Open Mike Radio
Open Mike Radio is hosted by Mike Hagan and features interviews with Missouri's finest musicians and bands, live in studio performances and a weekly run-down of music events.
Mike Hagan
Show overview
Open Mike Radio has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 199 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 320 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 1m and 1h 56m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Music show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 11 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 39 episodes published. Published by Mike Hagan.
From the publisher
Open Mike Radio is hosted by Mike Hagan and features interviews with Missouri's finest musicians and bands, live in studio performances and a weekly run-down of music events. OMR airs every Saturday from 4PM-6PM CST/USA on KOPN Columbia, 89.5 FM and is streamed live at: www.kopn.org Previous shows can be accessed in the archives at: https://www.mikehagan.com/OMR.htm
Latest Episodes
View all 199 episodesA Tribute for Eddie Boster
Travis Feutz and The Stardust Cowboys
Ghost Goddess
Ep 255The Lonesome Companions
Wonderful performance from The Lonesome Companions in the big room. Plus a visit from Alina Love and a compelling conversation about the benefits of Ibogaine. New music from The Hooten Hallers and one from Dylan McCord before the end of the show.
Ep 254Various Artists
Fun, busy show with performances from Anthony Stevens, Billy Haring, Joshua Lococo, Dave Angle, Stephen Varner, Jason Frost. Plus a phone interview and a few songs from French artist, Charles Oziouls - Music Factory. Really fun show.
Ep 253Tao and the Ocean
Awesome time and fantastic performance with Tao and the Ocean. A great set in the big room. Also Brock Johnson from The Satans and Steve Erangey and Doc from Footlong Cowboy. Plus John Randall and Dick Johnson who both played a couple.
Ep 252Cousins McDaniel
Very nice performance from Cousins McDaniel. Then we had a visit from Jamie Meadows and a couple nice ones from her. And Nathan James Bratten, aka Hardy But Hardly also dropped by to say hi and play us a couple in the studio. Really fun show.
Ep 251Secular Era...Brian J
Fantastic live performance from Secular Era and Brian J. Plus a visit from Joshua Lococo and a couple from him. Jesse from King Theodore Records dropped by to talk about Reel Fest and John Randall dropped off a copy of the new Hooten Hallers CD, Van Jams - Vol. 1, which is absolute fire.
Ep 250Moon Sault
Very cool show. Moon Sault played a great set for us in the big room…plus a visit from John Randall. Justin Hickerson was here to say hi, Jamie Meadows, Collin - White Noise, and Dylan McCord.
Ep 249Various Artists
Music from Lucas Wayne and the Cottonmouths plus a visit from White Noise and a couple new ones from him. We also had time for a couple from Dylan McCord and our own Kind Kurt.
Ep 248The Joshua Lococo
First show of the new year with great performances from The Joshua Lococo and Kill Screen. Happy New Year everyone.
Ep 247Janco
Really fun show with great live stuff from The Jeff and Noah Collective. Plus a visit from Dylan McCord, Justin Hickerson and Jamie Meadows and songs from all of them.
Ep 246Find Fiona
Really fun show with one of my favorite local bands, Find Fiona. Plus a surprise visit from Dick Johnson and a couple great songs from him in the studio.
Ep 245Live Remote King Theodore Records
Live remote from King Theodore Records for their Halloween party.Awesome rock and roll and mayhem with Willem Dafrend and While(True).
Ep 244Fear the White Noise
Cool show with an awesome live performance from Columbia Hip Hop artist, White Noise. Plus a visit from Dylan Lewis, aka Drexyl Bowie and a new song from him along with a visit from Brian J and and a new one from him, as well. Really fun show.
Ep 243Ian Cook
Wonderful visit with my friend Ian Cook from Lawrence Kansas. Ian played a bunch of his compositions for us and we had a good talk. Plus a visit from Jamie Meadows and a couple songs from her.
Ep 242Meredith Shaw...Rocheport Bicentennial
Meredith Shaw and the Borrowed Band provide the music for our live remote from Rocheport, Missouri celebrating the bicentennial of that town. Ina Linville co-hosts with me for a mural dedication and conversation with Joe Schlottach, the artist who painted it, along with a bunch of other folks involved with the project. Gene Baumann told some wonderful stories and Meredith and the guys played a great set to a nice crowd on the lawn outside the Friends of Rocheport Historical Society Museum. It was a really fun afternoon.
Ep 241Conductor
Rockin' show with an awesome performance from Columbia, Missouri's Conductor. Plus a phone conversation with Jeff Bassinson about the Mo Jazz Music Festival and a preview of some of the artists performing there this fall.
Ep 240Jay Rector
Cool show with some live stuff and some recorded stuff from Jay Rector. DJ Kareem was hanging out with us, plus a visit from Luke, Reid and Max of Find Fiona and a couple new songs from them.
Ep 239Sarah Parker
Sarah Parker joins us for a good conversation and a bunch of nice songs in the studio. Plus a visit from Como Buz founder, Mike Murphy.