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A decade earlier, he that even though public radio was non-profit, it should Board – A broad range KC Currents – Amplifies the voices had pulled me aside after class one day and suggested be run as a business with income equaling or exceeding a makeover. The new site is powered by Core Publisher, a users and listeners can offer their views or ask questions on of American music – blues, jazz, and stories of cultural and ethnic Thistle and Shamrock – A that I major in nursing or teaching because, “Women expenses. Public broadcasting matured. So have I. version of Drupal that’s been customized and optimized for specific topics or of specific reporters and hosts. This comes gospel, soul, old-time country, communities in and around contemporary and traditional aren’t hired in broadcasting.” At the age of 18, the Members public radio stations by NPR Digital Services. in handy for on-air call-in shows, which routinely receive zydeco, Tejano, roots rock and pop, Kansas City. Celtic musical journey. Hosted by avant-garde and classical. future was way too far off to worry about. I continued This will be my last annual letter to listeners, as I plan listener feedback and questions via the new comments Fiona Ritchie. Angela Bennett Marketplace – A weekday wrap-up in broadcasting because I liked it. After I became to retire in June. One goal of this redesign and upgrade is to appeal to a section online. The new site also lets users share KCUR BBC News Overnight – An Scott Burnett of the world’s business news with Up to Date – A KCUR call-in and manager of the public radio station in Wichita, I wider audience online. The cleaner design makes for easier stories easily via Facebook, Twitter and Google+. international perspective on the Marilyn Carbonell feature pieces vital to your business, talk show that focuses on politics, foolishly and arrogantly fantasized about meeting After I met up with my former professor at the reading, and we are currently tweaking the new navigation news, including live breaking stories personal finances and life. economics, history, social issues, arts Linda Edwards the professor and having him get down on his knees broadcasting meeting, I reminded him of what he had system to help our site’s visitors easily find the content The new NPR API (Application Programming Interface, from the BBC. and entertainment. Hosted by The Jane Gard Marketplace Morning Report – A begging my forgiveness. told me 10 years earlier. He did not get down on his they’re looking for. but you won’t be tested on that later), which is integrated Car Talk – Tom and Ray Magliozzi, Kansas City Star’s Steve Kraske. Dale Jarka 10-minute update on the world’s into the back end of our new content management system, affectionately known as “Click and knees and beg my forgiveness. Instead, he just said, stock markets, with features about Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! – Test Janet Justus KCUR.org’s online audience has held steady in the past, allows us to integrate NPR’s web coverage into KCUR. Clack” offer advice for car problems When I began as manager of a public radio station, we “Things change.” business and personal finance. your knowledge of the week’s news Jeff Maxcy with a large dose of humor. worked with cassette machines and LPs, and All Things but ideally we’ll see ever-increasing numbers of visitors org seamlessly. This means that users won’t have to leave and have fun playing along with the Madeleine McDonough to the site. From text stories to original photos to audio KCUR.org to access the latest national and international Follow us on Morning Edition – Five hours of Considered came to the station over telephone lines. We Things will be changing at KCUR. Of course, Kansas Central Standard – A KCUR talk cast on this fast-paced quiz show. Regina Nouhan slideshows, there is a lot of web-only content being coverage from NPR, thus increasing the value of our in-depth news reports, features and used manual typewriters and mimeograph machines City’s public media, which began in 1957, will TM and call-in show hosted by Jabulani Steve Paul commentary from NPR and KCUR. The Walt Bodine Show – A live call- and carbon paper and edited audio tapes with razor continue to serve the community and provide accurate produced by the KCUR reporting and programming website for users and for our underwriters. Leffall. Adriana Pecina in show exploring local restaurants, blades. Technology has advanced in public radio information enabling our listeners to help make our staff, and the new site is designed to highlight that New Letters on the Air Steve Roling @KCUR Classical – Classical and romantic – A literary movies and Kansas City history. (or, as we now call it, public media). Reporters edit community better. Although there will be another content. Those web-only elements are attractive in and Journalist and Web advocate Doc Searls said, “The live review of some of the foremost David Smith repertories illuminated by well- their stories on computers, the satellite system sends person managing KCUR, our commitment to our of themselves, but can also draw listeners to the web, as Web isn’t just built. It grows, adapts and changes. It’s contemporary writers who talk Weekend All Things Considered – Phyllis Stevens @KCURpd researched, insightful information. programming down digitally, and listeners can hear our community will remain the same. It is my sincere they complement on-air content. (Haven’t you ever wanted an environment where we text and post and author and about and read from their works. News magazine that features David Warm Cyprus Avenue programming most any time – archived on the internet hope that your support will continue as the station to see what some of the places and characters from a KC update and tweet and syndicate and subscribe and notify KCUR Program Director – An intellectual Hosted by Angela Elam. in-depth reporting, breaking William Whitener study of the many facets of rock ‘n news, analysis, commentary and or with a podcast. evolves and embraces the many changes (some Currents show actually look like?) and feed.” KCUR.org is a part of the live Web. As a news Night Tides @FrankNewsman roll with Bill Shapiro. – Renée Blanche interviews. predictable; others extraordinary) awaiting us in and entertainment destination, we strive to keep our presents a mellow blend of new age I remember when those of us in public radio thought the next half century. We’ve improved our coverage of breaking news online. content living, growing and thriving. KCUR News Director The Fish Fry – A party in your living and innovative music forms. Weekend Edition – News, health, we had a small but loyal audience. We discovered that When a news story comes to the attention of the room as Chuck Haddock serves up finance, human interest, movie and @lauraspencer On the Media – Decodes what we only one of those things was true, and it wasn’t that Thanks for listening and stay tuned. newsroom, the lines of communication are open between Moving forward into 2012 and beyond, KCUR.org the best in blues, R&B, soul, jumpin’ book reviews, sports, listener letters me, the reporters and the news director. When Kansas will continue to provide quality content, opportunities KCUR Arts Reporter jive and zydeco. hear and see in the media every day. and a puzzle. the audience was loyal. As the technology advanced, so Mission Hosted by Brooke Gladstone and did public radio programming and the audience grew University hired a new football coach, or the Chiefs fired for community interaction and engagement, and Fresh Air – Interviews with cultural Bob Garfield. Whad’ya Know? – Michael Feldman @KCURElana considerably. theirs; when Baby Lisa went missing, or when the Diocese clean navigable aggregation of news, information and figures and newsmakers, plus hosts America’s most off-beat Statement faced criminal charges, KCUR.org had the news up as entertainment. KCUR Health Reporter commentary and reviews of movies, Only a Game – A magazine that and entertaining radio call-in quiz Patty Cahill quickly as any other local news site. By linking to other sites, books, television, music, theater and appeals to sports fans and non- program, featuring trivia, music gathering information from AP reports and press releases, @HarvestPM art. Hosted by Terry Gross. fans alike. It’s characterized by and the staccato beat of Feldman’s General Manager of KCUR exceptional writing and friendly Fresh Air Weekend humor. KCUR Radio and communicating with our KCUR news reporters while Harvest Public Media – The best presentations. KCUR Radio will provide a they’re still in the field snapping pictures and gathering episodes from recent weekday The World – An evening news premier non-commercial program audio, we’re able to put together breaking news content on Emilie Mutert @kcurcst broadcasts. A Prairie Home Companion – Two magazine—a joint production of the service which allows people hours of wit, wisdom, skits, music BBC, PRI and others—that features the web as it happens. This provides a service to our online Web Administrator, KCUR Central Standard Hearts of Space – Quiet, contemporary in our urban community and audience and to our on-air audience, which we can direct to and the news from Lake Wobegon. news, arts and culture. space music, electronics, classical Hosted by Garrison Keillor. listening area to better their lives our site for more information about the latest news. @KCURUptoDate adagios, soft jazz, and meditation. and tomorrow’s communities. Up to Date Hosted by Stephen Hill. Studio 360 – A richly produced and It is the responsibility of KCUR emotionally resonant look at art’s Here and Now – News, information to provide an audience of @Night_Tides creative influence in everyday life. and cultural features. Hosted by significant size with a program host Renee Blanche Robin Young. service that informs, entertains and enriches the community. Awards & Recognitions Local news coverage is a cornerstone of KCUR programming. Awards and recognitions presented in 2011 to the KCUR news team include the following:

