Christian talk with a local radio pulse.
KCMI's The Coffee Break brings live-radio ease to Christian talk, local updates, and community interviews from the Scottsbluff area. Its conversations move from song requests and event notices into prayer, public life, Scripture, and practical ways people can take part.
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KCMI's The Coffee Break is a weekday Christian talk show with the feel of a local radio hour that still believes details matter. It starts close to the ground. A concert is coming to the Midwest Theater, a thrift store sale is being stocked, a ministry needs a call back, or a civic event needs people in the room. From there, the conversation widens. Guests talk about baptism, Easter, public policy, local hospitality, Scripture, prayer, and the simple work of showing up well in a community. The pace is brisk. The host keeps the program moving by asking clear questions, restating what matters, and returning often to dates, phone numbers, websites, and next steps. That gives the show a practical usefulness that separates it from broader Christian commentary. It is not only talking about faith in the abstract. It is asking what faith changes on Tuesday morning in Scottsbluff, at a county meeting, in a church service, behind a thrift-store counter, or during a dry season when neighbors are praying for rain. The program is comfortable with Christian language and public moral conviction. It can be celebratory, especially around Easter and music. It can also turn serious when guests discuss elections, court decisions, legislation, and civic responsibility. The local texture keeps those topics from floating away into punditry. People, places, and errands keep coming back into view. Recent conversations include Nate Graz on the Nebraska legislative session and voter guide, Brenda Leisy on service awards, Erika Gable on Potter's Wheel Ministries, Connie Dietrich on Good Friday, and Bunny Pounds on America Reads the Bible. Other episodes lean into friendly in-studio banter, volunteer work, song requests, and seasonal reflections. The show is best for listeners who want Christian talk that sounds lived-in rather than packaged. Its heart is a steady bridge between local announcements and spiritual encouragement.
Made for: For Christian listeners who care about Scottsbluff-area events, ministry work, civic participation, worship music, and everyday testimony. It also suits people who like live-radio conversation that favors practical details over polished commentary.
What sets it apart: The show blends local-events usefulness with open Christian reflection, turning guest visits into clear action steps. Its local specificity gives even political and spiritual topics a grounded, conversational feel.
The Coffee Break is the daily talk/local events program on Hope Radio KCMI 97.1FM serving the Scottsbluff, NE area. Tune in for interviews with authors, musicians, pastors, and others in the Christian community and our local area!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Christian conviction, patient interviews and practical local detail bring Scottsbluff's civic and political life within conversational reach.
KCMI's The Coffee Break turns a live Christian radio hour into a meeting place for civic life, ministry and public affairs around Scottsbluff.
One minute you're praying for rain; the next, you're learning how to nominate a service champion.
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A Nebraska voter guide and an eight-to-one Supreme Court update guide this faith-centered politics episode.
As Nebraska's legislative session nears its close, the episode moves from the practical question of what follows a long stretch at the Capitol into the public work still in front of listeners.
County commissioners frame drought worries as a prayer for rain and provision.
The Coffee Break treats a drought prayer meeting as serious local talk, using weekday radio ease to move Mark Harris, Jen Dillinger, and Mike Blue into a plain exchange about rain, control, and what a community can ask of God.
A Christian radio conversation turns America Reads the Bible into a practical invitation to pray, gather, and take part.
The Coffee Break frames America Reads the Bible as a Christian civic invitation, with Bunny Pounds discussing the D.C. gathering while the host ties it to prayer, public participation, and getting involved.
A faith-forward local talk segment that pairs Easter reflection with a community service award and a simple nomination process.
The Coffee Break opens on Easter gratitude and a testimony about the saving work of Christ, then turns to Brenda Lisi and a service champion award in Scotts Bluff County.
A Holy Week conversation centers on a Baptism Sunday believed to include 37 people, then turns to Potter's Wheel Ministries' local work.
KCMI's The Coffee Break frames its Holy Week visit with Erica Gable of Potter's Wheel Ministries around a recent Baptism Sunday, giving the episode a clear local center.
A Nebraska radio conversation turns a session's final days into a case for informed voting.
KCMI's The Coffee Break meets Nebraska Family Alliance executive director Nate Graz near the end of the state legislative session, with day 50 close enough to feel sudden and still a little unreal.
A warm radio conversation follows faith, questions, and the Doritos rule that complicated one Chicago commune visit.
A volunteer drawn into the studio helps shape a modest, personal story about faith, doubt, and one very practical hesitation about communal life.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
This episode features an interview with Erica Gable from Pottersville Ministries discussing a recent Baptism Sunday event during Holy Week, where 37 people were baptized and shared their faith stories.
This episode features a casual interview with Judy Wilson on a Christian talk show, discussing the passage of time, aging, and upcoming holidays like Easter and Christmas.
Nate Grasz, executive director of Nebraska Family Alliance, joins The Coffee Break to discuss the end of the Nebraska legislative session.
Host Russ interviews Lori Hovseth on The Coffee Break, a Christian talk show on KCMI 97.1 FM.
This episode features an interview with Dr.
This episode features a lighthearted conversation with Justin Griebe, known as 'The Candyman,' discussing how his candy-selling brings joy and smiles to people during their break times at work.
Sherry Kaiser fills in on KCMI's The Coffee Break with Amanda, opening with card games, KCMI's new Printify merch shop and the station's need for donor support.
This episode of The Coffee Break features a discussion with Nate Grasz about his work with the Nebraska Family Alliance and the winding down of the Nebraska state legislative session.
The Coffee Break opens with Unspoken.
This episode of The Coffee Break features Connie Dietrich discussing Easter-themed music and the Christian message of Good Friday.
Bunny Pounds joins The Coffee Break to talk about America Reads the Bible.
The Coffee Break opens on Easter.
Holy Week sets the scene.
This episode features an interview with Lori Hovseth, a volunteer at the Christian radio station, discussing her behind-the-scenes work and humorous perspective on being on air.