88NINE Presents: Fleet Foxes Live From The Pabst Theater on 88Nine!

Sub Pop recording artists Fleet Foxes perform live at the Pabst on October 10th, 2008. Hear the live broadcast on 88Nine RadioMilwaukee….and 20 minutes after the concert ends, 88Nine RadioMilwaukee will re-broadcast the entire performance.
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Valentina and the Power of Radio

I just came to a conclusion. Reports of Radio’s death has been greatly exaggerated.  I read a lot that radio is dead especially music radio.  Sites like Last.FM and Pandora will replace music radio and the DJ. Well I have to completly disagree with that, and its not because I am a DJ, but because [...]

New Music Wednesday begins on July 23rd

New music is a big deal at RadioMilwaukee.  We bring new music to the air every single week.  Making sure 88Nine listeners like you can Be Heard is a big deal, too.
Starting Wednesday, July 23, we’re bringing our commitment to new music to a whole new level.
Tune in next Wednesday at 7am, 11, 4pm and [...]

Celebrate Black Music Month

Black Music today is at a crossroads. Commercial radio has largely confined black music to Top 40 Hip Hop and R & B.  Meanwhile, countless black artists, such as Outkast, Santagold, Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D and Kanye West are busy challenging that narrow definition.
Join RadioMilwaukee this June as we celebrate Black Music Month.  Every Thursday in June we’ll [...]

Stealin’ Strings on this Friday’s 414 Music

Tune in this Friday at 5:30pm for 414 Music, where DJ Scott Mullins will have the band Stealin’ Strings live in our studios.
Taking its favorite aspects of bluegrass and rock ‘n’ roll and tossing them together into a tasty dish of acoustic-electric vibrations, Stealin’ Strings is storming across the Midwest and beyond, dousing fans with [...]

Video: RadioMilwaukee honoring the Military on Memorial Day

As some of you may know, RadioMilwaukee is honoring our Military on Memorial Day by inviting area residents to tape personal thank yous to family members or friends who are veterans or are currently serving our country in the armed forces.
The acknowledgements naming loved ones and thanking them for their military service will be recorded [...]

Breaking News: We just won Best Radio Station of the Year!

A big THANK YOU goes out to the Wisconsin Area Music Industry folks…they just awarded our station 88Nine RadioMilwaukee a WAMI award for “Best Radio Station of 2008″!
Listen for yourself here.

Jail on this Friday’s 414 Music

Join Scott Mullins this Friday where he will have the band Jail live in our studios at 5:30pm for 414 Music.
If you don’t know, then you should; that local band called Jail who have been laying some serious cuts between the bars. Melodies short, gritty and sweet like “Pardono” which I have posted in this [...]

Contest: Animate Radiohead

The band that had the biggest headline in 2007 with their album “In Rainbows” are trying to continue to create headlines in 2008 with a contest to create the next Radiohead music video. Radiohead and Animation site Aniboom join forces to hold a contest for Radiohead fans to produce an animated music video of [...]

The Scarring Party on this week’s 414 Music

Tune in this Friday, March 14th at 5:30pm, Scott will have The Scarring Party live in our studios.
Milwaukee quartet the Scarring Party perform tuba, accordion and banjo driven end time music that draws on the influence of 20’s and 30’s music hall, Lomax folkways recordings and 70’s punk. In two years, the four-piece have attracted [...]