KYRS Thin Air Community Radio is a non-commercial, volunteer-powered community radio station Our shows cover a wide variety of music, culture, news and views.
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We began as an idea in 1999 when local community activists learned the Federal Communications Commission would soon open up the โpublicโ airwaves to Low Power FM community stations. These new stations would be considered a โsecondary serviceโ with very limited rights. In 2000, Thin Air became a formal project of Citizens for Clean Air. Thin Air was built almost entirely by hundreds of volunteers d
onating thousands of hours and $40,000 in donations. In 2003, we raised more than 100 Founding Members, emphasizing our mission of providing a platform for neglected voices and music. After waiting nearly two years to receive the permit from the FCC, the station was built in only 8 months. Broadcasting began October 26th, 2003 with a dozen live programs hosted by volunteers from the community. In our short time on-the-air, our hard-working volunteers have trained dozens of volunteer programmers, and we now have more than 40 live, locally produced shows on-the-air. We are proud that we have successfully created a forum for discussion and expression by and for those typically left out of the mainstream media. November 5th, 2011, Thin Air Radio became a full power, non-commercial station, broadcasting with 6,800 watts and reaching as far north as Kettle Falls, WA.
06/05/2025
HAPPENING NOW! NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE on Thin Air Community Radio
๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐, ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฏ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ, ๐ด๐ด.๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ.๐ฏ๐๐ and livestreaming on KYRS.org
RANGE Media's Luke Baumgarten and Erin Sellers pay attention to news in Spokane and the Inland Northwest so you don't have to.
06/05/2025
KYRS IN THE COMMUNITY
KYRS at the Scale House Market Grand Opening
Images by Lynnea Kaylor
Office Manager/Feature News Reporter, KYRS Local News
Get ready to Q It Up with CyLee_VQ and Whiskey Trish every Wednesday from 8PM to 10PM on KYRS Thin Air Community Radio, 88.1 and 92.3 in Spokane WA, and livestreaming at KYRS.org
Join us as we search over and under the rainbow to bring you q***r and allied artists who make up the pot of gold we all wanna hear. From musicians and singer-songwriters to the masterminds behind the music, weโre giving them the air time they deserve. Our ultimate goal? Connecting our listeners to tunes theyโll be excited to support. So tune in, turn it up, and letโs Q It Up together, only on KYRS!
06/03/2025
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๐ง๐จ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ-๐ด๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ป KYRS Thin Air Community Radio 88.1 and 92.3 FM and livestreaming on KYRS.org
This week the spotlight is on Kwaito, a genre of music from South Africa characterized by a slower than normal house tempo, synth bass lines and Zulu music samples and lyrics. Sometimes called South African Hip-Hop, it is most definitively a distinct musical genre.
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Featuring: Beverly Crusher โข Exzac Change & Matisse โข Vika and the Velvet โข The Holy Broke โข Helmer Noel โข Walleye Band โข Jojo Dodge โข Tomboy โข August to August โข Kyle Richard
05/29/2025
THIS WEEK: IT'S TV/MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS
๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฌ'๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐! ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ -๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ , Thin Air Community Radio, 88.1 and 92.3 FM in Spokane and Medical Lake, Washington and livestreaming at KYRS.org
Rustyโs Radio Funhouse #215
1. Domestic Fun-Ernest Tomlinson
2. Pee-Weeโs Big Adventure Main Title Bike Race-Danny Elfman
3. Ed Wood Main Titles-London Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Bride of Frankenstein Main Title-Franz Waxman
5. Grindhouse (Main Titles)-Robert Rodriguez
6. The Re-Animator Prologue Main Titles-Richard Band
7. Braindead (Dead Alive) Main Titles-Peter Dasent
8. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn Theme Music-Joseph LoDuca
9. Frankenstein (1931) Main Titles and End Credits-Bernhard Kaun
10. Dracula Swan Lake Main Titles (1931)-Universal
11. Killer Klowns from Outer Space-The Dickies
12. Beetlejuice the Animated Series Theme-Danny Elfman
13. Nature Trail to Hell-โWeird Alโ Yankovic
14. UHF-โWeird Alโ Yankovic
15. Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies-โWeird Alโ Yankovic
16. X-Men the Animated Series Theme-Ron Wasserman
17. Tales from the Crypt-Danny Elfman
18. Carioca-Jonathan & Darlene Edwards
05/29/2025
๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐, ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฏ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ, ๐ด๐ด.๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ.๐ฏ๐๐ and livestreaming on KYRS.org
RANGE Media's Luke Baumgarten and Erin Sellers pay attention to news in Spokane and the Inland Northwest so you don't have to.
Join them tomorrow for a round-up of the serious (and not so serious) local news of the week, behind the scenes drama at public meetings, and deeper dives on important stories with the journalists who broke them.
05/28/2025
TONIGHT AT THE GARLAND THEATER
Weโre excited to share that weโre closing out Asian American Heritage Month with a one night-only screening of "New Wave", a moving feature documentary exploring music, memory, and intergenerational echoes.
Event Details:
Wednesday, May 28
6:00 PM (doors open at 5:30 PM)
Garland Theater, Spokane WA
Free refreshments from Simply Suwanee of Feast World Kitchen +
Tea's Company, until supplies last.
Spokane is one of just 50 citiesโand proudly leading the way in Washingtonโhosting this Tribeca award-winning film as part of the global New Wave: 50 for 50 campaign.
This campaign commemorates 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War and the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees in the U.S.
The Director of the film, Elizabeth Ai will join us in person for a live
Q&A and book signing following the screening!
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We began as an idea in 1999 when local community activists learned the Federal Communications Commission would soon open up the โpublicโ airwaves to Low Power FM community stations. These new stations would be considered a โsecondary serviceโ with very limited rights.
In 2000, Thin Air became a formal project of Citizens for Clean Air. Thin Air was built almost entirely by hundreds of volunteers donating thousands of hours and $40,000 in donations. In 2003, we raised more than 100 Founding Members, emphasizing our mission of providing a platform for neglected voices and music.
After waiting nearly two years to receive the permit from the FCC, the station was built in only 8 months.
Broadcasting began October 26th, 2003 with a dozen live programs hosted by volunteers from the community. In our short time on-the-air, our hard-working volunteers have trained dozens of volunteer programmers, and we now have more than 40 live, locally produced shows on-the-air.
November 5th, 2011, Thin Air Radio became a full power, non-commercial station, broadcasting with 6,800 watts and reaching as far north as Kettle Falls, WA. Our shows cover a wide variety of music, culture, news and views. We are proud that we have successfully created a forum for discussion and expression by and for those typically left out of the mainstream media.
