster since 1992 and was the General Manager of KVMR from 1996 to 2006. He currently […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday April 20, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #55: Songs I Love To Hate vol 1 1975-1985 Guest co-host Michael McDonald has put together yet another fun [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday April 13, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #54: Oddities Agogo Vintage stereo oddities, odd comedic bits, hipster swinger advice, yep that's what to expect on this week's Other Side.  [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday April 6, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #53: Raymond Scott 'radio music of the future' This week's Other Side features the music of Raymond Scott, [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday March 30, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #52: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Part 2 Guest host Mark Leviton takes you on another tour [...]

Resilience Radio: Indigenous Women Writers Joy Harjo & Jessie TakenAlive-Rencountre Thursday, March 25th | 10am-1pm This Thursday, March 25th we have writers block. No, wait… a block of indigenous women […]

Guest Hosting on Classics Declassified  Sunday 3/21/21, 5-7PM Mikail Graham Sunday March 21 from 5-7PM, Mikail Graham will be guest hosting on a special Classics Declassified. Expect a diverse selection of music from Tchaikovsky, Beethoven [...]
We live with them all our lives. We try to keep track of them, sometimes in vain. We remember some fondly and others with great pain. What are they? Days [...]

MysticAl’s Funk Train Xpress will be paying Tribute to some of the Greats of Funk & Soul on 3/24 We will be celebrating the music they left to the world, […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday March 16, 8-10PM Formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2010, the polymorphous music collective King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard has released over two dozen albums, playing garage rock, jazz fusion, [...]
A Beer Show Special Episode Tuesday March 15, 6:30-7PM A Tribute to Founder Wesley Robertson The Beer Show celebrates its 4th Anniversary with a special 30 minute episode featuring a look [...]
Join me, Tally Mark, for this Sunday Showcase and my Women who Rock show from 3:00 to 5:00pm. My prerecorded show from my home studio includes songs about love, rollercoasters, [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday March 9, 8-10PM Sequestered episode #49: Divin' For Pearls Number 49 in our sequestered series takes us back to early September of 2016, for [...]

The Women’s Show presents International Women’s Day Special Monday, March 8 from 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM This is the 110th Anniversary of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday March 2, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 48: The Oddities of Life Life goes on with or without us.  Many artists tend to write music [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday February 26, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 47: Nancy & Lee - The Hits & more... In 1966 Lee Hazelwood was asked by legendary singer [...]
Photographs on radio shows? Huh? Well, when they're two classic photos of icons Joni Mitchell and Neil Young shot by legendary folk rock photographer Henry Diltz, all bets are off. [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM Tuesday Morning Show host Paul Emery was in a traditional jazz groove a couple shows ago, having a ball as usual. "That was a Mose Allison song [...]
It's the MOST wonderful time of the year--KVMR's first membership drive of 2021. We are so excited we made special Valentine's candy for you, our dearly beloved. When you need [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday February 16, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 46: Chick Corea 1941-2021 RIP - A Look Back On Tuesday February 9, keyboardist and composer Chick Corea [...]
KVMR Community Radio is assembling a "Caravan of Love" motorcade this Sunday, Valentines Day, February 14th, through Nevada City and Grass Valley, with everyone invited to take part. “In the [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday February 9, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 45: The Love Movement Vol 1 Guest co-host Michael McDonald co-hosts and brings a fun pre-Valentine's Day playlist [...]
KVMR is now accepting applications for our first ever virtual broadcaster training class, taking place on April 3rd & 4th 2021. This year’s class will be centered around the art [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday February 2, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 44: Can You Hear Me Now? This weeks brand new episode features a diverse selection of music and sounds [...]

Hello KVMR groovy people: Paul Berger here, host of Dawn Eclectica every other Wednesday from 4-7 am. This Tuesday, I get to spin discs during daylight hours when listeners will […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday January 26, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 43: Whatever Happens... Experience a free form 'Big Fun' night of music and sound straight from the other [...]

Cajun and Zydeco music originated with the French speaking Creole people living in Western Louisiana. Cajun music traditionally features the fiddle and sometimes an accordion while with Zydeco music, the […]

As we turn toward the future, let's make a pact to face it TOGETHER. To honor a spirit of inclusivity and grassroots democracy in action, longtime member and KVMR supporter [...]

Join me, Tally Mark, for this Sunday Showcase and my tribute to SPACE from 3:00 to 5:00pm. My prerecorded show from my home studio includes songs about the moon and […]

On Diamonds and Rust this Saturday, January 23 from 6-8 pm, host Laura Miller will feature a Kate Wolf special; an archived radio show from 2010, in honor of the [...]
Today on KVMR we’ll be celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a variety of unique programs surely provide a lil' peace of mind & [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday Janury 19, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 42: Yo La Tengo Part II Tune in Tuesday night January 19 from 8-10PM, for Part II of Mark [...]
As the year turns, a variety of KVMR 89.5 FM broadcasters have compiled their Top 5 lists of favorites for 2014 music releases. And the results just show how wide [...]
On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday January 12, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 41: Neo Classical ambient freckles With the early days here in 2021 being so crazy, it's nice to [...]

Every January for over thirty years John McCutcheon has been touring in California. It’s a family reunion, a gathering of the tribe, a post-holiday celebration, an annual check-in… and a […]

It isn't every day you complete your 500th original creative radio essay, but tonight's the night for poet/teacher/coach Molly Fisk on KVMR 89.5 FM's Evening News when her piece airs [...]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday January 5, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 40: A Dusting of Ambience It’s a brand new year, yet the same as it ever was, or was it […]

This Wednesday, January 6, KVMR sustaining members are invited to catch up with John McCutcheon, in advance of his Left Coast tour kicking off Saturday June 9. An ardent supporter of community radio, John […]

In 1970, a 28 year-old Paul McCartney channeled the wreckage from the breakup of his band – the most iconic and popular band of all time – to issue his […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday December 29, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 39: RIDE – a shoegaze indie rock special The British band Ride was formed in Oxford in 1988, […]

As the year-end tradition continues, we here at KVMR have compiled our favorite albums from this past year to share with you. To say the least, music was a crucial […]

A deeper look into some of our favorite albums that kept us going through 2020 handpicked by your fellow KVMR DJs. Jeff Parker – Suite For Max Brown (Nonesuch) This […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday December 22, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 38: Winter Wonderland with Virtual Mike Tune in for this year’s final Christmas laced version of The Other Side. […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday December 15, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 37: OH CHRISMUKKAH! OH CHRISMUKKAH! with Mark & Vicky Tune in to this week’s The Other Side to hear […]

For the third year, KVMR 89.5 FM is offering its whimsical annual edition of the KVMR Pet Pin-Up Calendar as an end of year thank you gift to listeners and […]

KVMR’s 2021 Pet Calendar is hot off the presses! This useful calendar can tell you what day and fulfill your desire to see nearly 200 of KVMR’s furriest, scaliest, freakiest […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday December 8, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 36: Christmas Cocktails Living Lounge on the Other Side with Todd & Jerianne Yep it’s Christmas month on The […]

Remember Soul Music? I sure do. The wonderful melodies, the beat, the rhythm, the in-sync dancing. On Wednesday’s Dawn Eclectica, I will take you on a journey into some of […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday December 1, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 35: Groovy Intergalactic Holiday Time Well it’s that time of the year again, time for the start of The Other […]

KVMR 89.5 FM is at it again this Black Friday, only this time it’s sort of a trifecta fundraiser: every contribution generates support for three nonprofits. Huh? For every financial […]

The KVMR Celtic Festival is pleased to present award-winning traditional singer and guitarist Matthew Byrne for a live-streamed performance on November 27 at 8 pm. Tickets are available now through […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday November 24, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 34: Yo La Tengo Part 1 The Hoboken, New Jersey indie band Yo La Tengo was formed in 1984. Under the […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday November 17, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 33: It’s All Too Much!  Yes you’ve met them, you’ve heard them, you think you know them, but do […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday November 10, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 32: The Vibraphone The vibraphone is a member of the percussion family, and has a long history of […]

Remember when we thought 2020 was bad? Yeah, this year has been an extra long haul for some of us. But whoever we are, whatever we have and don’t have, […]

Did you know there is an election coming up this Tuesday November 3? It’s true. And luckily or unluckily I have a show to do at 4 am on November […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday October 27, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 31: Halloweenie Time   On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday October 27, 8-10PM,  Sequestered episode […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday October 20, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 30: Insurrection Vol 2 *this show is for mature audiences and minds*   Tune in for our second evening […]

This coming Monday from 10am-6pm, the KVMR Tradition continues. Jennifer Robin, host of KVMR’s Resilience Radio, will produce our annual Indigenous Peoples Day broadcast. This locally produced special will feature […]

Live coverage of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing with Judge Amy Coney Barrett is available on KVMR’s sister station, 105.7 FM.  Listen live Here.  

