The Heartland Labor Forum is produced by a group of volunteers who are labor and community activists who believe in workplace democracy, workers rights, and economic justice. We're the only show in Kansas City that focuses on working people: who is fighting on their side and who is not, what...
Larry has a long history with KKFI, being one of the earliest on-air programmers. Larry has developed a loyal and growing audience, who appreciate his up-tempo blend of R&B, soul and blues. Larry's experience with music and broadcasting began long before his association with KKFI. Growing up in St. Louis in...
Born In Buffalo,New York when rotary phones and party lines were still in use, Artie McDonnell moved to Overland Park, Kansas in 1965 kicking and screaming the whole way here! I thought my parents had lost there minds and when I encountered my First 100 degree day I KNEW they...
Now in his 26th year at KKFI "Radionic Powers" ™ © continues to revive the radio airwaves as they were intended to be heard. A vivid collector of 45rpm singles since childhood, in the 1970's starting out on a lifetime career using records to create moods for the party, friends...
Val Baul, AKA The Anything Gal AKA Somebunny, is the host of Vibes with Val. Val has an impressive past from being an over the road truck driver to running away with a circus, seriously! Val has a professional background as a paralegal as well as a Master’s Degree in...
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 string bass for six months at University of Missouri-Kansas City and...
Voted 2011 Person of the Year by Plasticsax.com and Best Bassist by Pitch Magazine, Jeff Harshbarger has had quite an eclectic career. A prolific composer and bandleader in his own right, Jeff has recorded and performed across the globe with such varied artists as Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Bobby Watson,...
Jay Mandeville, a poet, essayist, editor, voice actor, and erstwhile jazz crooner, is a native Kansas Citian, currently resituated in Independence, Missouri. Beginning his public career as a contributor to the legendary Chouteau Review, and as an associate of the internationally recognized Art Research Center in the mid 1970's, Jay...
