KKRN FM, is a volunteer-based, listener-supported radio station fostering positive social change and healthy communities by entertaining, informing and educating through diverse music, culture, news, and public affairs programming.

Juke In the back

    • Fridays, 2:00pm3:00pm

    If you wanted to hear rhythm &
    blues during the 1950s, you couldn’t get it from the juke box in the
    front. No, no! In order to hear that glorious, down and dirty R&B,
    you had to go to the low-lit, spit-shined “Juke In The Back.” These
    songs are the building blocks of rock n’ roll. These are the records
    that inspired Elvis and single-handedly led to the rock n’ roll
    explosion of the mid-1950s. Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino, Little Richard,
    Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Wynonie Harris, LaVern Baker, Roy Brown, Joe
    Liggins, Professor Longhair and many more take center stage on The Juke
    In The Back. Matt The Cat hosted a similar program on XM Satellite Radio
    called “Harlem” and now he brings this great music and information back
    to radio.



    Juke In the back