Skatetown USA

06/03/2025

Today's Skatetown USA is now available for your streaming pleasure!
Join us for a New Wave Skate Sesh in celebration of Twin Cities New Wave Day! We got the beat to move your feet! 🛼🪩🛼🪩
Link: https://kfai.org/player/?episode_id=117752

05/03/2025

Join us for this week's Skatetown USA as we celebrate Twin Cities New Wave Day with episode #90 New Wave Skate Sesh! It's a totally different head, totally! 2 hours of New Wave grooves to keep you rolling including local heroes The Flamin' Oh's!, The Wallets, The Suburbs as well as legends The Pretenders, Blondie, Pet Shop Boys, Berlin, Falco, Divine, Nena, and more! 2-4pm Wednesdays on KFAI - Fresh Air Community Radio!

24/02/2025

Rest in Power Roberta Flack
The Grammy Award-winning, Roberta Flack, has died.
She was born in the town of Black Mountain on February 10, 1937. This is a mural in her hometown.

23/02/2025

BLACK HISTORY MONTH continues on this week's Skatetown USA #89: Discofied Skate Sesh featuring the funky soulful side of the Disco vibe! We'll glide across the skating surface to rollers by People's Choice, MFSB, Kat Mandu, The Spinners, Patti Austin, the late great Gwen McCrae and our Featured Artist Rhythm Heritage and more!! Plus regular features like the Local Skate Calendar, The Disco Never Died Track of the Week, and the Snow Ball 4 All! Come skate with us as we bring much needed disco heat to your rolling feet! Wednesday 2-4pm on KFAI - Fresh Air Community Radio!

21/02/2025

Skatetown USA #88: Disco Divas is now available for your streaming pleasure! In celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH on KFAI - Fresh Air Community Radio we are featuring many awesome African American legends and this week we focus on the women who set the standard including burners from Donna Summer, Vicki Sue Robinson, Carol Douglas, Rose Royce, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, LaBelle, Gloria Gaynor, Anita Ward, Sister Sledge and of course the grandest Diva of all - Sylvester! All that and more on this week's Skatetown USA. Come escape the world for a two hour skate sesh that is sure to refresh!

11/02/2025

Programming Note: Skatetown USA will be pre-empted this week to make space for Black History Month Programming on KFAI - Fresh Air Community Radio. We look forward to returning to the rink next week and until then please enjoy this very special programming. More details here:

… Continue reading "“Black New Voices” – BHM SPECIAL PROGRAMMING ON KFAI"

06/02/2025

Each week on Skatetown USA, which airs weekly 2-4PM on KFAI, we feature a Local Skate Calendar where we announce local roller skating sessions, activities and events.

In the past we have shared info about North Star Roller Derby, Cheap Skate, Minnie Blanco, Skateville, Twin Cities Skaters, Skate Lounge, and more!

If you would like to get your Roller Skating Event on the Local Skate Calendar you can send a message here or hit up our email at [email protected]. KFAI is a nonprofit community radio station broadcasting on 90.3FM in Minneapolis, MN and streaming online at https://kfai.org/program/skatetown-usa/

06/02/2025

In Celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH this week's Skatetown USA #87 will feature the Pointer Sisters who combined the "gospel-infused vocals of soul music and the polyrhythmic, metronomic grooves of funk and disco" and were one of the most successful music acts of the 1970's and 80's! We will roll to classics like "Chainey Do" "Yes We Can Can" "Slow Hand" and mega hits like "I'm so Excited" "Jump" "Neutron Dance" and "Fire" which was certified Gold February 5th 1979. This FIRE SKATE will be a great way to feel the heat as you move your wheeled feet.
Now available to replay in the KFAI - Fresh Air Community Radio Archives for the next 2 weeks!
LINK: https://kfai.org/player?episode_id=116523

06/02/2025

Today's Skatetown USA Playlist
FIRE SKATE featuring the Pointer Sisters
In Celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH

In Celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH this week's Skatetown USA features the Pointer Sisters who combined the "gospel-infused vocals of soul music and the polyrhythmic, metronomic grooves of funk and disco" and were one of the most successful music acts of the 1970's and 80's! We will roll to classics like "Chainey Do" "Yes We Can Can" "Slow Hand" and mega hits like "I'm so Excited" "Jump" "Neutron Dance" and "Fire" which was certified Gold February 5th 1979. This FIRE SKATE will be a great way to feel the heat as you move your wheeled feet!

Disco, Baby!

05/02/2025

02/02/2025

In Celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH this week's Skatetown USA will feature the Pointer Sisters who combined the "gospel-infused vocals of soul music and the polyrhythmic, metronomic grooves of funk and disco" and were one of the most successful music acts of the 1970's and 80's! We will roll to classics like "Chainey Do" "Yes We Can Can" "Slow Hand" and mega hits like "I'm so Excited" "Jump" "Neutron Dance" and "Fire" which was certified Gold February 5th 1979. This FIRE SKATE will be a great way to feel the heat as you move your wheeled feet. Join us Wednesday 2-4pm on KFAI - Fresh Air Community Radio.

01/02/2025

Skatetown USA is a weekly radio show masquerading as a Roller Disco heard every Wednesday 2-4pm on KFAI 90.3 FM Fresh Air Community Radio or anytime online at kfai.org/program/skatetown-usa/!

30/01/2025

Hey Skaters! Today's episode of Skatetown USA #86 Disco Rock is now available for your streaming pleasure! Come roll with us! Disco Rock Baby!
Link:
https://kfai.org/program/skatetown-usa/

#86 Disco Rock III
Slowly and carefully across the skating surface if you do fall down make sure to get up right away. This week: Episode #86 Disco Rock #3. Yes! Once again we will put up our Devil Horns whilst we explore the impact of Disco on Rock and Rock on Disco as we go to the skate floor to roll to Disco Rock from The Beach Boys, Edgar Winter, The Tubes, The Grateful Dead, Wings, Wild Cherry, Tina Turner!! and more!

16/01/2025

The Official Angels of Skatetown USA!

What if?!

Before her meteoric rise to fame as Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter had auditioned for a role as one of Charlie’s Angels!