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Talk Show: “KC History: The Quest for Citizenship” Online News Web Site (honorable mention): Elected Vice Chair, Board of Directors – Monroe Dodd, Andrea Silenzi and Walt Bodine for – Harvest Public Media Patty Cahill, KCUR General Manager The Walt Bodine Show Radio Station of the Year (tie): – Land Line Now and KCUR Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards Kansas City Press Club – Society of Audio Feature Reporting: “Local Accordion Legend Professional Journalists Heart of Don Lipovac” –Elana Gordon America Awards Missouri Broadcasters Association Documentary/Public Affairs (certificate of merit): News Program (bronze): KC Currents – Susan B. Wilson, Use of Sound: “Chinese New Year Celebrations Begin in “Army Fitness” –Frank Morris Sylvia Maria Gross, Alex Smith Kansas City” –Laura Spencer Feature Reporting (certificate of merit): “Arts and Business Reporting (gold): “Ethanol Series” Audio Reporting, Hard News: “In Missouri’s Bootheel, Sports Communities Teaming Up” –Laura Spencer – Harvest Public Media Black Farmers Wait on Unfulfilled Promises” –Harvest Public Media (reporter Jessica Naudziunas, KBIA-FM, Business Reporting (silver): “Agribusiness Columbia, MO) Consolidation” – Frank Morris NPR Kaiser Health News reporting partnership Health Care in the States Greater Kansas City Women’s Business Reporting (bronze): “Dodge City Casino” – Sylvia Maria Gross Participant: Elana Gordon Political Caucus Excellence in Media Talk Radio (gold): “Local Voices” – Central Standard “Covering Issues in Education” Seminar Sylvia Maria Gross Participant: Sylvia Maria Gross Talk Radio (silver): “Slammed” – Laura Spencer

Kansas City Association of Feature (silver): “Accordion Legend” – Elana Gordon The Pitch Black Journalists “Best of Kansas City” Spot News: “First Lady Michelle Obama Tells NAACP Feature (bronze): “Revisiting Leon Jordan Case” Best Radio Reporter –Sylvia Maria Gross Convention to ‘Get Up’” – Elana Gordon – Sylvia Maria Gross “Readers’ Choice Awards” News Magazine: “Generation Rap’s Granddad Steps Feature (honorable mention): “Army Fitness” Best Talk-Radio Station – KCUR 89.3 Down; African American Mothers Meet in Johnson – Frank Morris County; Country Club Plaza is a Destination for Local Teenagers; Pianist Harold O’Neal: Translating Martial Investigative Reporting (silver): “A Finger’s Touch” USC Annenberg Fellowship Arts into Jazz” – Susan B. Wilson, Sylvia Maria Gross – Dan Verbeck Laura Spencer and Alex Smith for KC Currents Multi-Media Package (bronze): “Ethanol Series” News Feature: “Film Explores History of Segregated – Harvest Public Media Medicine in Kansas City” – Elana Gordon

2011 Year in Review Year 2011

1 KCUR News From the Kauffman Center to the weather, an unforgettable year

We’ve been busy in the news department this year. Circumstances have The immediate challenge for the news department as we headed into given us a lot of great material for our daily local features in Morning the new year was figuring out how to make our great new website live Edition, eight daily newscasts, occasional pieces in All Things Considered, and up to its potential as a source our listeners will want to check a couple more than 20 national stories for the public radio networks. of times a day to find not just the latest, but also the most interesting local news. We need to do that, of course, without skimping on the We’ve covered the heck out of the Kauffman Center opening, the high quality radio programming we’ve already established. mayoral election in Kansas City, the new police chief, and the Kansas City school district losing accreditation and facing new governance. All the best, There were troubling stories, like Baby Lisa; the big increase in homicides, and the allegations of a sexual abuse cover-up in the local Catholic Diocese. Kansas City, Kan., opened LIVESTRONG Sporting Park; Claycomo celebrated plans to expand the Ford plant there; and Frank Morris Kansas City sorted out its development problems on the Plaza. News Director, KCUR Executive Supervisor, Harvest Public Media And then there was the crazy weather. We had a genuine blizzard, nearby flooding, a fatal heat wave, and the worst tornado in more than 60 years. When that storm struck Joplin, NPR called on KCUR for much of its coverage.

