Born Grant Sheffield Hopkins with an early passion for music and spiritual motivation. He is a product of Sumner High School, Kansas City, Kansas and grew up in Rosedale, Kansas. “Groovy Grant,” his on-air radio personality, studied music saxophone and …

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During KKFI’s September 19 celebration recognizing the new transmitter, the Kansas City Star‘s Aaron Barnhart relished the station’s new accomplishment. He recalled KKFI’s recent track record of the station: a couple failed efforts to retain a station manager, a difficult …

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After several months of planning, fundraising, and construction, KKFI 90.1 FM, a community radio station serving the greater Kansas City area, will be switching to a new radio transmitter with a ceremonial “throwing of the switch” on Monday, September 19, …

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Community radio producers, DJ’s, advocates, organizers, engineers, and students came together for the 2011 Grassroots Radio Conference in Kansas City to share the joys and frustrations with producing independent, community-focused media. The vision of an informal national network of Community …

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Judy Morgan Judy Morgan was elected to serve on KKFI-FM 90.1′s Board of Directors on September 22, 2010. Judy Morgan is a life-long educator, working as President of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 691, for 10 years most recently. …

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Radio host “keeping the fires lit” at media organization Rhonda LeValdo, host of “Native Spirit Radio” on KKFI 90.1 FM, was elected to serve as president of the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) recently. Ms. LeValdo considered how “as a …

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Several KKFI-FM 90.1 studio guests spoke about the history of a little-reported-on 1923 race incident in Catcher, Arkansas. Mr. Alvin Skyes, president of the Emmett Till Justice Campaign, underlined the importance of bringing justice to victims of racial violence despite …

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