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We love the music as much as you do.
However, we can only bring the music to you if we pay for it through licensing fees to every musical artist and author. We must also pay for the streaming service, broadcast equipment, and engineering support. We are listener-supported, commercial-free, and staffed entirely by volunteers. Without your support, we cannot keep the music that changed the world alive.
Become a member today and help save the music! Joining The Roots is easy.
- Click on Monthly or Yearly.
- Choose The amount of your monthly or yearly support.
- Don’t miss the Create your Personal Membership option.
- Please include your birthday, so we can send you greetings on the air.
Questions? Support@therootsfm.org
FAQs
Commercial radio typically plays twenty minutes of commercials every hour. That’s the equivalent of three to five songs. They also play the same 500 songs repeatedly. On The Roots you can hear thousands of songs with NO commercial breaks and no daily repetition. We aim to repeat songs no more than once per month unless they are part of a unique program.
Most of our music is out of print and hard to find. We constantly comb local record shows and search for rarities you will not hear elsewhere. Rare, 50+-year-old vinyl is restored digitally, checked for quality, verified by MusicBrainz, and retagged before finally archiving into our massive uncompressed audio retrieval system.
The Roots offers twelve different membership levels for you to choose from. You can pay monthly or yearly. You can even create your payment plan to fit your finances. We now offer several gift incentives based on your support amount. Any membership can be adjusted up or down at any time. Just log onto our Member Portal and make any changes you wish. Every Roots member receives a unique discount code for use in The Roots Loot Store.
Questions ? Please use this e-mail, support@therootsfm.org. You can also contact John Stephens at 314-279-9420
Our memberships are set to auto renew. If you wish to turn off auto renewal, Please use this e-mail, support@therootsfm.org. You can also contact John Stephens at 314-279-9420. If you are surprised by an autorenewal, we can refund your payment.
You can update your credit card in two ways. Contact John Stephens at 314-279-9420 We are happy to update your card. We also have a feature where you can log in and update your Membership on-line. Please use this e-mail, support@therootsfm.org and we will help you with that feature.
The best and most reliable way to give is through ACH Transfer!
Sustaining memberships are extremely important and are what keeps this station running every single day.
The Roots FM is a 501C3 non-profit organization operated by Your Musical Roots. The Roots FM offers a wide variety of music programming, including live broadcast concerts and information on community activities and events. We are dedicated to "saving the music" and committed to serving as an outlet for the abundant creativity that lives in our community.

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Mission Statement
The Roots FM is a 501C3 non-profit organization operated by Your Musical Roots. We are a community streaming service available worldwide. Our studios are located in the KETC TV PBS building in the Grand Center Arts District in mid-town St Louis, Missouri. The Roots FM offers a wide variety of music programming, including live broadcast concerts and information on community activities and events. We are dedicated to "saving the music" and committed to serving as an outlet for the abundant creativity that lives in our community.
The Roots FM relies on tax-deductible donations from individuals and underwriting from businesses and organizations for our operating revenue. We greatly appreciate all of our supporters and are committed to delivering programming with a local flair to our community and beyond,
Questions? johns@therootsfm.org