Health Reporting at KCUR

Covering the issues that impacted your health in 2011

Hello! I’ve had the privilege of reporting on health for KCUR for more doctors and dentists (and why), and “chased” the progress of various than three years, and I hope you caught some of my 2011 stories on lawmakers involved with making key decisions about our health care Morning Edition and KC Currents. You can also find them, along with system. It was quite a workout! other regional and national health news, online at kcur.org/term/ health-0, or follow me on twitter as @KCURElana. My days at KCUR in 2011 were both challenging and rewarding, and I am excited to continue my work as I bring you the latest in flus, Health is such an integral part of our lives and encompasses such a pharmaceuticals, and all else impacting health in our region in 2012. broad array of issues, I’m proud to say we covered a healthy bit of territory on KCUR in 2011, including the local impact of federal Wishing you good health, health policies; the latest efforts to identify and prevent disease outbreaks; and the economy’s effect on people’s health and health services. We searched for answers in doctors’ offices, mental health centers, and even the ER. What’s more, we put health insurance rates Elana Gordon KCUR 89.3 FM KCUR under the microscope, learned which parts of our region needed more Health Reporter, KCUR

2 Harvest Public Media Cultivating stories from the ground up

By now, I hope you are familiar with Harvest Public Media. After all, Harvest, we also helped produce two Home Fields call-in talk shows we’re doing our best to make you notice us through in-depth stories that aired on KCUR and Iowa Public Radio. airing Mondays on Morning Edition; our TV documentary “Home Fields” broadcast on KCPT; print stories in The Kansas City Star; 2012 will bring a new focus on community building. Multimedia editor collaborations with KCUR’s Central Standard and Up to Date talk shows; Jeremy Bernfeld has big plans for our website that will make it easier contributions to KC Currents; and the launch of The Harvest Network. for you to join the discussion. And it all comes together on The Harvest Network, where we invite you to share your observations, insights and Just over a year old, Harvest Public Media is an award-winning experience. Led by Peggy Lowe, the network is intended to improve, journalism collaboration of six public media stations in the Midwest, deepen and diversify our reporting. It’s easy to join — just go to with KCUR serving as the lead station. We cover issues related to food HarvestPublicMedia.org and click on “Harvest Network.” and food production. We hope you will. Because while Harvest Public Media may be becoming Although most Harvest stories begin with radio, we also explore issues a familiar part of KCUR, we need your support to reach our potential. through online analyses, television reports, podcasts, photography, video, blogs and social networking. In 2011, we aired 17 stories nationally on NPR or Marketplace, published numerous print versions, and shared insights through regional talk shows and community events. Donna Vestal The highlight of the year was “Home Fields,” a five-part radio series Editor, Harvest Public Media and television documentary. Stressing the collaborative nature of Up to Date

Big names. Big topics. Big events. And always more to come

It’s among the more frequent questions I’m asked: “Is she going to be Kansas City, Kan. and later Kansas City, Mo. I’m very pleased that our in-studio?!” One of the great benefits of working at KCUR is that we audience enjoyed and participated in the conversations. get to meet well-known actors, singers, authors and politicians. 2012 brings a whole new realm of learning. Our show will celebrate It’s a privilege to welcome famous people into your studio, and 2011 its 10th anniversary in September in the middle of a big election year. brought big names, topics and events to the KCUR airwaves, including We’ll bring you conversations with influential thinkers, lawmakers, a live broadcast from the grand opening of the Kauffman Center for candidates and chefs, reviews of films and books, and more insight on the Performing Arts, a trudge through a blizzard to air from the Kansas the things that matter to all of us in the Greater Kansas City area. Statehouse for a gubernatorial inauguration, and another from Brookside’s snowy suicide hill with giddy school kids who had the day off. As we say…stay tuned!

There were debates between Kansas City mayoral candidates, conversations with members of the U.S. Congress, debate over a local law firm’s attempt to build on the Country Club Plaza, and news Stephen Steigman of Google’s plan to install a gigabit fiber optic internet service in Senior Producer, Up to Date 3 Central Standard An unnamed show comes of age

It was a banner year for a show that began in 2010 with no name. In multimedia presence on KCUR.org – including the mapping of murals 2011, Central Standard won the Heart of America Gold Award from around the KC Metro area (special thanks to our team’s producer, the KC Press Club for our work highlighting local voices. The host, Tomeka Weatherspoon, for her work on this project). without his foreknowledge, was named a so-called “Hot Host,” feted by Ink magazine as one of the 26 hottest people, places and things in From slain convicts with tragic stories to a grieving mom who lost her Kansas City (I would put myself at 99 of 26). Army veteran son to suicide; from changes in IT to discussions about finance news ripped from the headlines…Central Standard is proud to Accolades aside, we’re honored to have touched the community in new continue to be the show where you can expect the unexpected. ways as we’ve brought you heartwarming stories about redemption, highlighted local artists and musicians, and welcomed familiar Thanks for listening. community voices into our KCUR studios.

