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Since 1985, KUVO has provided a rare blend of music & news. We broadcast the best in Jazz, Latin Jazz & Blues in addition to 17 locally produced, culturally diverse programs.

“I was asked later if this was a hate crime, but I said the hate crime wasn’t who started the fire. ... The hate crime was the reaction after the fire," a survivor said.

“I was asked later if this was a hate crime, but I said the hate crime wasn’t who started the fire. ... The hate crime was the reaction after the fire," a survivor said.

The Up Stairs Lounge arson killed 32 people in New Orleans - and fueled a movement that continues half a century later.

The Up Stairs Lounge arson killed 32 people in New Orleans - and fueled a movement that continues half a century later.

The Up Stairs Lounge arson killed 32 people in New Orleans - and fueled a movement that continues half a century later.

The Up Stairs Lounge arson killed 32 people in New Orleans - and fueled a movement that continues half a century later.

I was an 18-year-old summer intern just finishing my sixth week at The Times-Picayune when the Up Stairs fire seared into my consciousness horrific images of 32 people burned alive

I was an 18-year-old summer intern just finishing my sixth week at The Times-Picayune when the Up Stairs fire seared into my consciousness horrific images of 32 people burned alive

Since 1985, KUVO has provided a rare blend of music & news. We broadcast the best in Jazz, Latin Jazz & Blues in addition to 17 locally produced, culturally diverse programs.