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Station bulletins, remote broadcasts, listener meet-ups, and the occasional concert we think you should know about. Mailed free to subscribers.

Exterior of the Orpheum Theatre at dusk
Remote broadcast
Station Announcement · In two weeks

The Orpheum Anniversary.
Forty-four years out.

A special evening broadcast from St. Paul commemorating the final Milktoast & Barley set at the Orpheum. The Phantom hosts. Call in with your sighting reports; the number is in the guide.

play_arrow Tune in Evening · 8:00 PM CT · Live relay

Upcoming remotes

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The Orpheum Anniversary

Remote broadcast from the Orpheum Theatre courtyard. Live call-ins. The Phantom on the board from 8 PM.

St. Paul · Orpheum Theatre
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Listener picnic, Lake Nokomis

Station-catered evening at the old bait-and-tackle lot. Free to paid-up subscribers. Casual set from Velvet Vee at sundown.

Lake Nokomis · Studio A Lot
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Sailor's Sundown Lounge, live

Captain Bridgewater tapes The Bridge from the Minneapolis Yacht Club deck. One mic, one reel. Walk-ins welcome.

Minneapolis · Yacht Club Deck
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Vinyl Sunday preview night

The Phantom opens the station record library for an early showing. Strictly analog. Bring nothing.

Studio B · Off-hours
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Early Bird Report, roadside

Sunrise Steve broadcasts from Minnehaha Falls with coffee and weather. Arrive at dawn; stay as long as the signal holds.

Minnehaha Regional Park

From the newsroom

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Empty small-capacity club with stage and amplifiers
Venue feature
Live scene

The Sand Dollar Sessions: five rooms that shaped the sound

From Uptown dive bars to First Avenue, the venues that built the Gulf Coast groove. Annotated by the airstaff who played them.

Illustration of a turntable playing a record
Programming note
Station news

Vinyl Sundays, with The Phantom

Every Sunday from midnight. Strictly analog. No requests. The Phantom will not be on the phones. Please do not call the phones.

Illustration of LP sleeves in a wooden record-store bin
Catalog guide
Listener guide

The St. Clair roster: a listener's complete catalog

Milktoast & Barley, Sloop Daniels, Ze Admiral, and the rest of the St. Clair Sound stable. Ordered, annotated, ready for the shelf.

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