We also had the pleasure of working this year with Harvest Public Media on local food, farming and energy issues that really count on Jabulani Leffall the local and national level. And we’re proud to have expanded our Host, Central Standard

The Walt Bodine Show Always learning, always something interesting to talk about

A couple of months ago, I was on a coffee date with a very nice guy. and online commenters chimed in with their favorite places to grab a When we ran out of general getting-to-know-you questions, we both burger – holy cow! started sharing what we knew about the history of Kansas City. After a year of working with Walt, I was shocked by how much knowledge I Plus, no stranger to awards, The Walt Bodine Show was honored in 2011 had on the subject. From the history of Katz Drugstores, to Truman’s to receive the Talk Show Award from the Kansas City Association of time in Grandview, to the Kansas City Monarchs... and don’t even get Black Journalists for Walt and Monroe Dodd’s interview exploring me started on what I learned about new movie releases from the Movie African American and Native American education in Kansas. Critics and area restaurants from the Food Critics. Walt and I are so happy to have the company of our friends Monroe I hope you’ve learned as much as I have listening to The Walt Bodine Dodd, Russ Simmons and Charles Ferruzza each Friday. They help us Show. With our rotating hosts, the program has carried on the Bodine make great choices in restaurants, movies and books, and they make tradition of delighting in our witty, inquisitive callers. In 2011, on sure we always have something interesting to talk about. one of our history shows with Monroe Dodd, callers told us stories of finding themselves trapped in fast-moving prairie fires. Thanks to Russ Simmons and the Movie Critics, our listeners learned which films KCUR 89.3 FM KCUR to enjoy (and which to avoid) in 2011. And on a popular Food Critics Andrea Silenzi segment, with host Charles Ferruzza, more than 50 callers, e-mailers Producer, The Walt Bodine Show 4 KC Currents Bringing you the most intriguing stories and people of Kansas City

The KC Currents team spread out around the Kansas City metro in Each year, we meet more creative people who are changing Kansas 2011, looking for the extraordinary stories of ordinary people. City’s cultural landscape, and 2011 was no exception. We interviewed street musicians Maurice and Shanice Hayes, choreographer Jawole We learned of an unusual friendship between two women who are Willa Jo Zollar, and the young artists behind Bread KC, a micro-lending 50 years apart in age – drawn together by a child’s drawings found in organization that funds the arts through food. the attic of a Waldo home. We visited with grandparents raising their grandchildren in a new development designed especially for them. And We can’t wait to see who we’ll meet in 2012! we spent time with teenagers who were gathering in large numbers on the Plaza, much to the concern of local adults. The KC Currents Team Sylvia Maria Gross, Susan B. Wilson and Alex Smith With the help of listeners, we debuted two new series in 2011. “What is that?” explores the stories behind the curiosities we encounter every day as we move around the city, like a shrine to a horse in Prairie Village, metal mariachi statues on the Westside, and the new rumble siren on Kansas City police cars. Sylvia Maria Gross

In “Odd Jobs,” we dropped in on the life of a bee re-locator and a nude art model. This new series also took us to an exotic animal sanctuary near Lee’s Summit, where a local daredevil has developed a business making snake-handling tools.

Alex Smith Susan B. Wilson 2011 Year in Review Year 2011

5 Cyprus Avenue

The ever-changing, ever-growing world of music

Last September I began the 35th year of Cyprus Avenue. Through the I feel incredibly fortunate that KCUR exists and that my audience is years, there have been unbelievable changes in the form and makeup so consistently supportive, not only when we fundraise but also when of the music that you hear each Saturday. I seriously doubt that we I bring live artists to the Folly Theater. I feel very lucky to have my will ever again have the mega-stars like The Beatles and Elvis who are weekly radio gig. I’m having a ball. universally known and idolized the world over.

We already have an unimaginable treasure trove of musical history and a growing horde of new artists available literally at the touch of a button, both of which seem to grow at an accelerating pace. Bill Shapiro Host, Cyprus Avenue

Night Tides

Another year of amazing memories in the book

It’s been 17 years, and I have no idea where the time has gone. Each Finally, I was interviewed twice on Central Standard – once with local year that passes has its own special memories, and 2011 was no electronic musician, Steve Brand, and again to discuss Christmas music exception. The Night Tides’ group page, Night Tides w/ Renée Blanche, with Miles Bonny, Bill Shapiro and Chuck Haddix! Oh, what fun! and the Renée Blanche page continue to buzz along, especially on Thank you for the invitation, Central Standard! Sunday nights when the link to listen to the stream is shared. It warms my heart to read comments that express your appreciation of the One thing is for sure, considering the number of listening options program. you have, that you stop by Night Tides (whether to listen live or to the archives) means the world to me. Thank you. I experienced the powerful energy of Mantras in 2011 at Unity Temple on the Plaza. Ashana sang and played crystal bowls. I left the concert Peace, Wellness and Gratitude, feeling like I’d received a full heart massage. Deva Premal with Mitan and Manose – their performance took my breath away.

After receiving I don’t know how many emails, I finally got to see the incredibly talented Chapman Stick musician Trevor Stewart in concert. Renée Blanche I’ve always wanted to see the Chapman Stick up close and personal Host, Night Tides so that I could match the sound with the visual. All I can say is that it

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6 The Fish Fry

From Mardi Gras to Christmas, the tradition continues

It was another great year of fun and music at The Fish Fry. 2011 began guy, Michael Byars. It was a particularly good year for new releases on an up note when my wife, Terri Henges, helped ring in the new year from the world class musicians who make their home in the Kansas with me. By all reports, it was another “dear” night. City area. The Nace Brothers, Cadillac Flambé, The Wilders, Trampled Under Foot, Levee Town and Billy Ebeling all visited The Fish Fry to The annual Mardi Gras show featured songs of Carnival and New talk about their new CDs. Orleans party classics with a few surprises from Trinidad and Brazil to spice up the musical gumbo. According to feedback from listeners, Christmas classics brightened the holiday season, culminating with the The Fish Fry provided the soundtrack for many summer barbecues and annual Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve programs. backyard parties. As always, I look forward to spending Friday and Saturday nights with The annual Halloween show showcased songs of hoodoo and other you in 2012. See you at the Fish Fry! ghoulish delights. Also in the fall, Jeffrey Harvey, an intern from the communications department at UMKC, helped me program and produce the show. A quick study, Jeffrey did a marvelous job of running the board and programming the second hour on Friday nights. Chuck Haddix Throughout the year, we were blessed with a bounty of new releases Host, The Fish Fry and reissues garnered by our intrepid music director and Fish Fry fill-in 2011 Year in Review Year 2011

