You may have heard that stations like Radio Kansas lost federal grant money we were told to count on for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, so more of our budget now has to come from voluntary donations from Kansans like you. We’re especially grateful when you make sure to give in FY27, which started July 1.

Remember that every penny pledged today counts toward our season’s goal and shortens the fundraiser. On multiple occasions listeners have eliminated the drive by donating in advance!

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If all current members increase their giving by 30%, that solves the problem. If 30% more people make this their moment to start giving, that works too. We’ll accept whatever solution our listeners offer; we simply ask you to recognize the historic nature of this challenge and do whatever you can. Be a current member by donating 10 or 15 dollars per month—or more if you can—and designating it to preserving the shows you choose.

In this new world of diminished resources, we hope to preserve your favorite programs, even if we need to cancel other shows to save costs. Guide us by selecting your favorite shows when you make your donation.

We know some listeners support the federal cuts and want to show we can do without this past grant support. Others oppose the cuts and don’t want to lose programming. Either way, just do your part. We get to keep doing every program that listeners choose to fund together.

Qualified Charitable Distributions

Many Radio Kansas supporters age 70 ½ and older now donate directly from their retirement accounts to reduce taxes while preserving classical music in their communities. Qualified Charitable Distributions let you give from an IRA while potentially lowering taxes and even reducing Medicare costs. Charities that serve seniors are increasingly saying we’ll only be able to continue current services if more seniors donate this way. If you think a QCD may be your best way to give, visit saveclassical.com for more information.

Send Us a Pic of Your Window Decal!

If you recently received a Radio Kansas window decal, put it on your car…snap a photo…and send it to IWantToWin@RadioKansas.com! You’ll be entered in our drawing for a pair of Bose Headphones to help you listen in high fidelity even when you’re not in the car!

Aside from your direct donation, telling the world about Radio Kansas is the best thing you can do to help keep our classical music, news and variety programming coming into your town. The more people who find us, the more people can respond at fundraiser time. If you didn’t get a window decal, but want to enter the drawing, just let us know at that same email address. We’ll send you a decal, you stick it on, snap a pic and email it back to IWantToWin@RadioKansas.com. Good luck!

Bookmark Our News

We don’t intend to be your sole choice for news, or even your first choice. We’re here to help you re-calibrate your understanding of world events. Your first choice may be CNN or MSNBC or Fox, but you turn to our international perspective to corroborate your facts. Our morning news block Daybreak features live news from the best-resourced English language news service on the planet, the BBC from London. We’ve also created the news portal news.RadioKansas.com as your one stop for links to our sources and our stories. Whether you heard a story and want to hear it again, or you’ve missed a whole show and want to catch up, news.RadioKansas.com is your place to start. Bookmark it right now. You’ll be glad you did.

Weekends are for You!

Our Saturday lineup focuses on your world and your health. BBC News starts at 1 a.m., and Science Saturday gets underway at 6 with Bioneers and Living Planet at 6:30, current events with NewsHour at 7, then science of all sorts on Unexpected Elements from 8 to 9. This Old House Radio has the science of building and design at 9, then A Way With Words at 10. Big Picture Science is at 11 and Dr. Moira Gunn’s Tech Nation starts at noon.

Sundays offer time for friends, family and stories. There’s a BBC Documentary at 10, and then more good stories on The Moth at 11. Swap recipes and family traditions with The Splendid Table at noon!

News of The World

WGBH’s The World airs at both 6 am and 5 pm weekdays.

Radio Kansas gets its state news from the Kansas News Service, national news from American Public Media, and world news from the BBC and WGBH. As with everything we do, this mix has been perfected through years of listener response! Click here to find out more.

Mel’s Back!

Click to see a pic of “baby” Mel when she started at Radio Kansas!

If you’ve listened to Radio Kansas for a good long while, you may recognize that one of our “new” voices is actually returning host Melissa Ousley!

You’ve heard our statement of purpose “Bringing you the world of classical music,” and we’ve long recognized that the full scope of classical can be explored only if we engage a wide variety of hosts and producers. Even after moving to Minnesota, we’re working with Melissa, who hosts at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. early each week. Lynne Warful hosts from 10 to 3 (with an occasional break for lunch) on other weekdays.

She stumbled into a broadcasting career in the late 80’s when she moved to Wichita to be near her soon-to-be husband. She was immediately drawn to radio, and the chance to be around great music without having to practice piano was irresistible. After establishing herself as a host and producer at Radio Kansas, Melissa moved to Minnesota and continued her work at WCAL in Northfield and Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul.

Melissa grew up near New York City. As a teenager, she attended the Preparatory Division of the Manhattan School of Music. Her bachelor’s degree in music education is from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Mel’s morning classical show at WCAL was twice named “Best Classical Radio Program” by the Twin Cities paper City Pages. When she’s away from the airwaves, Melissa loves to run, read, and spend time with her family.

This Old House Radio – Saturdays at 9 am

Radio host Jenn Largesse with TV host Kevin O’Connor on the set of *Ask This Old House.*

Be with us every Saturday morning at 9 for This Old House Radio! Jenn Largesse hosts a program featuring all of your favorite experts from the TV show, taking your calls and diving into building science, design trends, and home innovation. It’s a fun part of Science Saturday, starting at 6 a.m. with Bioneers, and featuring our call-in block with This Old House at 9, and A Way With Words at 10. Call-in numbers are here. Check out the full schedule online. Plan on joining Jenn and the crew each week!

Get the App!

App QR Code — Point your phone here to open our mobile app!

We invite you to use all of our services – on air and online – for free and in private, and then, on the honor system, choose to take part as a contributor. This trust is one reason we don’t offer an app in the Google and Apple “app stores” that you have to install after accepting a long list of terms and conditions. Instead, our mobile “app” is simply the mobile-formatted web page here. It can’t track you or save or steal your information in any way. You also don’t need to download updates — the page just becomes more capable over time, with improvements delivered each time you refresh the page. You’ll find “installation” instructions in the app. If you’ll go to that bit of trouble, we can save the hundreds of dollars we’ve been quoted to have someone build and maintain software for the app stores, and instead keep those dollars invested in the radio you use each day.

Digital Fidelity Online

We recently streamlined our streams, eliminating the need for special software. Just click a link in our website banner above to start listening! If you do have a favorite app, you’ll find us more places than ever – in the iHeart Radio app, the Radio Kansas Mobile App page, TuneIn app, etc. Voice Assistants like Alexa and “Hey, Google” now work better, even if they do sometimes think that when you say “Radio Kansas” you mean “radio, Kansas,” and they start playing 70’s progressive rock by the band! (Prompt those assistants with “Radio Kansas on iHeart Media,” and you may do better.)

You’ll find updated instructions on our streaming page and updated links above. If you’re away from your radio or in a basement where FM can’t reach, fire up an app on Wi-Fi and take a listen!

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