Tonic: The Funky Groove Show

12/18/2025

Did you know that Fridays now give you THREE chances to hear Tonic episodes? 3️⃣ In addition to new episodes dropping Friday nights on KGOU, 8-10 PM CST, you can now hear an hour from a past episode on Prairie Public radio Fridays, 8-9 PM CST, in Grand Forks and Williston, North Dakota, online at www.prairiepublic.org - just click the FM2: Roots, Rock, and Jazz stream! 🔵

And for all you night owls... 🦉 We are so excited to join the weekly lineup on Friday nights as part of KCSM Jazz 91 FM's jazz offerings! 🎷 KCSM Jazz 91 is the San Francisco Bay Area's "jazz station to the world," the fifth largest radio market in the United States, with the potential of reaching an audience of more than 6 million people. Tune in Friday nights to hear Tonic episodes 10-11 PM Pacific (12-1 AM Central), on their HD2 station online at www.kcsm.org.

Thanks to Prairie Public Radio and Jazz 91 KCSM, and their listeners, for having us! ✨

KGOU - Your NPR Source

12/17/2025

The holidays are in full swing this week and next as Tonic: The Funky Groove Show offers two more episodes of festive favorites! 🎅 This Fri., Dec. 19, 8-10 PM CST, host Michael B brings another funky blend of holiday tunes, including a feature on the seasonal music of Vince Guaraldi; songs about sleighs, sleds, and skis; plus holiday classics from yesteryear. 🏂🏼 Tune in and LISTEN LIVE online, worldwide, at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. It's a fun evening of funky, Frosty music! ☃

12/16/2025

Two-fer Tuesday means you get TWO ROUNDS of TONIC today! ✌️Tune in to WESM 91.3 FM / Public Media in Maryland TODAY, 2 PM Central / 3 PM Eastern, to hear an hour of Tonic online at https://www.delmarvapublicmedia.org/wesm-91-3-fm as part of their fantastic funk, jazz, and soul lineup. Plus, KMUZ Media Community Radio in Salem, Oregon, plays Tonic 9-11 PM Central (7-9 PM Pacific)! Listen online TODAY at www.KMUZ.org or 100.7 FM / 88.5 FM in the mid-Willamette Valley area.

We're so excited to be a part of the weekly lineup on Tuesdays for both WESM and KMUZ - thanks for making us part of your families! 🙏

KGOU - Your NPR Source

12/14/2025

Sundays now give you FOUR chances to hear Tonic: The Funky Groove Show on other stations! 4⃣
• WJLQ 99.7FM in Muskegon, Michigan, plays past Tonic episodes Sundays 12-2 PM Central (1-3 PM Eastern) and again 9-11 PM Central (10 PM-12 AM Eastern) for a repeat and DOUBLE DOSE of Tonic! Listen online at www.wjlq.com. 📻
• KSLU Radio in Hammond, Louisiana, plays Tonic Sundays at 10 PM Central! Listen online at www.lionupradio.org by clicking the "90.9 The Lion" link under the Listen Live tab. 🦁
• And thanks to a broadcast partnership with Global Community Radio (GCR), Tonic is now played on KBOG in Bandon, Oregon, KBSR in Burns, Oregon, WEJP in Wheeling, West Virginia, and the OBS Variety Network in Camp Hill, Alabama. You can hear their broadcasts each Sunday night at 10 PM Central (11 PM Eastern) online on GCR's website at http://142.4.219.8:8110/;stream.mp3. 🌐

Thanks to WJLQ 99.7 FM, the Lion Nation Station KSLU, and GCR and its participant stations, as well as their listeners, for making us part of their families! 🙏

KGOU - Your NPR Source

12/13/2025

Attention, holiday lovers! Tune in TODAY, Sat., Dec. 13, at 2:00 PM CST to the KCNP Chickasaw Community Radio Network for this year's newest holiday edition of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show! 🎄 Chickasaw Community Radio Network broadcasts in Oklahoma in the Pontotoc County area on 89.5 FM, in the Carter County area on 89.3 FM, in the Garvin County area on 104.5 FM, in the Johnston County area on 97.3 FM and streams online at http://kcnp.streamon.fm/. Thanks so much to KCNP for sharing the festive, holiday funkiness with its listeners! 🎁 Listen online at that link or click the Listen Live link on www.kcnp.org. 🎙

KGOU - Your NPR Source

12/13/2025

Tonic: The Funky Groove Show is now part of the weekly Saturday lineup on CHSR FM Official 97.9 FM in New Brunswick, Canada! That's right, Tonic is now INTERNATIONAL, baby!! Tune in Saturdays to CHSR 8-10 PM AST (6-8 PM CST), online at https://chsrfm.ca. 🍁

Saturday nights also mean a second chance hear Tonic on The North 103.3 FM in Duluth, Minnesota! Tune in Saturdays, 9-11 PM Central, online at www.thenorth1033.org each week. 🧭

Thanks to CHSR and The North, and their listeners, for having us!

KGOU - Your NPR Source

12/12/2025

Tonight starts THREE WEEKS of weekly holiday music on the funk spectrum. 🎅 You may know seasonal music, but I bet you ain't heard THIS holiday music! From Santa tunes to Christmas songs, and even a quick trip to New Orleans and back, it's gonna be a fun and funky sleigh ride. ❄ Listen in for songs by Cory Henry, Alan Horsey, Whatitdo Archive Group , Urbie Green and His All-Stars, and loads more. Tune in and LISTEN LIVE online, worldwide, at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. It's gonna sleigh! 🛷

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12/11/2025

Get an early taste of the holiday season with some seasonal funk TONIGHT, Thu., Dec. 11, at 7 PM as KRVS Public Media shares some yuletide tunes with their listeners in Lafayette, Louisiana! 🎄 Thanks so much to KRVS for spreading some holiday FUNK with their listeners! 🙏 KGOU - Your NPR Source

It's never too early in the holiday season to get your funk on! Join KRVS at 7 p.m. Central on Thursday, December 11 for Tonic: The Funky Groove Show. This special from the PRX is filled to the stocking top with seasonal goodies sure to make you wanna shake that thing (we're talmbout the stocking).

12/10/2025

It's finally the FUNKIN' holidays!! 🎄Tune in this Friday, Dec. 12, for this year's all-new holiday special, including winter grooves by Angelo Outlaw, Jimmy McGriff, Parlor Greens, Haunted House Party, and more! Tune in and LISTEN LIVE online, worldwide, at www.KGOU.org, your local KGOU - Your NPR Source station in OK, or tell your smart speaker to play KGOU. We got yuletide schmaltz, classic recordings, and more music you won't here nowhere else - "yule" love it! ❄️

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12/09/2025

Two-fer Tuesday means you get TWO ROUNDS of TONIC today! ✌️Tune in to WESM 91.3 FM / Delmarva Public Media in Maryland TODAY, 2 PM Central / 3 PM Eastern, to hear an hour of Tonic online at https://www.delmarvapublicmedia.org/wesm-91-3-fm as part of their fantastic funk, jazz, and soul lineup. Plus, KMUZ Media Community Radio in Salem, Oregon, plays Tonic 9-11 PM Central (7-9 PM Pacific)! Listen online TODAY at www.KMUZ.org or 100.7 FM / 88.5 FM in the mid-Willamette Valley area.

We're so excited to be a part of the weekly lineup on Tuesdays for both WESM and KMUZ - thanks for making us part of your families! 🙏

KGOU - Your NPR Source