7 Arts Coverage on KCUR

An unprecedented year for the Kansas City arts scene

These are heady days for the arts in Kansas City – and 2011 marked a “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own big year for placing Kansas City in the national spotlight. way” is the opening sentence of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and an apt description of several plays that graced Kansas City theaters in 2011. After nearly two decades in the making, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (described by one Bloomberg critic as “two bulging For sheer ruthlessness, few families can match the Macbeths as played stainless-steel onions, sliced vertically”) opened in September in by John Rensenhouse and Kim Martin-Cotton at last summer’s Heart downtown Kansas City, Mo. Critics from around the country visited of America Shakespeare Festival. During the first week of rehearsals, (Los Angeles Times: “Kansas City’s known more for its tailgating and Rensenhouse invited KCUR into both his home and his process its barbecue. But perhaps it will now be known for something more to discuss how daunting it was turning out to be to tackle what’s — the $413-million Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.”). considered - along with Hamlet and King Lear - one of the “big three” They also attended performances by the resident companies (New among Shakespeare’s troubled male characters. York Times: “The Kansas City [Ballet] dancers are delights in their jumps; footwork; full-bodied, three-dimensional shapes; and lively Flash forward about 400 years and one could find a few other families characterization.”). similarly airing their dirty laundry. In God of Carnage at the Unicorn Theatre, two sets of Brooklyn parents convened over dessert and an ill-advised bottle The region also received national attention for Kansas Governor Sam of rum in an attempt to civilly resolve their respective sons’ playground fight. Brownback’s decision to not merely cut funding for the state’s arts Playing one of the couples were Brian Paulette and Cinnamon Schultz, who agency, the Kansas Arts Commission, but to abolish it. On PRI’s Studio are married in real life. They told KCUR that, though they were immensely 360, State Senator Roger Reitz described his reasons for supporting enjoying playing partners on stage (especially the volatile push and pull arts funding: “St. Paul said, ‘Hold fast that which is good’...If you’ve got within the characters’ strained marriage), they admitted it was hard to be something good, don’t throw it (the arts) away.” away from their two young children six nights a week in order to keep complete strangers entertained. In 2012, we expect to be doing stories about...what’s next? How will the region keep the momentum for the arts going – and who or what It required three generations of a dysfunctional Oklahoma family will sustain it? to bring Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County to life on the stage of Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Director Eric Rosen had the wherewithal to cast the entire show with Kansas City actors. Playing the Weston family’s three adult daughters were Manon Laura Spencer Halliburton, Cheryl Weaver and Jennifer Mays, who let KCUR listeners Arts Reporter in on a secret that may not be all that secretive to savvy theatergoers: the fact that the pool of local actors feel pretty familial already, which helped the cast create a narrative that felt real and lived-in from the first scene.

We would be remiss to not acknowledge three Kansas City actors who passed away in 2011. Karen Errington, Gary Holcombe and T. Max Graham had all, at one point in their careers, let KCUR into their distinctly creative minds and talents.

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Helping secure KCUR’s future

As we reflect on 2011 and move forward into 2012, we want to Joan C. Dods highlight the John C. Dods III Watts Endowment Society and Gladstone, Mo. encourage more of you to consider membership in this special group. My late husband John loved KCUR. He loved everything about it: from Throughout 2012, KCUR will host a series of special activities for its wonderful news and entertainment programs to the fact that he Dods Watts Society members, and your membership will ensure that could go on the air a couple of times each year and ask other listeners you receive invitations to all of these events. to join him in supporting the station. He believed strongly that KCUR should be around for the children and grandchildren of every listener, Becoming a member of the Dods Watts Endowment Society is easy. and that is why he wanted KCUR to have a formidable endowment You may either make a pledge of $1,000 or more to the station’s fund. As a result, he was the leading advocate for creating the KCUR endowment fund OR include KCUR in your estate plan. In order Watts Endowment Society. to maintain your membership, you need only make an annual gift of support to the station during one of our on-air membership drives or at When I learned that KCUR decided to name this Society in John’s any other convenient time throughout the year. honor, I knew he would be very proud. This is one of the reasons I wanted to create the Dods Zephyr Winds Program Fund to recognize Dods Watts Endowment Society members also receive special John in perpetuity while acknowledging his affection for KCUR and his acknowledgement in KCUR’s publications, and they receive awards beloved Northland – where he believed the “gentle zephyr winds” were and certificates of “watts ownership” in KCUR. As a member, you always blowing. have fun at special events while you enjoy the great feeling that comes with knowing that you are ensuring KCUR will be here for many I am pleased to know that John’s passion for KCUR continues to be generations to come. supported through a program fund that bears our name and expresses the affection he had for our community. The Dods Watts Society was named for devoted KCUR fan and advocate John Dods. In 2011, several people took their memberships Joan created the Dods Zephyr Winds KCUR Program Fund in the spring of 2011. to a whole new level by creating named endowment funds. These special endowment funds are a unique way for devoted listeners Dr. Regina M. Nouhan to support KCUR in perpetuity and to connect their support with Mission Hills, Kan. programs they love and enjoy. It was the dedicated John Dods, a fellow KCUR enthusiast, who first These friends are so articulate and devoted to KCUR, we thought inspired me to join the Watts Society, now known as the John C. Dods you would enjoy hearing directly from them in their own words. III Watts Endowment Society. I realized that beyond supporting Maybe their thoughts and feelings about KCUR and the Dods Watts the station as a renewing member each year, I could also contribute Endowment Society will inspire you to consider creating a deeper in a more lasting way. With an endowment gift, I help sustain the connection with KCUR, too. programming that I’ve come to love and depend on every day for both information and entertainment.