KVMR is hosting a Zoom Speaker Series for SUSTAINING MEMBERS only! We will send out the Zoom links the morning of the event via email. If you’re a Sustainer make sure we have your […]

It’s  the 25th anniversary of Steve Baker’s Morning Show, and we’re celebrating in style.  You’ll hear some of his favorite splashes of eclectic music, odd satire and often intelligent humor, […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday October 6, 8-10PM Sequestered Episode 28: The TOS Experience – Strange Daze This episode of The Other Side is from September 30 2008. […]

“Dead Air”, the longest continuous running show on KVMR 89.5 FM community radio at 40 consecutive years, is still going strong. That anniversary will be celebrated live on the Nevada […]

    William Wallace and Betty Louise are collaborating to produce a podcast series, “Bravehearts.” Bravehearts is a five minute podcast where we collect stories in the hopes of increasing […]

This coming Saturday, KVMR will be celebrating its longest running show, Dead Air. Clocking in at 40 years, dead air is a celebration of all things Grateful Dead. It is […]

Did you ever notice how many songs give you advice about what you should be doing?  The Pet Sounds radio show on Monday Oct. 5 from 2-4pm will explore the power […]

Come for the music.  Stay for the magic. That’s been the KVMR Celtic Festival catchphrase  for years, although this weekend’s 25th edition had to be postponed because of the pandemic. […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday September 22, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 26: an evening with WIRE    Formed in London in 1976, the English “art-punk” band Wire has blazed […]

In January 2020, Kíla were one of the highlights at Folk Alliance in New Orleans and are making plans to tour the USA and Canada in 2021 & 2022.  Due to current […]

This Ghost Tractor tribute show highlights the transitions the Palms Playhouse has seen through the years. They opened the Davis location back in the 70’s starting off literally as a […]

The November 3rd 2020 election is just around the corner. Here’s a detailed list of frequently asked questions to help keep you informed about our local election process here in Nevada […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday September 15, 8-10PM Sequestered Episode 25: Into The Void    On this episode of The Other Side we dive into the void. And […]

PG&E’s latest Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) in various areas of California will potentially be starting on September 7th at 9pm, with power being restored starting on September 9th. KVMR […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday September 8, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 24: The Insurrection Show Vol 1 Tune in for an evening of music inspired by and […]

The Heart: not only does it pump blood to all parts of the body and ensure that all organs receive an adequate supply of oxygen, it is the only organ […]

Join me for the Sep 4 edition of “Beats and a Beverage” aka… The Friday Morning Show with Charlotte. This show will begin, as usual, with a gentle vibe during […]

Back in 1987, new volunteer broadcaster Brian Lee’s love for a particular era of oldies found a radio home on KVMR 89.5 FM. This Saturday (Sept. 5),  4 p.m. to […]

Is your pet tanned, rested, and ready? Send your cute or ugly, big or little, fat or scrawny, living or dead, pet pics to [email protected]. Last year we squeezed in […]

On the next edition of The Other Side sequestered episodes 22 & 23: An Evening with Ben Goldberg Part One airing from 8-10PM on Tuesday August 25 Part Two airing Tuesday September […]

YubaNet Presents: Jones Fire Town Hall. Join CAL FIRE Chief Brian Estes, Nevada County Consolidated Fire Chief Jim Turner, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon and Nevada County CEO Alison Lehman […]

The Jones Fire prompted the mandatory evacuations of 3,891 residents today with another 212 residents under an Evacuation Warning (potential threat to life and/or property. Those who require additional time […]

County of Nevada Office of Emergency Services has a Ready Nevada County: Wildfire & Evacuation Incident Dashboard Map available to see the current progress on the Jones Fire. 

The Jones Fire 8/18 1:30pm: Evacuations are in place with road closures at Highway 49 and Newtown Road, Newtown and Tyler Foote, and  Jones Bar Rd and Newtown Road. These […]

  With high temperatures forecasted through next Thursday (8/20) the Nevada County Public Health Department and Office of Emergency Services are activating air-conditioned Cooling Centers in Western Nevada County. Cooling […]

On the next edition of The Other Side Tuesday August 18, 8-10PM Sequestered episode 21: A David Lynchian Evening of Music & Sound Join us for an evening of classic […]

This Sunday’s Showcase, with me Tally Mark, will be my tribute to one of the U.K.’s most progressive, influential and dynamic artists – KATE BUSH.   She is a powerful combination […]

Hard Times? Good Times? It’s a tough time in the world these daze, but there’s a whole lot of great music out there to help showcase it as well as […]

It’s got the look of a developing tradition.  That would be the third annual KVMR 89.5 FM Pet Pin-Up Calendar, which is looking for adorable or funny  photos of your […]

Musically we came out of the 60s with a lot of protest, freedom of expression and un-plugging from the system. The 70s pushed back on the sound, but amplified these […]

In early June we aired an Other Side episode that called attention in subtle ways to the unrest in our country, and now over a month later how the world […]

Yes folks, it’s time for another theme show on Dawn Eclectica. Enjoying the outdoor summer weather is one of the few pleasures we can still enjoy these days, but guess […]

The famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, meets his arch nemesis, the evil Professor Moriarty, in the upcoming A Word in Edgewise, presented by Vicky Stanton. They engage in a mighty tussle. […]

On the upcoming Dead Air, host Chris Towne will be tossing the spotlight on Pig Pen, one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead. He was a bluesman playing […]

KVMR’s virtual 24/7 “Home Sierra” broadcast featuring over 100 historic festival artist sets and performances highlights from the High Sierra Music Festival, from Thursday July 2nd-Sunday July 5th. Set times […]

On the next edition of The Other Side: Sequestered episode 15 “Muzak & Elevator Music”. I prefer the term furniture music which was coined by composer Erik Satie back in 1917, but […]

This would have been the 30th High Sierra Music Festival weekend in Quincy, but the pandemic sent it packing until 2021. So several High Sierra stalwarts — including KVMR 89.5 […]

A member of KVMR’s news team was walking down the street in Nevada City one day in April when a listener approached him and demanded that KVMR “start telling the […]

On this week’s Other Side we feature a recent interview with Nevada County musician and producer Robert Heirendt as we discuss and listen to the recent release of his latest […]

When it’s Father’s Day Weekend, that’s always meant live bluegrass on KVMR 89.5 FM for some 35 consecutive years. And don’t worry, it still does, even if the 45th annual […]

The Covid-19 pandemic put a halt to Stereolab’s 2020 touring plans, but we can still celebrate this seminal Anglo-French electronic group with a radio show of rarities — demos, alternate […]

The bible says “What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” And then there’s the well worn but insightful cliche that […]

Sunday 6/7/20 7pm-8pm – Through classic hits, seldom-heard stories and interviews with band members Robby Krieger, and the late Ray Manzarek, KVMR Broadcaster Peter Blachley offers listeners an exclusive and […]

This week’s Other Side Episode #10 of our Sequestered series and recorded at the TOS home studio, features tons of music from Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar winning 2019 movie “Once Upon […]

How well is KVMR serving you during this pandemic? Take this quick survey!  Tell us how we’re doing. KVMR wants to know what you value about our programming during this […]

Tony Furtado is an award-winning Americana roots music artist who was getting ready for dozens and dozens of live performances, except when they started being cancelled in March. Yup, another […]

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. Well, it’s not Superman. But we’ve got you covered. How? Oh, it’s the proverbial first-ever KVMR 89.5 FM bandana, the brainchild of Membership Coordinator […]

KVMR recently published an article about how our various broadcasters are producing radio shows from home. We thought it would be nice to get a closer look at what some […]

KVMR recently published an article about how our various broadcasters are producing radio shows from home. We thought it would be nice to get a closer look at what some […]

KVMR recently published an article about how our various broadcasters are producing radio shows from home. We thought it would be nice to get a closer look at what some […]

No one’s being snooty about it, but KVMR 89.5 FM just doesn’t want dozens and dozens  of people coming into their building each day during the coronavirus pandemic, both for […]

KVMR 89.5 FM is inviting listeners and, heck, the general public to call in their thoughts, feelings, suggestions and ideas about the current coronavirus pandemic as part of a new […]

KVMR will be providing local and regional top of the hour updates on COVID-19 daily at 8am, 10am, 2pm & 4pm. Stay informed with KVMR.

This weeks R-Town Radio Show salutes the Crosby, Stills and Nash First Album released in 1969. KVMR broadcaster Peter Blachley has put together a special program from interviews he did with David […]

English singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams only spent about $100 to record her debut album “Dog Leap Stairs” in 1999, but she soon gained attention outside her native Liverpool, and was nominated […]

Keith Porter has been used to wearing a variety of volunteer hats, and now he’s wearing several different ones at the same time at KVMR 89.5 FM as well. The […]

KVMR 89.5 FM broadcaster Jerianne Van Dijk had smiles all over her face last month when she won not one but two “Best Of Nevada County Other Favorite” honors from […]

KVMR has closed the Station to non- essential programmers and staff starting Friday March 20, 2020,  in an effort to reduce the spread of coronavirus as recommended by the Center […]

There’s a special sparkle in KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer broadcaster April Miranda’s eyes when she gets animated talking about her love of music, radio, or her family and grandchildren. “One […]

South Of The Border – March 31st, 2020 Who was Cesar Chavez and why is March 30th Cesar Chavez day? Tune in to South Of The Border, Monday March 31st […]

The ever popular Grateful Dead and the beloved, late KVMR volunteer broadcaster Wesley Robertson are a pair of KVMR 89.5 FM icons the Nevada City community radio station hopes will […]

  It all starts this Sunday as the KVMR 2020 Visionaries Membership Drive takes off this Sunday and runs through Leap Day, Saturday, February 29. Become a new member, renew […]

It all starts this Sunday as the KVMR 2020 Visionaries Membership Drive takes off this Sunday and runs through Leap Day, Saturday, February 29. But visions don’t come for free. […]

During his tenure as a member of the avant-garde rock band Sonic Youth, guitarist Thurston Moore was releasing some of his most psychedelic, noisiest and extreme music on solo and […]

They both have won the John Nichols Award for Excellence in Music Programming on KVMR 89.5 FM. And they both have been honored with the Bill Tuttle Award for Lifetime […]

As many of us have heard, the beloved and rare instrument of Mali’s renowned musician, Ballake Sissoko, was reportedly destroyed by US TSA Agents last week. The instrument is a […]

The call came just an hour or so before her program. KVMR 89.5 FM Thursday Music Magazine host Elisa Parker wasn’t feeling well — it’s that time of year — […]

We cannot choose our family, so goes the old saying, but often family members make perfect musical partners. And family musical groups are almost as old music itself. The Beach […]

We freaking LOVE you Coco, your mama & papa get free passes to the Celtic Festival, all because of your preternatural cuteness! However, we had runners-up…    

