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Category: Archives

75 Years of KURE!

May 21, 2025

Written by Carly Nichols (General Manager 2023-2025)             Since 1949, the radio station currently known as 88.5 KURE Ames Alternative has been rocking the…

The Best of 2019, As Told By Jessica Spottek

January 7, 2020

2019 was extremely fast for me. Like seriously, this fall semester felt like a month! I’ve been on the go-go-go and didn’t have a lot of time to sit down and check out all the great music that came out this year. I was also unable to go to many concerts this year as well because of, well, “becoming an adult”. Last spring semester, I decided to work on partnerships with music festivals for KURE to participate with press. Never in my life would I think this station would become so successful from two festivals. In addition to these amazing weekends, here are a few of my top concerts of 2019 (in no particular order):

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  • Rhythm Section Want Ad September 4, 2025 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm On Rhythm Section Want Ad, we do a weekly dive into different areas in the world of music, whether that be genres, scenes, labels, years, artists, or any other arbitrary theme! Expect to mostly hear indie pop / rock, but any genre is welcome here, from vaporwave to prog metal to bluegrass. With DJ Schlmow.
  • Low Earth Orbit September 4, 2025 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm 1,200 miles above the Earth, Low Earth Orbit is picking up all different grooves from all around the world. At the deck is DJ Watt curating these sounds and sending back down anything from indie rock and shoe-gaze to alt-country and indie folk to please your earthly ears.
  • The End of Radio Radio Hour September 4, 2025 at 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Bringing you farm-to-table sets of songs that have recently tickled my brain. Sometimes soft, frequently loud. Can you hear me now? With C100.
  • Guilty Powers September 5, 2025 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am Kick off your Birkenstocks, burn your bras, and cue up Guilty Powers - hosted by The Authority - for a variety of alternative including reggae, female punk, numetal, ska, and classic rock. Stick it to the man. Authority does.
  • The Curio Shop September 5, 2025 at 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Let me welcome you to the Curio Shop. I've got an hour of music and rambling so tune in for a little bit of everything from '90s alternative to 2000s indie. I've got some great deals so feel free to listen, but let me lay down some rules. I don't take coupons and I don't…
  • What's Updog? September 5, 2025 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Hmmm. Smells like Updog in here. What's that? Glad you asked. Together we'll be sniffing out the grooviest of alternative tunes and exploring some dope indie, new wave, and alt rock sounds you've been trying to get on your playlist. With DJ Beans!
  • Taking Out The Trash September 5, 2025 at 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm When scavenging for parts in a post-apocalyptic Earth ravaged by war and climate change, your grandchildren ask you what it was like to listen to Taking Out The Trash every week on 88.5 KURE. Assuming you made the right choice, you fondly reminisce on his dry humor and mansplaining of various genres including, but definitely…

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