KCUR is my rock! And establishing a named KCUR program endowment is a wonderful way of keeping that rock stable for years to come. Danny Baker Development Director, KCUR Regina created the Dr. Regina M. Nouhan KCUR Program Fund in the summer of 2011. 2011 Year in Review Year 2011

9 In their own words KCUR in the

Charlotte S. Hill Linda Lyon Community Leawood, Kan. Kansas City, Mo. KCUR is committed to Kansas City and I have been connected with KCUR since it was created While on a trip to New York in the 1980s, a high school the organizations working to improve decades ago. Sam Scott, the station’s founder, was my friend friend invited me to her Brooklyn apartment for dinner. As and enrich the lives of so many in our and mentor. Knowing his intentions for the station, I have she chopped vegetables, I asked her what we were listening community. The radio station is proud to been very impressed by how Patty Cahill successfully built on to. She was shocked that I didn’t know about NPR. have sponsored the following events and the foundation Sam created. organizations in 2011 (see also a complete I didn’t start listening right away, but by the mid-90s, I had listing of KCUR underwriters in the Several years ago I made a multi-year commitment to become a KCUR junkie. following pages): support KCUR with a contribution to the John C. Dods III Watts Endowment Society. I decided to do this in my After 9/11, when the news was so depressing, I tried to stop AIDS Walk Kansas City brother’s name because his life and values are embodied in listening for a while, but I couldn’t stay away. Now I listen American Heartland Theatre the thought-provoking programs KCUR provides for our to KCUR throughout the day, both at home and in the car. Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City community day in and day out. I love to learn, and KCUR enables me to learn constantly. I Bloch Cancer Foundation Walk turned my mom onto KCUR after my dad died, and now our Communiversity When I learned that I could also establish a KCUR program discussions are peppered with what we’ve heard each day on Cyprus Avenue “Live at The Folly” fund to honor my brother, I was delighted to know that KCUR. concert series his name would be perpetually recognized for supporting Ethnic Enrichment Festival a Kansas City institution that provides us with fabulous So when I happened to read that KCUR was starting the The Family Conservancy “Family national and locally-produced news and information — Dods Watts Society, I couldn’t think of anywhere I’d rather Achievement Night” programs that enrich our lives! give and show my appreciation for all that I’ve received. Folly Jazz Series There are a lot of things I could do without, but I would not Habitat for Humanity – ReStore I just know that my brother would love this association! want to be without KCUR (I know this sounds corny, but Heart of America Shakespeare Festival it’s true). Through the years, the quality of KCUR’s on-air International Relations Council Charlotte created the Kenneth C. Hill Foundation KCUR Program content has remained high, and I am confident that KCUR’s Jiggle Jam Family Music Fest Fund in the spring of 2011. focus on quality will continue in the future. I encourage Kansas City Actors Theatre anyone who feels as I do about KCUR to become part of the Kansas City Civic Orchestra Mike Lyon Dods Watts Endowment Society. Kansas City Irish Fest Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City Museum The Lyons created the Mike and Linda Lyon KCUR Program When I was 14 or 15, my dad hired me to work for him Lyric Opera Endowment in the fall of 2011. in the summers and on school vacations doing manual Mark Twain Writers Workshop labor – painting and maintaining equipment at his plant. Musical Theater Heritage It was a 45-minute commute. Every morning and evening, New Letters Weekend Writers Conference we listened to NPR for the entire drive and discussed the Paul Mesner Puppets stories. Those were great times for me, alone with my dad Theatre League and having his full attention (other than the radio). He UMKC Alumni Awards Luncheon mostly lectured me on the topics of the day, and I loved it! UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance UMKC Theatre I became addicted to NPR, and I’ve tuned in almost every Unicorn Theatre day for the past 45 years. Wayside Waifs “Strutt with your Mutt” Dog Walk KCUR 89.3 FM KCUR

10 The John C. Dods III Watts Endowment Society

Help power the future at KCUR

It’s not easy keeping 100,000 watts of pure power flowing. But through Dods Watts Society membership benefits include: the John C. Dods III Watts Endowment Society, it is easy for you • A framed certificate of virtual ownership for the number of watts to help. purchased. • Inclusion in the major gifts page of the KCUR website, member A longtime friend and advocate of KCUR, John C. Dods III had the magazine and Year in Review. idea to create an endowment to ensure that KCUR continued to enrich • Featured listing in the UMKC Annual Report on Charitable Giving. listeners’ lives for years to come. By purchasing “virtual watts” through • Recognition in KCUR’s electronic newsletter. the Dods Watts Society, you energize our coverage of music and the • Special on-air thank you message upon joining the Dods Watts arts, and empower our analysis of news and the issues facing our Society. community. • Private tours of the KCUR studios and opportunities to observe a live broadcast. Each virtual watt is valued at $100, and membership is granted to all • Invitations to special events at KCUR. who purchase at least 10 watts. And you can pay for your watts with payments over a multi-year period. With a purchase of 250 or more virtual watts, you can also create a named endowment, providing perpetual support to KCUR. To learn more about the John C. Dods III Watts Endowment Society, visit kcur.org or call KCUR director of development Danny Baker at 816-235-2861. John C. Dods III Watts Endowment Society members

Members as of December 31, 2011

Charter Members: Members: Kris and Lisa Ketz Anonymous (in memory of Ann Douthat) Anonymous (in memory of Elizabeth A. Gibb) Deedee King (in memory of Dick King) John C. and Joan Dods Danny Baker Mark and Shelly Kramer The Kenneth C. Hill Foundation Nancy Bowman Dennis and Laurie McCormack (Director: Charlotte Hill) Pete B. Browne and Julie Walker-Browne Mira Mdivani and Dennis Ayzin Robert W. Lefferd Michael Byars Mitchell Capital Management Company Linda and Mike Lyon Patricia Cahill (in memory of Sam Scott) Sarah Morris Regina Nouhan, M.D. Marilyn Carbonell and David Weinglass Uzziel and Adriana Pecina RLS Illumination Fund Jan and Richard Dubinsky The Ralph Shultz Foundation Peter G. and Elizabeth Torosian Foundation Jane and Keith Gard Stephen and Judith Roling (Trustees: Jean T. Kiene, Mark F. Titus, Lisa George and Barbara Heymach Elaine B. Ryder Kiene and Richard H. Kiene, III) Dale E. Jarka, M.D. and Brian M. Wicklund, M.D. Steve and Judy Sherry Stuart Jenkins and Family C. Parker Van Hecke

Vivian L. Jennings and Roger D. Doeren David and Julie Warm in Review Year 2011

11 Major Donors Consistent high-quality and rich diversity...thanks to you

The following lists include members who donated $500 or more July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011.