“This adventure began in 1990 when KVMR was still in ‘The Pit’,” recalled Susan McGuire, referring to the nickname given the Nevada City community radio station’s former office in the […]

KVMR 89.5 FM Volunteer Hall Of Fame member Dennis Brunnenmeyer vividly recalls his first encounter with the Nevada City community radio station. “There I was, washing my new four-wheel drive […]

Hi: I’m Reggie and I’m a new broadcaster.  Passing the test feels like an awesome accomplishment.  I’m more of a right brain person so operating a studio board feels like […]

Although the sun has set on the 2010’s, some of our KVMR & KVMRx broadcasters have taken the time to sift through the past decade & highlight some of the […]

It’s that time again…KVMR’s annual favorite albums of the year. Below you’ll find various lists with all types of musical gems of 2019, from Bluegrass to Hip-Hop, & everything in […]

Time:  one of the few things human beings cannot control, alter or ruin.   No matter who we are or what we have done, we are all traveling in this dimension […]

The radio event of the year was definitely the October utility-mandated blackouts, while a longtime Wednesday Music Magazine host won KVMR 89.5 FM’s Bill Tuttle Lifetime Achievement Award. “Being a […]

Yesterday’s show was an exotic experience but close to home—the Sikh Festival in nearby Yuba City, California which attracts 100,000 faithful from California and out of state. In fact, it’s […]

Note: KVMR Program Committee Awards were also given out and will be posted later this week) From five new members of the KVMR Volunteer Hall of Fame to four “unsung […]

Turkeys are in the air.    Real turkeys with cranberry sauce and yams, of course.  But also Turkey Songs.   They’re songs that are kind of silly, maybe stupid, but […]

Okay, one thing you can say about KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer receptionist Karen Quackenbush is that she’s a true ambassador for the Nevada City community radio station. Just get her […]

KVMR 89.5 FM weathered much of the utility-mandated blackouts very well, received kudos for its collective power shutdown coverage with YubaNet and somehow conducted an on-air membership drive in the […]

A unique form of radio involving KVMR 89.5 FM listeners and supporters will take place at the Nevada City radio station this Saturday (Nov. 23). It’s called making Sonic IDs, […]

There’s no question reggae music is an important part of Nevada County’s diverse musical culture. And KVMR 89.5 FM DJ Redlocks has long been an important part of that scene, […]

It was a KVMR 89.5 FM on-air membership drive like no other. Utility-mandated blackouts were ordered before it, after it…and, yes, during it. So KVMR found itself suspending the drive […]

A new monthly dance party launches Thursday, Nov. 7  at the Miner’s Foundry, downtown Nevada City, from 7 to 10 p.m. —  with disc jockeys from KVMRx, the free-form experimental […]

…is this the place? KVMR, the place for music addicts?  Hi my name is Tally Mark and I’m addicted to music from the strange to the silly and from foreign […]

Yesterday’s show explored the Appalachian Trail and featured local musicians and a book about the first woman to walk the entire trail in one season. If the AT is on […]

Don’t you wish you could be transported back to that magical era of the late 1960s and early 70s when music stretched limits of imagination and seemed to transport you […]

For those who wanted the resources Susan and Del spoke about on this week’s women’s show for Transgender and Gender non-conforming people, here they are! Trevor Project 866-488-7386 Trans Lifeline […]

Next Wednesday, August 28th, I will roll out a stupendous 22 minute jam by the Grateful Dead at the height of their prowess (Providence 1974), take a dip into French […]

Today’s On-Air Guest: Singer-songwriter Susan Gibson of Wimberley, Texas, whose mega-hit Wide Open Spaces covered by The Dixie Chicks catapulted them to stardom in 1998 and firmly established Susan’s songwriting career. Today, […]

Feeling beachy–especially with temps in the 90s? Head to Ventura County, California with 42 miles of glorious beachfront, gorgeous views of the Los Padres National Forest with Mt Pinos cascading […]

Charles Atthill was born into classical music back in England, but now radio’s making a play for his affection. Atthill is one of the rotating hosts of KVMR 89.5 FM’s […]

That ol’ glass slipper that don’t fit no more You got enough stuff to start yourself a department store Yard sale, garage sale, stick on a sign and park it […]

Well, it’s definitely the first time it’s happened this century, and maybe even longer,  but KVMR volunteers elected two broadcasters in their early 30s to the station’s Board of Directors  […]

Okay, imagine this, you’re a 14-year-old babysitter, who confides in your employer how disappointed you were not to get tickets to The Beatles’ Hollywood Bowl performance and how much you […]

Hogshooter? Heck, it’s a very small town in northeast Oklahoma and birthplace of KVMR 89.5 FM’s volunteer broadcaster Che Greenwood, the 30-year host of “Folk Say” every other Wednesday on […]

A week ago, KVMR 89.5 FM Development Associate Jessica Faulks was on Spring Street, helping unload a stage for an Indonesian shadow puppet theater performance during the monthly Art Walk. […]

When Brian McInerney became KVMR 89.5 FM’s new business manager earlier this year, well, the timing was perfect. You see, just as he got the job handling the community non-profit’s […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ8GZ3PFVGM Next Wednesday, July 31 on my show Dawn Eclectica I will set the time machine back 54 years and play songs that were topping the charts on July 31, […]

Feeling beachy–especially with temps in the 90s? Head to Ventura County, California with 42 miles of glorious beachfront, gorgeous views of the Los Padres National Forest with Mt Pinos cascading […]

I was recently certified as a broadcaster in KVMR, it is very exciting to be part of this wonderful community dedicated to service and spreading good vibes! I have two […]

Yep- there’s another KVMR Pet Calendar for 2020- that’s over 150 of your pets, and over 115 hand drawn celebs. The Celebrity portraits (by Olaf Jens) were so beautiful we […]

All Woodstock Music Festival’s Michael Lang was doing in 1969 was trying to produce “this year’s Monterey Pop”. Heck, in ’68, he’d done “Miami Pop”. So why not one in […]

You could say he always put a Good Foot forward. That's because "Good Foot Radio" host Dave Olsen, 77, RIP, and KVMR 89.5 FM were just about a perfect match, [...]

Welcome to Traveller, a talk and music show rotating Fridays on KVMR. My guest June 28 was long-time Nevada City resident Jim Lewis, RN, who leads groups of people to […]

SAN DIEGO --  It was a whirlwind week of networking, story-trading, getting  know how, getting  learn how and getting inspired. That's the 42nd National Federation of Community Radio national conference [...]
It just may have been the first time Ali Lightfoot got a chance to relax and reflect on her first two whirlwind weeks as KVMR's new general manager. With the [...]

Everyone knows the number one topic for songwriting is falling in love.    But a close second?   Falling out of love, for sure.  This Wednesday, June 19 on Dawn […]

Well, this is the week the grass turns blue at the Nevada County Fairgrounds as swarms of mandolins, guitars, fiddles and even banjos fill the site, with the musical occupation [...]
Maybe it's the Beatles. Or The Boss. Aretha?  Joni?  Or a favorite wry songwriter like John Prine. Maybe some Miles Davis jazz.  Or going back further in time to the [...]
The two stalwarts of KVMR 89.5 FM's  Strawberry Music Festival coverage from the Nevada County Fairgrounds this weekend are ready for anything in their sixth annual live remote broadcast -- [...]
The deadline to apply for KVMR 89.5 FM's annual broadcaster training class has been extended to next Monday, May 20th, but it's going to a little different than any other [...]
Jimmi Accardi -- the self-proclaimed "Wild Man" of Monday afternoons on KVMR 89.5 FM -- will hold one final raucous"Rock'n'Roll Party" on the radio station this Monday (May 6) as part of [...]
For the fourth consecutive year, KVMR 89.5 FM is celebrating this Thursday's Big Day Of Giving (Big DOG for short) with three more of its popular "pop-up" live remote broadcasts. [...]
So the 50th anniversary edition of the fabled New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Music Festival is coming live here to, yes, Nevada County. Now, wait, it's in New Orleans, isn't [...]
That "new music guy" has become quite the fixture on Jerianne Van Dijk's Friday Morning Show on KVMR- FM (7-10 a.m., 89.5 FM, 105.1 FM Truckee, kvmr.org streaming) Todd Wahoske usually holds [...]

In celebration of National Poetry Month, KVMR’s Adela Wilcox will moderate a two-hour reading and discussion featuring poets from the foothills of California all the way to the West Bay. […]

Okay, now here's a guy who won an award so many times in a row that they finally gave up and named the darned thing after him. That'd be Terry [...]

TICKETPALOOZA is BACK offering ALL the best events at ALL the BEST prices, ALL IN ONE PLACE! You're welcome KVMR fam! Keep checking back as we are adding NEW events […]

How many of you are sick of the rain?   Well, this broadcaster ain't just sitting here getting wet, he's doing something about it.   Are you ready for almost […]

What a wild weekend they've got over there at KVMR 89.5 FM and KVMRx.org. They've got three, count em, three live events, including the second "Art In The Garden" Art [...]
Time flies when you're having fun. And if they aren't having something more than fun over at KVMRx.org, they're April fooling the rest of us. KVMRx's second stream is celebrating [...]
The organizers of an upcoming KVMR 89.5 FM house concert are inviting music fans to "join us on the Front Porch," according to co-producer Cheri Snook. No, that's not exactly [...]

A very special Sunday Showcase comin' atcha March 24th. We're introducing past & present alt. country stars from the land Down Under.  Tune in at 3:00 PM and get your […]

Sure, KVMR 89.5 FM is a volunteer-driven radio station, but there's so many volunteers, you need someone to coordinate them all. Or maybe two someones, especially since Edy Cassell, KVMR's [...]

