Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

WMM Celebrates 22 Musical Heroes of Kansas City’s Music Community + Betse Ellis, Sandra Draper, & Bess Wallerstein-Huff

In recognition of our nearly 22 years on-the-radio, Wednesday MidDay Medley Celebrates 22 Musical Super Heroes of Kansas City’s Music Community! We’ll spin tracks from: Making Movies, Charlie Parker, Janelle Monáe, Bobby Watson with Glenn North, Danielle Nicole, Danny Cox, Krystle Warren, Tech N9ne, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Iris DeMent, Logan Richardson, Marilyn Maye, Calvin Arsenia, Mike Dillon, The Wild Women of Kansas City, Howard Iceberg, Monta At Odds, Shy Boys, Atlantic Fadeout with Abigail Henderson. Plus the music of John Kander performed by Louis Armstrong, the music of Burt Bacharach performed by The Chambers Brothers, and the music of Kevin Morby performed by Mavis Staples.

Special Co-Hosts include:

Betse Ellis is a critically acclaimed fiddler, singer, songwriter, and teacher with two acclaimed solo records, 10 albums as a founding member of The Wilders, and Betse is currently recording & performing with Little Miss Dynamite, The Starhaven Rounders and with her husband, Clarke Wyatt, as Betse & Clarke.

Sandra Draper is a member of KKFI’s Board of Directors and is host & producer of SilkySan’s Soul Sensations, Monday mornings at 2:00am to 5:00am on 90.1 FM KKFI. Sandra is a graduate of Paseo High School and The University of Missouri at Kansas City, She also volunteers at the Folly Theater, and raised four children while working for the federal government.

Bess Wallerstein-Huff is KKFI’s new Executive Director. Bess holds an Executive MBA from Rockhurst University and a BFA from the University of Central Missouri. Bess served as Vice President of Marketing & Sales at Starlight, where she oversaw record-breaking sales growth and led strategic initiatives tied to the organization’s 75th anniversary and $40 million capital campaign. Bess is also a founding team member of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, where she spent more than a decade developing programs, marketing strategies, and partnerships that welcomed broad and diverse audiences into the arts.

Betse, Sandra, and Bess join us for the entire show as Guest Co-Hosts to encourage our beautiful listeners to call 888-931-0901, or visit http://www.kkfi.org to support 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio during our Fall Fund Drive Show. We want to say your name over the free community airwaves. We need your support now more than ever! Please tune in! Please call in!

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