$500 - $999 Members Chevron Texaco Suellen & Harvey Fried Andrew Kao Anonymous Robert Claassen Carolyn & David Fulk Kathleen Keenan & George Wirkkula Dena & John Adams Darcy & Bryon Clymer Kelly Gamble Patricia Konopka Carolyn & Ryan Albarelli Carrie Cohn Ted Garcia Mary Helen & George Korbelik James Allen Stephanie & Jason Cole Laura Gardner & Dennis DeVoy Regina & William Kort Cathy & John Anderson Karen & Dan Conyers Paula Godwin & Shahid Butt Sara Kurtz Elizabeth Andes & Don Dixon Linda Cooley Celina & Nilson Goez Barbara & Herbert Kussmann Dr. & Mrs. Edward Andres Jeff Coquyt Janet & Jerry Guyer Beverly & Robert Lang Bruce Armstrong Tracy Cowles & Ky Weekley H & M Charitable Fund Juliet Lanphear Susan Asjes Scott Cozad Jean & Stephen Hakins Ellen Le Compte AT&T Foundation Susan & Jan Creidenberg Laura & Dave Hall Karin Lichterman & Mark Edelman Julie Atkins Teresa Crumbaugh Hallmark Corporate Foundation Cathy & Brian Lincoln Mary & Alan Atterbury Ivan Damjanov Marnie Hammer & John Flaherty Linda & Skip Nottberg Fund Jane & Tim Aylward Renee Daniels Mr & Mrs John E Handly Janet & David Loftus Cecelia & Bruce Baty David Woods Kemper Memorial Kim & George Hanson Lowenstein Brothers Foundation Sarah & John Baum Foundation Linda & Don Harkins Becky & Stephen Lowry Mark Beisel Susan Dimick Kelly & Robyn Hart Paul Lyon Drs. Dave & Dianne Bell Jan & Richard Dubinsky Penny & Salah Harzi Bill Marse Ann & Don Bender Alexander Edelman John Haslam Linda & Daniel Mattox Sarah & Peter Beren Kathy & Rex Elbert Ann Hawken Laurie McCormack Patricia Bernal Janice & Frank Ellis Mark Hayes & Mike Irwin Francis McCormick Amy Billings Tim & Jett Elmer Jedidiah Hays Becky & Jeremy McElduff Dr. & Mrs. Robert E Binda Jr. Sara Engber Rosemary & Jerry Heidrick Darren McElfresh Alice & Cherry Blanner Ginny & Brad Epsten Stephen Helgren Ann McElhenny Marcia Boedeker & Walter Johnson Rayla Erding Herman Family Foundation Patricia & Andrew McGhie Steven J. Bogart David Erickson Linda Hezel & Richard Moore Patricia & Mike McMahon Laurie Bomba & Andy Fromm Ericsson Northern America Patricia & John Hoff Donald McMican Lauren & Kevin Bond Incorporated Karen & John Holland Cydney McQueen & Stuart West Rebecca & Frank Boos Glenn Esser Eva Horn & Steve Warren James Miller Andrea & Steve Bough Amber Evans Charles Hughes John J. Miller Michelle & Scott Britton-Mehlisch Michael Farrar Lucia Hulston Thomas Miller Kathryn & Kevin Brunk Andrew Felling & Laura Lawson Beverly Jaderborg & Michael Linda Mitchell Penny & Randall Burdge Susan Fershee Burlingame Mitchell Capital Management Micheline & Philip Burger Joe Fessler Pam Jenkins Virginia & James Moffett Deanna & Jeff Burns Dana Fields & Carl Manning Christie & Mark Jess Jill Moormeier James Byrd Linda & Bradley Finkle Amie Jew Anne & Patrick Morgan Barbara & Alan Callaway Daniel Flanigan Jacqueline & Lynn Johnson Mary & Richard Mundis Alice Carrot Jan Fortney Jennifer Johnson & Ken Grotewiel Gordon Myers

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Jean St Pierre Linda & Peter Woodsmall Fred Logan in Review Year 2011 Lisa Stickler Patricia Ann & Michael Yakimo Linda & Michael Lyon 13 Underwriters listing As of December 31, 2011