Rock'nDownUnder following the Women's Show tonight.  Keeping the theme going with The Women of Downunder sharing an eclectic mix of music.   Keeping Christchurch in our heart beginning with Bic Runga,  […]

On my show Dawn Eclectica I do an occasional feature called Copycats, where I describe copyright infringement battles between artists and composers.  And If you’ve been following this series, you […]

This is, indeed, a big week for longtime KVMR 89.5 FM broadcaster Kim Rogers. On Thursday (March 7), her weekly "Good Stuff" roots music program celebrates its 19th anniversary (2-4 [...]

Welcome to "Liquid Mind," immediately following Dead Air this Saturday March 2 from 10 pm to Midnight. Consciousness expanding music that lends itself to relaxation as well as careful listening; […]

KVMR receives support from Milk Man Toner Company; leasing the latest printers, and offering toner replacement delivery and repair and servicing for just about anything. Milk Man Toner Company services […]

Longtime KVMR 89.5 FM broadcaster Laura Miller was out walking her dogs a few days ago when her cell rang. It was someone from The Prospector as she looked around [...]
Calling all artists and makers...Hear ye! Hear ye! It's your opportunity to be part of this year's KVMR 89.5 FM "Art In The Garden" celebration. The new deadline to apply [...]
By T.J. Meekins Special To Prospector (Editor's Note: Meekins and Thomas Greener will present "Ragged But Right:  The Louisiana Hayride Edition" this Saturday, Feb. 16 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. [...]

Suzanne Webb, host, TRAVELLER, a new show that blends music and travel First episode: Wednesday, February 13, 10pm-Midnight (see KVMR listen tab/archive) First destination: Memphis TN Travelling is an expanding […]

It's that time again- Winter Membership Drive time. We hope you'll "Get Your Heart On" KVMR style, and step up for community radio. We know you love the music and […]

Using photographs on radio? Well, not usually. But when they are two 20 by 24 inch classic photos of folk icon Joni Mitchell by legendary rock music photographer Henry Diltz, [...]

Peter Blachley of Morrison Hotel Gallery is NEW broadcaster at KVMR & donated photographs by Henry Diltz! These beautiful photographs are incentives for listeners to become members in our upcoming […]

Award-winning singer-songwriter Crys Matthews makes her Nevada County debut in a special KVMR 89.5 FM Community Room concert Sunday, February 17 at 5 p.m. in downtown Nevada City, but that's [...]

On January 30, 1969 the Beatles surprised a central London office and fashion district with an impromptu concert from the roof of the headquarters of the band's multimedia corporation Apple […]

That sly KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer folk disc jockey Laurie DesJardin is at it again. Four years ago, the Nevada City eclectic radio station's first house concert in its new [...]
One thing you can count on this Monday at KVMR 89.5 FM's 37th Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Gospel Concert is you'll hear a stirring version of "We Shall Overcome." [...]

Hey hey we're the Monkees!   Michael Nesmith will always be best known as a member of the much beloved and much disparaged 60's pop group, but he did go […]

There are two late folk icons who have roles in bringing folksinger/multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon back here once again for the twenty fourth or so time with a solo concert this [...]
More proof that KVMR 89.5 FM veers all over the musical map -- and then some -- is in the pudding, well, the "top ten" favorites lists below. Very few [...]

More proof that KVMR 89.5 FM veers all over the musical map — and then some — is in the pudding, well, the “top ten” favorites lists below. Very few […]

More proof that KVMR 89.5 FM veers all over the musical map -- and then some -- is in the pudding, well, the "top ten" favorites lists below. Very few [...]

It's almost 2019:  a new year, a new Congress and maybe a new President?   After a month's absence, I'm ready to roar into 2019 with another edition of Dawn Eclectica, […]

I cry with joy when I see happy commercials, I can even go into an immediate weep watching a touching and heartfelt piece with a happy ending.  When I listen […]

It was a virtual "lovefest" that was wild and crazy at times, yet poignant and moving at others. KVMR 89.5 FM's holiday party featured the station's annual program awards as [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM Board of Directors member -- and volunteer broadcaster -- Diane McIntire was named the non-profit radio station's 2018 Volunteer of The Year at the radio station's Volunteer [...]
Okay, over the past 40 years now, they've offered KVMR 89.5 FM baseball caps, coffee mugs, socks, paper dolls, undershorts, teeshirts (duh. dozens of designs) and on and on. Never [...]

Did you know there is a brand new version of The White Album?   Thats right, to commemorate the 50th anniversary The Beatles iconic self-titled album, the group has has released […]

Local band Analog Dragon just released a brand new single, Everlasting Soul Intro (instrumental). They will be performing live in-studio just after 9:00 am this morning. Check out their brand […]

Sunday Showcase with the Z-Man Please join me on Sunday Showcase December 9th from 3 – 5 PM. My special guest will be Michael Zagaris (The Z-Man) official photographer of […]

Well, it's just one of those captivating weeks at KVMR 89.5 FM, with a live broadcast of what many call a truly "real deal" intimate blues concert 7 p.m. this [...]

Why are commercial radio stations so averse to playing any song longer than 5 minutes?    A long song gives the artists a chance to stretch their musical creativity.   And it […]

It may be Black Friday in pop culture and consumerism, but KVMR 89.5 FM is taking an entirely different tact on the day after Thanksgiving this year. "Mood At Shelters [...]

Here's anothe rway we can help victims of the Camp Fire in Paradise. The Superintendent of Butte County Office of Education has sent out the following message and requests. "The […]

In honor of Thanksgiving, Dawn Eclectica on Wednesday November 21 will feature an entire show of "Turkeys."  Turkeys are songs or spoken word tracks that are corny or silly, maybe […]

Jump aboard on a musical ride as we host "Cool Tracks" on a special Sunday Showcase. Dozens of tracks about tracks, leaving the station at 3:00 PM.  It's more than […]

If you're an election junkie like me, you'll be up at least half the night watching/following election returns Tuesday.    But why stop there?   My show Dawn Eclectica airs […]

Well, it's the 2018 midterm elections, historically more divided than almost ever, and one area radio station will be providing live coverage of national, state, regional and, yup, local results [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM representatives recently joined about 30 other community radio stations at the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) Regional Summit in Santa Rosa, where disaster and fire coverage [...]

On the next edition of Dead Air, listen to music highlights from Grateful Dead albums newly released this year. Dead Air host Art Porebski will feature music from these albums […]

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October 25, 2018

Molly Fisk Essay, Adult Homework

"Hair" is back, some 50 years after the original hit Broadway musical and nearly 40 years after the 1979 musical anti-war film. The movie version of the story -- directed [...]

Why have songs about trains become such an iconic centerpiece of American music? Ever since the underground railroad provided a path out of slavery, trains have represented freedom and escape […]

It all starts with illustrated magnets, a hike,  Essential Backroads, what someone has up his bluegrass sleeve, the Greatest Hits of World War I, a Classical Music Love-In, a ghost [...]
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October 12, 2018

Get Out The Vote Promo from KVMR

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October 12, 2018

Molly Fisk essay, Skin in the Game

Every rock music fan knows about Pink Floyd's famous Dark Side of the Moon, one of the best selling albums of all time, but few are aware of the origins […]

We are starting off our Fall Drive this Friday, October 12- join KVMR to Make Your Voice Heard & Make a Difference by supporting community radio. We have new, fresh [...]

My next interview will be with "The man who shot the Seventies" Mick Rock. Just in time for the new Freddie Mercury film "Bohemian Rhapsody". Mick will tell us all […]

Here is episode #19 of The Beer Show featuring local breweries that won medals at this years Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colo. Representatives of the brewers will be […]

Somewhat recently the world lost the legendary female voice of Aretha Franklin. Her passing has inspired a resurgence of some of her greatest hits and led to a jump on […]

In a December edition of my Copycats series, I told the tale of a lawsuit for copyright infringement brought by the estate of Randy California (nee Randy Wolfe) against Jimmy […]

Now Allen Aastrom has a last name that pretty much guaranteed he'd be in the first seat of the first row in study hall. You know, alphabetical order... "Oh, and [...]
When  asked if he feels like he's in the hot seat, KVMR-FM Board President David Franco stands up, touches his chair, grins and says "it's not too bad." Just about [...]

Dawn Eclectica returns on September 26 – will we know the fate of the Supreme Court by then? Who the funk cares? This show will feature a nostalgic return to […]

Hey! This week's Early Morning Ramble with John Adams will include…..ME!  I have just passed my cert, and to my surprise, John has not banned me from his studio.  Entirely.  […]

The Bridge 105.7 FM is here. KVMR-FM,  Nevada City's 40-year-old non-profit community radio station, now has a second, yes, second over-the-air signal in western Nevada County offering different programming services [...]

And right after Diana’s Red Eye show, Dawn Eclectica returns, 4-7 am Wednesday 9/12, massaging your musical libido & stimulating your mind.   Azam Ali treats us to a fusion […]

They're back, they're free, with fun and a great learning experience included at no extra cost. Or so says KVMR Celtic Festival Youth Arts Program coordinator Laurie DesJardins, who notes [...]

Please join me on September 12 from midnight to 4a.m.  I will be featuring music from some of my favorite guitarists from the 1970's and 80's.  Also, coming up on […]

Well, it could be a couple of old dogs learning new tricks. Or you could say it's a pair of new dogs learning old tricks. Or some combination thereof. Bob [...]

What do Jimmy Durante, Sandy Denny, Miles Davis, Tim McGraw, Magic Giant, Bonnie Raitt and Jethro Tull all have in common?    Why, they will all be played on my […]

All the best tickets all IN ONE PLACE, most at DISCOUNT PRICES!! TICKETPALOOZA supports free-speech community radio, live music throughout our region, AND YOU GET GREAT DEALS. Tune in Friday […]

So new volunteer KVMR 89.5 FM broadcaster Peter Blachley has his first daytime radio show coming up later this month. Is he easing into it? You know, playing it safe? [...]

