Weird Christmas: The annual KYRS ritual of holiday strangeness

“This years ‘Weird Christmas’ is the first radio special I have heard that does not improve on listening to dead air for the same length of time.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

Year End Giving, Keep Community Radio Strong

Year end giving is rooted in collective power and radical generosity. If ever there were values that live at the core of KYRS, these are the ones. Today is about choosing the community we want to strengthen. It’s about supporting the places that help shape the world around us.

People Talk 2025-11-03 Nick Lawrence, Local Tattoo Artist

Join your host Chris R. and special guest Nick Lawrence as we talk about tattoo apprenticeships, motorcycle clubs, and the endearing story of one man’s dream to make it big in the hot desert climate of Phoenix and Flagstaff, Arizona.

How You Listen, How We Grow

Tell us how you tune in to Thin Air, we’d love to know.

Do you listen on your morning commute? While making art or cooking dinner? Maybe you stream us online from another city or tune in from your porch on a Saturday afternoon.

However you listen, you’re part of what keeps community radio alive, and we want to hear your story.

It’s quick and easy, just click the headphones and share how and when you listen to KYRS

Earth Matters Now October 21 2025

Laura and Mike did stories on the only lake that drains into both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, comets in the sky this week, a PFAS survey in Washington, ancient scary figures, the carbon hoofprint of meat consumption, lawsuits to

You can help KYRS earn donations just by shopping with your Fred Meyer Rewards Card! Fred Meyer is donating $2.5 million per year to non-profits in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, based on where their customers tell them to give. Here's how the program works: Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to Thin Air Community Radio at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. You can search for us by our name (Thin Air Community Radio) or by our non-profit number (90929). Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping KYRS earn a donation! You still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates, just as you do today. If you do not have a Rewards Card, they are available at the Customer Service desk of any Fred Meyer store. More information: www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards or call KYRS at 509-747-3012. Thanks!!