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Radio Milwaukee is turning 15 this year! One of the ways we’re celebrating this milestone is by recognizing three of the original on-air voices who helped launch the station. On this segment, weekend DJ Element takes us back to 2007 and recalls working with Marcus and Tarik in the early days.

Radio Milwaukee is turning 15 this year! One of the ways we're celebrating this milestone is by recognizing three of the original on-air voices who helped launch the station. In this segment, we hear from weekend host, Kat.

Radio Milwaukee is turning 15 this year! One of the ways we're celebrating this milestone is by recognizing three of the original on-air voices who helped launch the station. In this segment, midday host Marcus Doucette looks back his career with Radio Milwaukee.

Anti-Violence Film Festival

Love comes in all forms, and Dori Zori celebrates them all! On this Dori Zori Love Story, DZ chats with Brandy Boyd about her love, Gus, a dog she raised as a puppy.

Love comes in all forms, and Dori Zori celebrates them all! On this Dori Zori Love Story, DZ chats with 88Nine super volunteer and supporter, Christine Mendelsohn, about meeting her partner of 24 years.

Kavon Cortez-Jones is a Milwaukee-based writer and poet, as he is the pilot in our new Storyteller in Residence program. As a lifelong Milwaukee resident, his timeless work touches on the beauty and complexity or urban life in Milwaukee. His narrations conjure vivid images of the city, from his own personal experiences exploring it on his bike.

88Nine's first ever Storyteller in Residence, Kavon Cortez-Jones, performs his poem "Drown Me."

88Nine's first ever Storyteller in Residence, Kavon Cortez-Jones, performs his poem "Whiskey."

88Nine's first ever Storyteller in Residence, Kavon Cortez-Jones, performs his poem "Lake Michigan."

88.9's first ever Storyteller in Residence delivers his poem "Fried Baloney-N-Kool-Aid."

Blackistory, a game-based app that aims to teach Black history

Kaylee Crossfire

Remembering George Marshall Clark Part 2

Remembering George Marshall Clark Part 1

The Laramie Project

Polar Bear Plunge

In addition to the music categories in our annual award show, the Radio MIlwaukee Music Awards also recognize the work of individuals who are working to elevate the Milwaukee creative community in three special award categories: Humanitarian of the Year, Music Ambassador of the Year and Rising Star. Meet this year’s Rising Star, Trinity Grace, in this Community Story.

In addition to the music categories in our annual award show, the Radio MIlwaukee Music Awards also recognize the work of individuals who are working to elevate the Milwaukee creative community in three special award categories: Humanitarian of the Year, Music Ambassador of the Year and Rising Star. Meet this year’s Music Ambassador of the Year, Kennita Hickman, in this Community Story.

Being a woman with Lily Grant

Let's talk about consent with Element Everest-Blanks

Conversation with Sara Benesh

The History of Milwaukee Posters

How Milwaukee looked like 30 years ago, according to John Gurda

Here's all you need to know about COVID vaccines, according to the CEO of Hayat Pharmacy

Here's why Justin Barney and Element Everest-Blanks got vaccinated.

Here's why Nate Imig and Anthony Foster got vaccinated.

Here's why Dori Zori and Marcus Doucette got vaccinated.

Meet Lindsey Yeager

Meet Anna Siemsen

Meet Helena Baka

La Revo makes space for BIPOC writers

Milwaukee's Talking Book and Braille Library keeps making books accessible

BattleBox, Milwaukee's nerd safe haven

Ellas Café plans to become a safe space for LGBTQ+ and Latinx folks

Culture is the mission behind this upcoming wellness center

How to Actually Graduate in a Virtual World, a short play by First Stage

Celebrating Historical Heritage Month

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum

Here's how you can make a Milwaukee song

Love, Milwaukee intends to showcase a six-pack that represents Milwaukee

As MKE Urban Stables prepares for its grand opening this fall, volunteers are hard at work getting the therapy horses ready for interaction with the public. Two of those volunteers, who also happen to be veterans, invited 88Nine to the stables for an inside look at their work. Both vets speak to the power of horsemanship and equine therapy and share how it has benefitted them.

How to Spend a Perfect Milwaukee Fall Day

How Jabril Yousef explores selfhood with new Milwaukee EP

Embody Yoga puts people of color at the forefront

Heal the Hood - Milwaukee's Acting Police Chief, Jeffrey Norman

A new Milwaukee public art campaign is elevating work from LGBTQ+ artists, hoisting powerful images skyward in celebration of diversity, on a dozen billboards around the county.

Heal the Hood - Leaders Igniting Transformation

Radio Milwaukee was on site at the Heal the Hood Block party in July and spoke with dozens of attendees, organizers and community groups where were there. In this segment, we hear from 414 Life Director Derrick Rogers about how his organization is actively working to prevent violence in Milwaukee.