I am thrilled to have passed my on-air test on August 05.  Many thanks to friend and KVMR broadcaster Iris Bilodeau for suggesting I try the broadcaster training class and […]

Once again, it's Nevada County Fair Week. And, once again, KVMR 89.5 FM will bring almost all of its daytime programming out to its Fair broadcast booth near the end [...]

We live in a land full of magical rivers. The Yuba, the American, the Truckee, the Eel, the Sacramento — rivers are the lifeblood of Northern California. And rivers have […]

The journey all began when I spotted KVMR’s Broadcaster’s Training Workshop announcement for two weekend days in April. I happen to be free and I was interested in learning the […]

Comin' atcha' tonight at 10:PM.  Spinning some of the best tracks from Down Under. Getcha' dancing shoes on and get ready to "Get Down! Thats tonight. 10PM till Midnight. Only […]

When: Monday 6th August. Where: Kvmr 10 – midnight. What: New Zealand and Australian music exclusively. Why: Good stuff!

The way KVMR volunteer broadcaster Cheri Snook tells it, when fellow KVMR broadcaster Wesley Robertson heard the news that acclaimed Nevada County rock band Achilles Wheel was going to open [...]
Sure, we've offered KVMR 89.5 FM socks, cookbooks, baseball caps, undershorts, paper dolls, tote bags (to carry your totes) and on and on over the years . So why not [...]

         

We love Monday! We love our lineup this week, from the uplifting little instrumentals of Radius to the incredibly powerful voice of Alice Terry, just 24 years old and with […]

Well, you couldn't have  much more success than KVMR 89.5 FM's "Summer Of Love" celebration a year ago:  they ran out of wristbands for an event that was selling low-priced [...]
Okay, it's a chance to experience the whole shebang. KVMR 89.5 FM has added an extra incentive to its upcoming free Community Open House tours next Wednesday (July 18) at the station's [...]

I just got my KVMR broadcaster certification today. I’m proud to be apart of the KVMR team. My first Redeye will be Monday, 7/16.

On the next edition of Dawn Eclectica with Paul Berger. Previously, Paul's Copycats series explained how Robbin Thicke got into a legal thicket by ripping off Marvin Gaye's "Got to […]

Summer is in full swing now, and for many of us, that means it's time to head for the Sierra summit!  If you've got a hankering to hike, Rowton Peak, […]

It isn't every day you get to hear back-to-back live broadcasts of major music festivals, but this is definitely the month for it on KVMR 89.5 FM. This July really [...]

Alfred Lambremont Webre (born May 24, 1942) is an American author, lawyer, futurist, peace activist, environmental activist, and a space activist who promotes the ban of space weapons.

Are you ready for some musical fireworks this 4th of July?  This Wednesday on Dawn Eclectica Paul Berger will present Songs of Patriotism, Protest and Political Rabble Rousing – songs […]

Wynn Free, musician, author of The Reincarnation of Edgar Casey (2004), and researcher into the non-local, non physical realm joins The Blue Garage to discuss the research he has conducted […]

KVMR's coverage of this year's High Sierra Music Festival starts off with a four-hour marathon evening performance by the jam band String Cheese Incident. Whew, it doesn't get much better [...]

Wynn comes from a background as a physics major at UC Berkeley. He tends to be scientific, logical and skeptical. And now he finds himself in the middle of what […]

Thursday June 28, from 11AM-1PM we're going to have a special Good News Show broadcast featuring representatives from all around Nevada County, including: Yuba River Cohort & Law Enforcement Public […]

Listen to a new take on local police reports narrated by Peter Blachley in his ongoing series called simply “The Police Blotter,” A regular feature on Peter Blachley’s KVMR broadcasts […]

It's back. Classical music returns to KVMR 89.5 FM with Classics Declassified, a new program that aims to take listeners on a diverse journey into the world of old and new classical music [...]

What happens when a rap group blatantly copies a well-known 60’s rock tune for the purpose of skewering it by way of parody? Find out next Wednesday as I continue […]

Classical music doesn’t have to be boring and stuffy—and we’re here to prove it! Every first and third Sunday from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, join one of us intrepid hosts […]

I never planned to become a broadcaster. I never planned much of anything. My career was planned retrospectively. Looking back, each move made sense, but I had no idea when […]

When you submit an event or class for KVMR 89.5 FM's Community Calendar or public service announcements, chances are Hall of Famer Barbara Graves will handle it for you. "I've [...]

With the summer solstice fast approaching, we are so out there havin’ fun in the warm California sun!  On the next edition of Dawn Eclectica, I will present a sun-splashed […]

WEED, CA — It's a slice of railroad heaven, and maybe that's why it's not always the easiest to find the Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture here the first [...]

Monday nights show starts off with a tribute to guitar legend Phil Emmanuel who died suddenly on May 24, 2018.  update: Tommy Emmanuel Pays Tribute To Late Brother Phil: 'He […]

With the fifth Strawberry Music Festival set to open at the Nevada County Fairgrounds this holiday weekend, it seems like the venerable spring version of the festival has found a [...]

Bad Radio is a secret archive of shows devoted to a society of 20th century avant-garde musicians and their influences. The sixth installment looks at the static music from the […]

On Wednesday, May 23rd SOS Radio interviews Al Schmit, who at the age of 80, reversed his long standing heart disease to become a thriving elder!  Also in the studio […]

This Wednesday May 23 on the next installment of Dawn Ecelectica, I will pay tribute to the artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month in […]

When Tony Beverly graduated high school, he wrote that his dream job was to be the next Wolfman Jack, the legendary '60s late night radio disc jockey who was also [...]

How many Beatle songs have been covered by other artists? A gazillion. Ever want to hear them played one after another after another? Well, your day (night) has finally arrived. […]

It's KVMR's 40th birthday and we are CELEBRATING 40 Years on the Air with special limited edition SWAG. You'll be walking on AIR when you become a sustaining member and […]

Bad Radio is a secret archive of shows devoted to a society of 20th century avant-garde musicians and their influences. The fifth installment looks at Terry Riley. From 1962-1964 Riley […]

Wednesday May 16 from 4-7 am – Dawn Eclectica returns.   In the 1960's, Merrilee Rush had a smash hit about premarital sex called Angel of the Morning.  I will reveal the incredible […]

Rock'n Down Under is taking a Bi-partisan approach on this week's Sunday Showcase.     Playing our Downunder music while adding some American goodies into the mix.   Emphasis:   just playing good […]

So after nearly four decades of teeshirts, tote bags, mugs, LPs, CDs, books, tickets and dozens of other items, what did KVMR 89.5 FM come up with to celebrate its [...]
Hey, Thursday's Big Day of Giving "pop-up" remote broadcasts at various locales were just the beginning of KVMR 89.5 FM's spring membership drive, running through May 10. Now comes the start of a [...]

Bad Radio is a secret archive of shows devoted to a society of 20th century avant-garde musicians and their influences. The fourth installment looks at Terry Riley's early music. Terry […]

Please join Katherine Porebski on the KVMR Women's Show, tonight (Monday 4/30, 8-10 pm) for a full two hours of Women in Blues with mostly contemporary Women Blues Musicians, and […]

King Tuff – Circuits in the Sand – 3:00 King Tuff – Thru the Cracks – 3:37 Janelle Monae – Pynk (feat. Grimes) – 4:00 Janelle Monae – Make Me […]

Bad Radio is a secret archive of shows devoted to a society of 20th century avant-garde musicians and their influences. The third installment looks at La Monte Young. In 1964 […]

A couple years ago, some KVMR 89.5 FM staff and volunteers were brainstorming for a way to better integrate the national Big Day Of Giving (Big DOG for short) into [...]

Bad Radio is a secret archive of shows devoted to a society of 20th century avant-garde musicians and their influences.  The second installment looks at La Monte Young. "La Monte […]

 Earth Day Event & Broadcasts  On  Saturday morning April 22 the Golden Road will travel from the dark of night to the rays of sun rise to welcome Earth Day […]

This Sunday April 22 is Earth Day – the one day that we celebrate this marvelous planet that keeps us alive all 365 days of the year. And the Paulie […]

It was a veritable poetry lovefest they had on the San Juan Ridge earlier this month featuring readings by legendary poets Gary Snyder and Will Staple. And there's good reason [...]

Bad Radio is a secret archive of shows devoted to a society of 20th century avant-garde musicians and their influences. The first installment looks at La Monte Young. New York […]

  This Wednesday from 4-7 am, the Paulie Morphous Show returns with a bonus edition, the best set of music that ever filled a 3 hour time-slot.   These songs go together […]

The radio remotes just keep on comin'. KVMR 89.5 FM kicked off another round of live remote broadcasts of  forums and town hall meetings with  the League of Women Voters [...]

Paulie Morphous took a break last Sunday, but fear not. I make up for it with an action-packed four hour marathon starting at midnight Thursday —- live performances by the […]

Amen Dunes – Miki Dora – Freedom – 5:04 King Tuff – Psycho Star – 4:41 Shame – Concrete – Songs of Praise – 3:34 Parquet Courts – Almost Had […]

It wasn't an April Fools Day prank a year ago after all. That's the day KVMR started its off-the-dial online streaming service at kvmrx.org -- designed to attract a new and younger [...]

On March 28th SOS Radio interviews Dr. Will Tuttle, author of the World Peace Diet about identity politics, world war 3 and veganism.  You can find out more about Will […]

It's our pleasure to sit in for Hap Hazard this Friday.  Even though we won't be reading any astrological  forecasts, we'll be spinning some cool tracks from all over the […]

A world in chaos.  Two progressive political leaders assassinated within three months.  A President beleaguered by an unpopular war and challenged by a poetry-quoting intellectual decides not to run again. […]

Four years ago, Cynthia Tweed was sitting in her home office, toiling away at her job selling software products and, no doubt, listening to KVMR. Working at home—every cubicle-dweller’s dream, [...]
The KVMR and Strawberry Music Festival communities will come together at noon Saturday, March 17 at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City to celebrate the life of Wesley Robertson. Robertson [...]

