KUMD’s student-run programming, the Basement, will be featured on mtvU’s College Radio Countdown beginning tomorrow. We’ll celebrate our national television debut with a premiere party on Tuesday, March 26 at 7:30-9:00 pm in the UMD Lake Superior Hall Lobby.

KUMD students produced a fun one-minute video to introduce the mtvU audience to KUMD and Duluth; it starts with a broadcast from a local ice fishing house. The video will introduce our ten video picks of songs that represent the sound of the Basement, including two Minnesota artists, Trampled by Turtles and Polica.

In addition, KUMD’s Music Directors picked five local videos to be featured on mtvU’s tumblr; our first pick, Brian Barber’s brilliant video for the Black-eyed Snakes’ “Rise Up,” has already been posted and more will follow each day this week.

In the Duluth area mtvU is available on digital cable channel 327 and the show will also be available online at www.mtvu.com.

Media coverage of KUMD’s mtvU appearance:

Pioneer Press:

http://m.twincities.com/twincities/db_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=eEH0W8LK

Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/blogs/199405101.html

Duluth News Tribune:

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/262008/publisher_ID/36/

The UMD Statesman:

https://umdstatesman.wp.d.umn.edu/2013/02/06/the-basement-on-mtvus-college-radio-countdown/