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Monday Night Live to Broadcast “On the Road” Show this Fall

09/01/2010 - 11:15 AM

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – This fall brings in the nineteenth season of Monday Night Live (MNL) and is packed with surprises including a special on-location episode from the Pioneer Place, the return of Dana Johnson as program host and a newly designed logo. St. Cloud artist Dustin Thomas is slated to kickoff the fall lineup September 13. MNL broadcasts live from the KVSC performance studio at 10 p.m. on Mondays and can be heard at KVSC 88.1FM or online at www.kvsc.org.

As expected, the MNL fall lineup has musicians from a wide spectrum of genres. Two acts fulfilling that expectation are the alternative hip-hop groups More Than Lights and Kanser. In a special two-hour edition of MNL, the show goes on-location to broadcast live from the Pioneer Place in downtown St. Cloud. The on-location broadcast is set for November 1 at a special time from 8-10 p.m.

“We want to maintain the energy of the live audience in addition to the audience that is tuning in over the airwaves,” said Dana Johnson, host and booking coordinator of MNL. “Therefore, the show will be two hours long and not have the traditional format of Monday Night Live.”

More Than Lights and Kanser are not your traditional hip-hop groups either. More Than Lights dish out energetic performances and a funky hip-hop style that has brought them to venues across Minnesota and surrounding states, drawing large crowds along the way.

Kanser features two members from More Than Lights and are every bit as energetic as their counterparts have proven. Both groups provide a tasteful blend of hip-hop, funk, rock and reggae to create a sound unlike anything else.

“More Than Lights and Kanser are alternative hip-hop at it’s finest,” Johnson said. “They incorporate so many musical influences and styles it’s really hard to label, but essentially they are independent hip-hop artists just making the music that they love.”

The nineteenth season is complete with a newly designed logo by St. Cloud State University graphic design student Brittany Rodgers. MNL is simulcast on UTVS on cable channel 21. The new MNL logo can be seen on the walls of the KVSC performance studio.

The MNL production is completely student run and produced. To check out the MNL lineup or discover other KVSC programming, visit www.kvsc.org.

KVSC 88.1FM, the Voice of St. Cloud since 1967, is an educational public radio station licensed to St. Cloud State University. KVSC follows a commercial-free alternative music format and provides award-winning news coverage and community events. Students and community volunteers make up the staff of KVSC.

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KVSC Wins Awards in Statewide Competition

04/14/2010 - 11:00 AM

St. Cloud, Minn. - Students of KVSC 88.1FM won several first place awards from the 2009 Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters Contest.  Overall, eight students from KVSC are taking home Associated Press awards on April 16 at the awards ceremony at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Bloomington, Minn.

Students won in six news and sports categories for 2009 including “Best Web Site” – a first for KVSC.  The KVSC Sports Team swept the category of “Sports Reporting” and a "Best in Show" from Caitlin Hogan - adding special significants to the honors.

"This is very exciting for the KVSC Sports Team," said KVSC Sports Director Matt Bishop.  "A lot of people put in a lot of hard work for these awards and it’s great to see that work get recognized."

The following list includes the awards received by KVSC 88.1FM (click on titles to listen to the podcast):

Additionally, the KVSC News Team have won two awards in the 2009 Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence Awards for Region 6.  The two broadcasts for these awards include "Holiday Lights Spectacular" by KVSC Assistant News Director Zach Fisch in the Feature story category and "Puppy Mill Investigation" by KVSC Assistant News Director David Iverson in the in-depth reporting category. 

For the KVSC News Department, the awards mark an exciting recognition for student journalists who apply academic knowledge in a real world setting.

"I have always known we have a very talented group of storytellers," said KVSC News Director Chris Duffy.  So getting recognized at the regional level is an absolute thrill."

KVSC is a student-run educational and community radio station on the campus of St. Cloud State University. Student journalists compete against broadcasters throughout Minnesota (both commercial and non-commercial) in the radio class-one category. The category is designed for stations with one or zero full-time newsroom employees. KVSC broadcasts eight weekday newscasts and more than 60 SCSU sporting events throughout the academic year.

KVSC 88.1FM, the Voice of St. Cloud since 1967, offers listeners an alternative format without commercials. KVSC features a diverse variety of music as well as news coverage and community events. KVSC 88.1 FM is staffed by students and community volunteers.

Read the news release at stcloudstate.edu here.

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