Do you love car songs as much as I do?    In Larry Lund’s absence, I will be taking over Sunrise Serenade, Wednesday March 14 from 4-7 am.     And I’m going […]

KVMR celebrates women all over the world and women here in our radio community this International Womens Day, March 8th. The KVMR Womens Collective, producers of the Monday night Womens […]

Brian Wilson is generally recognized as a musical genius.   Heck, even Paul McCartney said Wilson was a big influence on him and called "God Only Knows" the greatest song ever […]

Our cherished KVMR family and friends: We have truly lost a one-of-a-kind, larger than life, unique KVMR character and talent. Wesley Robertson died late this morning from massive injuries he [...]

Please tune in to KVMR Radio, 89.5 on your FM Dial tomorrow (Wed) at noon. I'll be hosting the SOS Radio Hour and Kayle Martin, author of Cowgirls and Collard […]

Like the nocturnal flightless kiwi bird, and the mostly nocturnal koala bear, a third 'creature' comes from Down-under.  The Rockndownunder Show is emerging into the daylight for one brief Sunday-Showcase-moment-in-time […]

Saturday night has a brand new groove at KVMR 89.5 FM. “Radio Nomadica” (alternating Saturdays, 10 to midnight), with host Jeffrey Philpott, debuted January 27. After a break for the [...]
Over a dozen years ago, then-KVMR 89.5 FM news producer Carolyn Crane approached poet/teacher/life coach Molly Fisk about doing a weekly essay on the station's Evening News program. "She said, [...]

      On the next Red Eye Radio midnight to 4 am this Saturday February 17, I’ll continue with my Copycats series.   Learn how Jimmy Page and his […]

Here we go again- all the best promoters come together to show KVMR listeners the love for our WINTER MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. ALL the BEST events in our region, ALL TOGETHER […]

A Valentine Tribute to You Loving Yourself and to  All Lovers   Relationship Perspectives “Are you having the Best Sex of your life?  No?  Why not??" Then tune in to […]

Did famed rock star John Fogerty plagiarize himself?   That was the accusation in a notorious lawsuit brought in 1993 by the owner of the copyright to a Credence Clearwater […]

Relationship Perspectives “Are you having the Best Sex of your life?  No?  Why not??" Then tune in to our upcoming show, How to Have the Greatest Sex at Any Age […]

Sunday morning insomniacs (this means you Susan) unite!   The Paulie Morphous Show arrives on January 28 at 4 am and will keep you on your toes til 7.   […]

Golden Road Radio show   kvmr Sunday showcase 5-7pm    Michael Green. Afterculture  Post Electricity Culture    James Hipkins  Agtech Conference  Farming & Technology    Food to Farm  Conference  Rachel […]

Tune into SOS Radio on KVMR FM 89.5 or www.kvmr.org Wednesday, January 24th during the noon hour to hear an interview with Shelly Frost about the upcoming Animal Film Festival. Around the […]

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Beginner’s Luck – 4:25 King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Superposition – 3:35 Tune-Yards – ABC 123 – 3:34 Tune-Yards – Heart […]

Father John Misty  – Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution – 4:18 Perfume Genius – Slip Away – 2:45 The War on Drugs – Pain […]

Jim James – Lucky Man – 4:18 Jim James – The World Is Falling Down – 3:59 Belle and Sebastian – Sweet Dew Lee – 6:29 Belle and Sebastian – […]

  From 12-4 am next Wednesday, January 24 (that's late late Tuesday night for you working folks), Paulie morphs back onto the airwaves for a special Red Eye Radio.   […]

Tonight on Pet Sounds @ 10pm I'll be diving into the vaults with new archive releases from The Beach Boys, Tim Buckley, The Monkees, Bob Dylan, The Choir & more. […]

The critically-acclaimed film "The Work" will have its Northern California premiere at the Del Oro Theatre, downtown Grass Valley,  on Thursday, January 25th at 7 p.m. The documentary, which won the [...]

You talk about a community tradition, well, this is one that truly lives on, from the early 1980s until now. For the, yup, 36th year, the Bethel AME Church Choir […]

My friend and longtime KVMR broadcaster Richard Dunk has moved on to the other side. A beautiful mind full of creative passion for FM radio in the truest sense, Richard […]

Joyce Miller – Midnight Sun – Thursdays 8pm-10pm Ani DiFranco – Binary Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway Habadekuk – Mollevit Jens Lekman – Life Will See You Now Monoswezi – A […]

