Wednesday MidDay Medley
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90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

WMM Serves Music of Boulevardia + Chris Haghirian + KC Music Industry Commission

WMM spins music of the bands & artists playing Boulevardia 10. We’ll feature: Tech N9ne, The Greeting Committee, honestav, The Freedom Affair, Katy Guillen and The Drive, Kat King, Lorna Kay, The Creepy Jingles, Jamogi, Little Miss Dynamite, Flora From Kansas, TheBabeGabe, Shay Lyriq, Paris Williams, Dalima Kapten, Jackie Myers, Malek Azrael, and The Soul Activators. We’ll survey the music of Boulevardia 10, happening on Saturday, June 14, with 5 stages and over 45 bands/artists, celebrating Kansas City with the biggest urban street festival at Crown Center, 2396 Grand Boulevard, KCMO. To learn more about the Live Music, Silent Disco, Food Trucks, Beers & Seltzers, Yard Games, Maker’s Market, Canna Village, Monster Teeter-Totter, The Swifty Experience, and more, you can go to: http://www.boulevardia.com

At 10:00 Chris Haghirian joins us for the first 90 minutes of our show to share details about Boulevardia 10. Chris Haghirian is Host & Producer of Eight One Sixty, heard Tuesday nights at 6:00 PM, on 90.9 The Bridge. Chris studied Journalism / Advertising at The University of Kansas. Chris also studied Photography at Kansas City Art Institute. Chris worked for The Kansas City Star for over 20 years. Chris was co-founder of the Middle of The Map Fest. Chris works for Spray KC. Chris organizes multiple concert series throughout the metro, and music stages for Plaza Art Fair, as well as Boulvardia.

At 11:30 Mark talks with Meighan Peifer who taught for 33 years in public schools in Wyandotte and Johnson County and has operated the Federal Child Care Center in KCMO for 26 years. We also talk with James D. McGee Sr, Creative Director of Kansas City’s Mutual Musicians Foundation. Meighan and James will discuss The Kansas City Music Industry Commission formed in 2024 as a joint venture between Black Vine Worldwide Media Group, LLC and Black & White Enterprises, LLC. This initiative aims to create a central hub for the representation, support, and management of various stakeholders within the Kansas City music industry. The commission’s mission is to strengthen the local music ecosystem by supporting musicians, recording artists, studios, venues, managers, agents, marketers, publicists, and content creators. By collaborating with city government, private entities, and surrounding the Kansas City music industry.

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Show #1098