Bands come and go, but “The Homegrown Show,” a weekly local
music showcase on rock KOMP 92.3 FM, remains.
According to lasvegassun.com, the Sunday night two-hour
radio show, which celebrates 15 years on the air this month, has featured more
than 1,000 bands from Las Vegas
and surrounding areas.
“I didn’t have a strategy to get this far,” jokes show
founder and host Laurie Steele, who moved to Las Vegas from Southern California
in 1996 for a job with KKLZ. Taking an interest in the local rock music scene,
she pitched a local music show to the station; they didn’t bite, but KOMP did
and welcomed “The Homegrown Show” with open arms.
Originally airing for just an hour, the program soon
expanded to an hour and a half and for the past 10 years has been running as a
two-hour show that includes band interviews and in-studio performances, as well
as live showcases Steele hosts periodically in town.
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