More proof that KVMR 89.5 FM plays a wide variety of music is certainly in the pudding below, once again.  (And check our our Music Dept page for the 3-dimensional experience!) Very [...]
Last week's KVMR 89.5 FM Volunteer Appreciation and Awards Party turned into a virtual lovefest for volunteer broadcaster Richard Dunk, winner of the station's Lifetime Achievement Award that night. Dunk, [...]
Now, how can you pass up something with the title "The First Time Ever Old-Time Holiday Radio Pageant Extravaganza!"? That's more than a title and a half, it sounds good [...]
A special KVMR 89.5 FM benefit showing this Sunday of the new film "Duck's Breath Grand Finale" won't have the fancy trimmings that usually accompany a movie premiere. "The price of red [...]
It was an old ramshackle barn with rickety, mismatched chairs, no heat in the winter, no AC in the sweltering summer, and a leaky roof. But when the Palms Playhouse [...]
Non-profit radio station KVMR 89.5 FM's annual Music Sale is shaping up as quite the downtown Grass Valley party this weekend, but it's got a real good cause in mind. [...]
He's back, and he's raring to go. Former KVMR 89.5 FM General Manager Brian Terhorst -- also a longtime popular Saturday morning radio host at the Nevada City radio station -- returns [...]
Over the past couple decades, Indigenous Peoples Day (IPD)programming has grown to be a real tradition on KVMR 89.5 FM. What started out as a broadcaster or two at the [...]
In September 1996,  KVMR broadcaster and volunteer Jenny Michael found herself in a tiny merchandise booth at the very first KVMR Celtic Festival. She and then-festival producer Karen Carchidi did [...]
You see, it sorta comes with the late night territory. A lot of people turn in early on Sunday nights and miss Meri St. Mary's The Underground Sound (alternate Sundays, 10 p.m. [...]
“If the Carter Family, Robbie Robertson and Alfred Hitchcock had written songs together, they might sound like this.” That's singer-songwriter and Emmy-winning composer Ernest Troost’s self-introduction when he takes the [...]
Once again, KVMR 89.5 FM moves its daytime programming out to the Nevada County Fair for eight hours or so a day of making community  radio in front of, yup, [...]
KVMR celebrates its birthday with a BBQ and a potluck, but the community jam is the frosting on the cake. Earlier this month KVMR sponsored a concert at Pioneer Park [...]
KVMR has more than 150 volunteer broadcasters, and usually they’re raring to get on the air and play music. But sometimes fate intervenes, in the form of laryngitis, a flat [...]
It's the 21st California Worldfest this weekend, and, hmm, the 21st time KVMR 89.5 FM will broadcast it, beginning to end. Only the names are changing a little this year. [...]
Broadcaster Johnny Gallagher, host of the Tuesday Music Magazine on KVMR 89.5 FM, grew up in San Francisco, just five blocks from Haight Street. When the Summer of Love blossomed [...]
You could say the fishing's been good for KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer broadcaster/producers Betty Louise and Susan Davis. Not only have they "caught" over 50 personal stories so far as [...]
Back in June of 1987, volunteer broadcaster Brian Lee's love for a particular era of oldies found his radio home on KVMR 89.5 FM. Thirty years later this very month, [...]
There's something pretty special about KVMR 89.5 FM's broadcast tent at the annual Father's Day Bluegrass Festival. Just about every year -- when the main stage is empty or between [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM's live broadcast of summer music festivals gets "The Strawberry Way" kickoff this holiday weekend when the Nevada City radio station carries 50, yes, 50 hours from the [...]
Well, they've gone from being humble KVMR 89.5 FM phone volunteers to the hosts of what may be the only "Down Under" music show of its kind in the country. [...]
The Big DOGs are already howling on KVMR 89.5 FM, which has so embraced the national Day Of Giving (DOG) to community non-profits that the Nevada City public radio station [...]
That darn Paule Castro. One of the co-hosts of the KVMR 89.5 FM biweekly series, "Zen Tech," he and good friend Glenn Far (they met through KVMR, duh) wanted to [...]
It just sounds so, um, Ridge-y, we guess the word would be. She calls herself Starlight Kompost, with roots deep on the fabled San Juan Ridge where she's lived since [...]
This Saturday could be one of the biggest days in radio station KVMR's history. Or it could just be the "beta launch" of a new, millennial-oriented online stream the Nevada City [...]
Back last summer when the Animal House Revisit-TIN project was mostly just an optimistic glint in the eyes of KVMR 89.5 FM and the Nevada Theatre collaborating with the Nevada [...]
Beautiful things can evolve from humble beginnings. Anita Sandwina and Velvy Appleton first crossed paths in 2003 at a late-night campsite jam at the Strawberry Music Festival. The night was dark, [...]
And just what would be about the best day to debut a radio program about...beer? St. Patrick's Day, of course. And that's just what Tom Dalldorf and Wesley Robertson intend [...]
Mike Bissell just plain "grew up loving radio," he says. The KVMR Wednesday Morning Show (7 a.m. to 10 a.m.) host remembers the Top 40 rock station era, of course, but he [...]
It's just the way KVMR 89.5 FM seems to be, sometimes... ready for the next big thing. Aretha Franklin announces she's retiring after this year, ironically, at the same time [...]
Uh-oh. At KVMR 89.5 FM, the on-air winter membership drive starts this coming Monday morning and goes for a week. But station officials say that simply means it's time to tune in [...]
Nothing is likely to stop a pair of determined 2016 KVMR broadcaster class graduates and "story catchers" from producing a four-way tale about Nevada County's homeless, especially now that they [...]
Christopher Redlocks, a longtime KVMR reggae disc jockey, will be feted this Friday night on his actual 50th birthday with a special show at the Crazy Horse in downtown Nevada City. The 8 [...]
Three consecutive nights, three different cities, three live remote music and theater broadcasts. That's how KVMR 89.5 FM is hoping to kick off its remote broadcast year this week by [...]
For the 35th -- yes, 35th -- year, the Bethel AME Church Choir of Marysville will make their yearly trek to Nevada City this Monday for  KVMR 89.5 FM's annual Martin Luther [...]
Proof that KVMR 89.5 FM plays a wide variety of music is certainly in the pudding below. Very few 2016 albums -- and even fewer "best sellers" --show up on [...]
A longtime Wednesday Music Magazine host is KVMR-FM's 2016 Bill Tuttle Lifetime Achievement Award winner, while three women swept the station's excellence in music programming awards -- the first time that has [...]
As well over 250 star-gazing KVMR 89.5 FM volunteers and broadcasters gathered at the Miner's Foundry Great Hall to watch the Nevada City radio station's holiday awards ceremony Tuesday, the post-dinner [...]
On the weekend before Thanksgiving, it was a unique way for KVMR 89.5 FM to say thanks to some of its supporters. Last Saturday, around 50 KVMR listeners and friends [...]
Sometimes, they could use a traffic cop inside KVMR's downtown Nevada City studios on Saturday afternoons. That's when Rockin' & Stompin' host Wesley Robertson hosts up to three -- and sometimes more [...]
Okay, he just decided to take the KVMR 89.5 FM broadcaster training class last spring. Passed that, became one of the Nevada City non-commercial station's newbies. Then he took a [...]
Herbalist, author and KVMR 89.5 FM "Garden Forum" host Kathi Keville never dreamed she'd write 15 books. "Of course not, no," she laughs. "I wasn't even thinking of writing a [...]
First of all, it ain't your mother's old-fashioned Ladies Club cookbook. And, secondly, it's both the appetizer and first course, so to speak, of KVMR-FM's autumn membership drive, which starts Monday on [...]
She calls the volunteer job "a whirlwind", and it is, going one weekend from greeting attendees and helping count money at the KVMR Celtic Festival and Marketplace to starting a [...]
In a tradition that began nearly two decades ago, KVMR 89.5 FM will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with a day-long live remote broadcast Sunday and a day full of special programming from [...]
Twenty KVMR Celtic Festivals, twenty teeshirts. Except one shirt is very different. Instead of a list of the year's festival performers, it's mostly a list of those who cancelled. That [...]
It isn't every day kids and teens between the ages of 10 and 18 can find something that's "free, fun and you learn something, too." At least that's one way [...]
Hard to believe, but it's a year ago this week that KVMR 89.5 FM's Wesley Robertson last produced one of the Nevada City radio station's live music festival broadcasts. Sure, [...]
Another experiment in community engagement comes to the airwaves of KVMR 89.5 FM and the radio station's Community Room this Sunday night on the 15th anniversary of 9/11. It's a [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer broadcaster Joyce Miller grew up a child of the media, and she's never really completely let go. This holiday weekend, she'll keep busy substitute hosting not [...]
Paul Sanders is your bona fide, genuine, certified KVMR 89.5 FM newbie. He's fresh from the Nevada City radio station's 2016 training class, he's full of ideas, and he's doing [...]
Well, the 2016 Nevada County Fair is one event that KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer broadcaster "Mystic Al" Camillo will never forget. There he was in the KVMR tent, as the [...]
For the 20th time, KVMR 89.5 FM will move almost all of its daytime programming out to the Nevada County Fair, once again giving fairgoers a unique opportunity to observe [...]
Okay, Michael Keene is inexorably known as host of KVMR's long-running, popular and unique Hawaiian music program. It's one of the few such shows outside the Hawaiian Islands themselves, though [...]
Stories are starting to flow about the former KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer broadcaster known as the California Okie, named after a  Buck Owens song about someone with Oklahoma connections. Mark [...]
Well, the tradition continues. KVMR 89.5 FM will celebrate its 38th birthday with a shindig this Sunday afternoon, although it'll be at a new location -- Grass Valley's Condon Park. [...]
Doesn't it always seem to get real busy and crammed around your birthday? Just consider what KVMR 89.5 FM's got going in July, the month the station turns 38 years [...]
It may have been a little odd that KVMR 89.5 FM broadcaster Michael Axelman got a "Rookie Of The Year" award at a volunteer appreciation banquet last December. But then [...]
Stop by KVMR 89.5 FM's new building almost any Friday afternoon, and you'll get to meet volunteer receptionist Therese Tesene. And if you like and if the phone isn't ringing off the [...]
DENVER — Now how can a national conference about radio end up being about something other than, um, radio? Easy when it's the 40th National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) [...]
It's almost the stuff of legends what motivated KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer broadcaster Eric Rice to produce the first live remote broadcast of the Father's Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival 31 [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM kicks off its live remote summer music festival broadcast schedule this coming holiday weekend by featuring "The Strawberry Way" this Thursday through Sunday at the Nevada County [...]
Pretty often, the first thing you notice about longtime music artist Joe Craven are the clothes. KVMR 89.5 FM Chief Engineer Dave Barnett remembers walking around a corner at a [...]
Take a deep breath, everyone. When Democracy Now! host and author Amy Goodman was asked  why listeners should support KVMR 89.5 FM during the non-profit radio station's membership drive last [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM barrels into the final weekend of its "Make It Rain" spring membership drive, with everything from Michael Franti and "Men Are From Mars"  to county supervisor candidates,  [...]
Next week marks the last KVMR 89.5 FM on-air membership drive for nearly half a year, and it's got a pretty optimistic theme: "Make it rain." Um, more precipitation outside [...]
A year ago, KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer broadcaster Laurie DesJardins had this idea to bring the three-part harmonies of Brother Sun all the way from the east coast to be [...]
Okay, when folks say KVMR 89.5 FM broadcaster Randy McKean can be a little out there, well, after all, that was the purpose of his new music "The Outpost" radio [...]
In an era of brutish, childish and highly polarized political behavior, a pair of upcoming public affairs programs  demonstrates how KVMR 89.5 FM  is working to cross the current political [...]
It isn't every day you run into jousting knights, an enchanted forest, a talking pony, and, of course, a family of dysfunctional giants. But to Joe McHugh, that's part of [...]
They say time flies  when you're having fun. Well, that's certainly true at KVMR 89.5 FM, which celebrates the first birthday of its new building Thursday (Feb. 25) following 12 months that [...]
Longtime native storyteller Johnny Moses will be decorating the KVMR Community Room this Saturday afternoon not only with folklore but with paintings, beadwork and other visual art. Moses -- a Tulalip tribal [...]
It isn't every day that someone in their mid-'80s decides to pick up a guitar and learn to play it. And it's even rarer when, at 93, he makes his [...]
You may have heard that Michael Moore has been in the hospital with pneumonia. Well, good news, As of Friday, Michael is at home recovering and doing well.  If he's well [...]
