Broadcasting from the top of the Carpenter's Union Hall in Butte, Montana. gm@butteamericaradio.org
Dark Sevier made a CD for the very first test of the KBMF transmitter, which took place on June 3rd, 2015. The disc has been in storage at the Carpenters Hall and was recently unearthed! Take a listen to…
Check out Charlie’s music and tour dates here: Charlie Parr, the itinerant Minnesota based songwriter, stopped at the Carpenter’s Union Hall on his way to play a show in Bozeman and visited with Dawn Anderson, host of KBMF’s Coordination…
John Emmett Murphy shares some stories from an oral history recording in this episode of Let’s Talk Butte. He talks about his ancestors coming to Walkerville in the late nineteenth century, covers some dramatic family history, and later describes his…
Stanley Korzeb is Economic Geologist for the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. In this episode of Let’s Talk Butte, he details some of his work in mining throughout his long and storied career. He also shares his observations about…
MIKE THATCHER, CEO OF CCCS On this episode, Matt Boyle sits down with Mike Thatcher, CEO of CCCS Inc., to discuss addiction treatment, the history of CCCS, and the recent controversy surrounding a proposed addiction treatment home, the Butte Spirit…
Matt Boyle hosts this episode of Let’s Talk Butte, where he interviews organizers Sean Wisner and Demetrius Fassas from the Butte Spirit Center, a proposed addiction recovery home for Butte. Find out more about the Spirit Center at their website:…
Ed Johnson spent 31 years in Butte starting in the seventies. In this interview with Daniel Hogan he talks about his time in the local music scene, KOPR radio and the small town of Philipsburg. Ed still performs with his…
Daniel Hogan sits down for a fascinating conversation with Barbara Miller, founder of the National Affordable Housing Network, who discusses her early work in Butte in the late 70s when Butte was considering mining the Hill and tearing down the…
Steve Thompson is the Executive Director of NCAT, and he’s helping organize efforts to determine if Butte will establish a food cooperative. In this episode of Let’s Talk Butte, we hear a bit about what food co-ops do, and how…
LOUIS (LEFT) PICTURED WITH LARRY HOFFMAN AT THE STEWARD MINE. Longtime hoisting engineer Louis Loushin joins us for this lesson in operating the Butte mines, as part of our ongoing oral history series. Aubrey Jaap interviews Louis at the Butte-Silver…