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RadioActive: A benefit for KCUR

Interested in serving on a committee to help us plan RadioActive 2024? Contact us to learn how.

Thank you for a wonderful evening!

Click here to view photos from RadioActive 2023.


Event Details


RadioActive is the annual benefit for KCUR 89.3. It’s an exciting way for KCUR fans to come together in support of their favorite public radio service. Please join us as we stand in support of a free and independent press.

Dress/theme: Mid-Century Modern (Mid-Mod)

Ticket includes:

  • Reception with full bar
  • Plated dinner
  • Dancing with music by Atlantic Express
  • Coffee and dessert bar

Event Co-Chairs:
Julie Nelson Meers and Sam Meers
Shelly Freeman and Kim Jones

Leila Fadel, photographed for NPR, 2 May 2022, in Washington DC. Photo by Mike Morgan for NPR.
Award-winning NPR journalist Leila Fadel is this year's RadioActive keynote presenter. She is a host of NPR's Morning Edition and the morning podcast Up First.