For the 34th year, the Bethel AME Church Choir of Marysville will travel here Monday, January 18th for KVMR 89.5 FM's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Gospel Concert -- only this [...]
Dance to the music, said Sly Stone, albeit that was "back in the day." Well? Things just keep getting hyperactive -- and then some -- as KVMR 89.5 FM holds [...]
A 30-year veteran blues program host won a Lifetime Achievement Award, while an out-of-place radio special on fire safety nabbed top honors for "radio event of the year" in KVMR [...]
Three KVMR 89.5 FM broadcasters are the newest members of the Nevada City radio station's Volunteer Hall of Fame. Ralph Henson, Russ Roy and Diane McIntire received the honors Tuesday night at [...]
When you're thinking of a Christmas music special, The Grateful Dead aren't  exactly the entertainers that normally would come to your mind. But they'll be front and center stage for [...]
Sure, KVMR 89.5 FM's volunteer broadcasters can perfect a song-to-song segue, find that special golden oldie, interview an artist coming to town or bring you storm and fire updates. But [...]
Ten years ago this week, poet/teacher Molly Fisk began writing and recording a weekly essay for KVMR 89.5 FM's Evening News. In fact, she's done it so often now that [...]
Exactly 100 years ago this month, iconic labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill was killed by a firing squad in Salt Lake City for the murder of a grocer and [...]
On a week in which the Nevada City radio station is busy seeking on-air financial donations, KVMR 89.5 FM is publicly unveiling two free gifts in return for its listeners' [...]
Just how do you celebrate KVMR 89.5 FM's longest running Morning Show host as he nears his 20th year on air? That was the problem posed to the non-commercial station's [...]
"From out of the past, return with us now to those golden days of radio...with your hosts David and Linda Breninger." Like an invisible beam, clothed in the darkness of [...]
On the heels of a successful 19th annual KVMR Celtic Festival that survived lightning, thunder, wind and even something called rain comes still another KVMR 89.5 FM tradition -- the [...]
Okay, KVMR Celtic Festival Producer John Taber maybe hasn't seen it all in music, but he's certainly been there a lot. A 15-year employee of Bill Graham Presents, Taber worked [...]
You wouldn't think listening to someone as they walk across the country would necessarily build your loyalty to a radio station. But to Marion Peterson, it opened her ears to [...]
Whew, with still another Open House in the rear view mirror (as part of the Nevada Theatre's 150th anniversary), KVMR 89.5 FM isn't slowing down a bit. The 19th annual [...]
Ten years ago this week was one of the brightest moments in KVMR 89.5 FM history, even if the circumstances were dim. It was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM broadcaster Felton Pruitt credits his youth for his love of radio, something he has in common with scores of other KVMR volunteers. Only one thing is different.  [...]
One thing definitely stands out about this year's annual KVMR Music Sale. It's at KVMR. For the very first time, the non-commercial, eclectic radio station will hold the popular sale [...]
Normally, the sound of folk, roots and bluegrass music fill the airwaves of KVMR 89.5 FM each Saturday morning. But this is no "normal" year when it comes to dry weather conditions [...]
To the late, legendary folksinger/storyteller U. Utah Phillips, the Nevada County Fair is an annual ritual. "Everything in the world moves a little too quickly," he theorized in a KVMR [...]
No stranger to house concerts in these parts, Georgia guitar wizard and singer-songwriter Caroline Aiken will be the next touring musician to perform in KVMR-FM's new Community Room. Dubbed an [...]
With its California Worldfest broadcast in the rear view mirror, KVMR 89.5 FM is now driving toward its 37th birthday celebration this Saturday in Pioneer Park and a Community Open [...]
So far, KVMR 89.5 FM is batting 1.000 when it comes to California Worldfest. 18 Worldfests, 18 live broadcasts. And the non-commercial radio station is looking to extend its streak [...]
It came out of nowhere, almost, just over a month ago. Suddenly, KVMR-FM had a shot at an exclusive interview with folk legend Buffy Sainte Marie, who will be headlining next [...]
Maybe it's the Green Bay Packers sticker on her cellphone, but it's clear new KVMR 89.5 FM Underwriting Account Executive Melissa Seibold (pronounced Sigh-bold, due to "some German vowel thing") [...]
Earlier this week, KVMR 89.5 FM engineering intern Ron Baldwin was busy working on a computer system to archive the community radio station's programs when some replacement compact disc players [...]
This is the week the grass turns blue as swarms of mandolins, guitars, fiddles and even banjos fill the Nevada County Fairgrounds, with the musical occupation being broadcast live on [...]
As Ralph Henson and some other KVMR 89.5 FM volunteers were putting away some sound equipment for a recent in-station house concert, someone noted that it was the second concert [...]
Still another first for KVMR 89.5 FM's new building's Community Room:  this time, they'll bring in some major local musicians for the facility's first concert featuring Nevada County artists. "These [...]
Representatives from 20 community and public  radio stations will descend on Nevada City this Thursday and Friday for what's being called a  regional media "summit." KVMR 89.5 FM is hosting the conference, which is [...]
This Friday would have been U. Utah Phillips' 80th birthday. Even though the legendary Nevada City folksinger/storyteller/activist hopped a westbound freight seven years ago, as his closest friends might say, [...]
When award-winning poet Gary Snyder came to KVMR 89.5 FM's new studios recently, it was a time for the station to show off even more of the facility's "new tricks." [...]
As a kid, KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer broadcaster Laura Miller admits she was "already chompin' at the bit" to get into radio and be involved with it any way she [...]
He's known as the "Jazz Daddy" at KVMR 89.5 FM, where Bruce Tepper has held forth since 1980, shortly after the community radio station had gone on the air. Besides, [...]
As KVMR 89.5 FM completely exits its old Nevada City headquarters this week, nobody could be quite as happy as the broadcaster becoming known as "The Cleaning Fairy." "The difference [...]
Two and a half years ago, Diane McIntire had no idea how much her life would evolve when she became owner's representative on what came to be called The Bridge [...]
ast week KVMR 89.5 FM moved into the future when the Nevada City radio station switched to its new studios and building. This week KVMR prepares to take a step [...]
Well, KVMR 89.5 FM and its volunteer on-air crew may still be working out the wrinkles, but that's not stopping the Nevada City radio station from celebrating its new home [...]
On the heels of KVMR 89.5 FM's move into its new downtown building comes word the radio station -- and Nevada City -- has been chosen to host a summit [...]
They'll still be knocking on wood a few more days at KVMR 89.5 FM. Or maybe it'll be tin that they're tapping, since that was the primary look of the [...]
As moving days into KVMR 89.5 FM's new home are approaching, the $4 million building project passed its first test with flying colors. Wild and Scenic Film Festivalgoers and KVMR [...]
Longtime KVMR 89.5 FM "County Line Bluegrass" host Eric Rice is so jazzed about his show's 30th anniversary teeshirt that he's not even waiting until the non-commercial station's upcoming membership [...]
The tradition continues. And then some. For the 33rd year, the Bethel AME Church Choir of Marysville -- steeped in rich African-American religious musical heritage -- will travel to perform [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM General Manager David Levin paused to look across the street from the Nevada City radio station's current digs and smiled at the new three-story facility where they'll [...]
It makes sense for a non-profit, non-commercial radio station to salute its hundreds of volunteers, and that's exactly what Nevada City's KVMR did at a holiday banquet earlier this month. [...]
A beaming Paul Emery accepted KVMR's Lifetime Achievement Award at the radio station's recent holiday banquet by joking, "I'll just quote Monty Python...'I'm not dead yet.'" The gregarious 70-year-old Nevada [...]
It just might  be the most asked question in downtown Nevada City, at least one involving radio station KVMR 89.5 FM: When are you moving into your new building? "The [...]
Barbara Lowell passed away Thanksgiving afternoon after a long bout with cancer.  Far too young to leave us, she will be missed for her warm heart, sweet smile and her [...]
They don't call him and his KVMR 89.5 FM radio show "The Vinyl Avenger" for nothing. But not everybody spins all records, mostly 45s, with the dedication and passion of [...]
At age 25, KVMR volunteer broadcaster Sean Dooley may very well be part of  the eclectic station's "next generation." He's by far the youngest daytime host on the non-commercial Nevada [...]
The sold out Michael Franti concert this Friday night will be broadcast live on KVMR 89.5 FM and streamed on our website. A Center for the Arts production, Franti's performance sold out [...]
It didn't take long for Grammy-winning bluegrass artist Laurie Lewis to jump at the chance to be a guest disc jockey on KVMR 89.5 FM. "There's so much music that [...]
When KVMR volunteer broadcaster Derek Washington was around four or five years old, he was a self-described "radio kid" who enjoyed hearing music artists doing their hits of the day. [...]
NEVADA CITY -- KVMR 89.5 Community Radio will hoist a 35-foot tower onto its new building Tuesday, Oct. 28, starting about 10:15 a.m. The public is invited to watch the [...]
If it takes a wild-eyed, smart aleck kind of character for you to listen to an overnight blues music show, Russ (The Outlaw) Roy may be just the guy you [...]
It's just logical when you think about it. What kind of special room would a community radio station need in a new building? Um, how about a community room? "It's [...]
When it comes to sustainability and the environment, KVMR 89.5 FM's Allison Miller is a woman on a mission. And then some. This weekend she's one of the over 300 [...]
Famed pianist George Winston will perform an October 14 benefit concert for the new KVMR 89.5 FM building and Nevada Theatre expansion. Winston -- whose recordings have sold millions of [...]
KVMR Challenge:  2 Live Music Festivals, 1 Weekend, 50 Miles Apart Even a longtime festival and community radio station engineer like KVMR 89.5 FM's Dave (Buzz) Barnett can't remember any [...]
Steve Baker From Book To Radio Show, Meet The County's Sages Special To Prospector It started out as an innovative book about leadership and civic engagement. Four years later, it's [...]
It isn't every day you get to watch a live radio broadcast outside under some tall pines. But once a year KVMR 89.5 FM does its usual -- and unusual [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM is literally going to the dogs (and cats) this Saturday. The Nevada City radio station will be offering laser-engraved KVMR pet tags -- complete with the pet's [...]
To hydrogeologist Steve Baker, this is a pretty important week for an award-winning water guy like him. That's because the Nevada Irrigation District is holding a Water Summit from 6 [...]
KVMR 89.5 FM broadcaster Kim Rogers notoriously makes a big deal out of her birthday each year. So this year she's volunteered to make a big deal out of the [...]
It may be 115 miles from KVMR 89.5 FM's Nevada City studios to the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds in Quincy, but that isn't about to deter the eclectic radio station from [...]
Mary Ross, with a mouthful of a job title as Chief Fiscal & Administrative Officer for Nevada County’s Information & General Services Department and County Purchasing Agent, was looking for [...]
Just about 20 years ago,  Glenn Far happened to spot a listing looking for a volunteer receptionist in The Union newspaper. Turned out it was at KVMR 89.5 FM, a [...]
With the addition of a pair of absolute California music festival gems, KVMR's summer live remote broadcast schedule is once again bursting at the seams...and then some. The Strawberry Music [...]
It's been just over a year since the tin sheds behind the Nevada Theatre were carefully dismantled to make way for the new home for KVMR 89.5 FM radio and [...]
There wasn't any doubt that Odin Medeiros-Riley was going to become the youngest KVMR 89.5 FM member, since he joined three months before he was born in January. That, of [...]
It's that time of year when Nevada City radio station KVMR 89.5 FM Membership Coordinator Adriana Kelly finds herself a juggler. That's because the station's spring membership drive -- complete [...]
Sometimes, it's the littlest details that need attention. And that's why a dedicated volunteer can truly make a big difference, especially at Nevada City community radio station KVMR 89.5 FM. [...]
For KVMR 89.5 FM volunteer broadcaster Kim Rogers, it was a series of short steps that's led to one big, double-award winning radio plunge. She discovered the eclectic Nevada City [...]
Next Tuesday, of course, is April 1st, better known as, duh,  April Fools Day. Which has been a day of some tomfoolery played on listeners of Nevada City community radio [...]
The dry conditions wreaking havoc on California ironically are helping the Bridge Street Project, Nevada City's largest community arts construction in nearly 150 years. With little to no rain days [...]
Now how can a professional book indexer end up being an award-winning  radio disc jockey? Easy, if you're KVMR  Monday Music Magazine host Greg Jewett (4 pm-6pm Mondays, 89.5 FM, kvmr.org streaming). [...]

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