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KCUR 89.3 FM KCUR CFM Distributors The Elders Harris Bank Kansas City Repertory Theater Cafe Sebastienne Episcopal Community Services Hayward’s Pit Bar B Que Kansas City Sailing Cafe Trio Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City Scottish Highland Games 14 Californos Restaurant ETF Store Kansas City Kansas City Star Kansas City Symphony Midwest Wine Tours Re-energize KC Toy & Miniature Museum Kansas City Zoo Mid-Winter Art Fair at Ward Parkway Renaissance Festival Tivol Kansas Journal of Law and Minsky’s Pizza Rimann Liquors Topeka South Rotary Public Policy Mission Farms Merchants Ripple Glass Traditions Furniture Kauffman Center for the Missouri Bank River City Solutions Trapp & Company Performing Arts Moxie Catering The Roasterie Truman Library KC Center for Anxiety Treatment Muncharoo Rockhurst University Truman Medical Charitable Foundation KC Clay Guild Musica Vocale St. Andrew Christian Church UMKC Biomedical and Health KCPT Public TV 19 Musical Theater Heritage St. James Church Informatics KU Confucius Institute Music Box Films St. Lukes Health System UMKC Conservatory of Music and KU Medical Center NARI (National Association of the St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Dance Kemper Museum of Remodeling Industry) St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School UMKC Department of English Contemporary Art National Shows 2 Saint Paul School of Theology UMKC Foundation Lead Bank National Eagle Leadership Institute Salina Art Center UMKC School of Education-KC Teach Legal Aid of Western Missouri National World War I Museum Santa Fe Air Conditioning UMKC Theatre The Legends Outlets Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Schloegel Design Remodel Umzuzu Lexington Tourism Bureau New Ear Scott Joplin Foundation Unicorn Theater Lewis Rice Fingersh Newburger Foundation Second Presbyterian Church Union Station Liberty Arts Squared “Arts Festival” Northeast Arts Commission Security National Mortgage Unity Village Liberty Hospital Northland Symphony Orchestra Seigfried Bingham Levy Selzer and Gee University of Missouri-Kansas City Lidia’s Restaurant Ntimus Clinic Senior Care Homes University of Saint Mary Lied Center Odyssey Healthcare Sharma Crawford Upper Room Music Linda Hall Library of Science, Olathe Animal Hospital Shawnee Mission Medical Center USA Rise Up Engineering and Technology Olathe Ford Lincoln Shen Yun Performing Arts Vanderslice Home Tour Literacy Kansas City Otto Fleck’s Dry Basement and Simpson House Versfeld and Hugo Live Nation Foundation Siro Smith Dickson, PC Village Presbyterian Church Longview Art & World Music Festival Outback Concerts Small & Home Business Connection Visitation Fine Arts Society (Venue Lukes Lab Pak Halal Small Step Energy Solutions Visitation Church) Lyric Opera of Kansas City Park University Southminster Presbyterian Church Visiting Nurse Association MPress Printing Parkville Mainstreet Merchants SPIN! Neopolitan Pizza Voices in Time Majestic Restaurant Pat Rhia Productions Spur Communications Ward & Ward Custom Picture Framing Mark Twain Writers Workshop / Paul Mesner Puppets Square Pegs Washington University New Letters Weekend Writers Pembroke Hill School Stinson Morrison Hecker Wayside Waifs Conference Perceptive Software Stone Lion Puppets Wealth Partners Martin Pringle Attorneys at Law Peter’s Clothiers Storling Dance Theater Westport Center for the Arts McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan Philip Voetsch Jeweler Stueve Siegel Hanson Westport Regional Business League Meers Advertising Pitch Suburban Lawn & Garden Wheels To Freedom Menorah Medical Center Planned Parenthood of Kansas Summerfest Concerts William Jewell College Metropolitan Community College & Mid-Missouri Sunflower House World’s Window Mid-America Arts Alliance Polished Edge Superior Volvo Wornall House Mid-America Regional Council Prairie Village Jazz Festival Sweet Spot Marketing YouthFriends Mid-Town Family Medicine Prairie Village Merchants Swope Health Services in Review Year 2011 Midwest Gastroenterology Project Workout on Wheels Te Deum Vocale Ensemble Midwest Health Foundation Rainy Day Books Ten Thousand Villages Midwest Highland Arts Fund REACH Healthcare Foundation Tinseltown Media 15 KCUR Financials Fiscal year 2011

The Kansas City area community funds 72 percent of KCUR’s operating budget. This revenue makes possible the outstanding programming you hear on KCUR and kcur.org, including favorites from National Public Radio, plus exceptional local news coverage, health information, business reports, features, music and arts coverage.

During KCUR’s 2011 fiscal year, nearly 11,000 members made gifts of almost $1.4 million to maintain the programs they value.

In addition, community businesses and corporations continued to discover the quality of KCUR programming. Underwriting sales exceeded $950,000 in fiscal year 2011.

Revenues for year ending June 30, 2011 Expenses for year ending June 30, 2011

$39,841 (1%) $40,504 (1%) $45,828 (1%) Our thanks $203,486 (6%) to all of you $103,560 (3%) $233,005 (7%) $221,504 (7%) for your $2,343,057 $2,038,740 (72%) (65%) generous $532,090 (16%) $294,522 (9%) support. $355,737 (12%)

Total Revenue: $3,297,381 Total Expenses: $3,154,493

Community Support Programming (includes membership and underwriting revenue) Corporation for Public Broadcasting Grants Membership Endowment Revenue Management & General

University Support* Underwriting Other Income

KCUR 89.3 FM KCUR Engineering (includes interest/investments) Other Grants Promotions 16 *UMKC also contributed other forms of support, which represented more than $660,000 in value. Program Descriptions KCUR Year in Review 2011 KCUR Digital KCUR 12th Street Jump – KCUR’s jazz, Humankind – Stories of remarkable Talk of the Nation – Intelligent talk blues and comedy jam featuring people dedicated to humanizing our on compelling issues and your phone Kansas City area jazz artists. society. calls are welcome. Hosted by Neal Community Expanding KCUR.org through redesigns and upgrades Conan. Dear friends, All Things Considered – This Kansas City Symphony Hour – A newsmagazine delivers in-depth weekly one-hour broadcast featuring This American Life – Personal About 10 years after I was a student in “Radio Writing We added Morning Edition and hired on-air announcers Advisory reporting, news, analysis, commentary, the live concert performances of the stories about living in America. interviews and occasional quirkiness. and Production,” I met up with my former professor at with experience as well as enthusiasm. We recognized This past December, KCUR.org, like a veterinarian’s We’re also encouraging more engagement with our audience. Kansas City Symphony. Some are funny, many are poignant. assistant surprised on the street by Oprah’s camera crew, got The new website accepts comments on all of our stories, so American Routes Hosted by Ira Glass. a statewide broadcasters’ meeting. A decade earlier, he that even though public radio was non-profit, it should Board – A broad range KC Currents – Amplifies the voices had pulled me aside after class one day and suggested be run as a business with income equaling or exceeding a makeover. The new site is powered by Core Publisher, a users and listeners can offer their views or ask questions on of American music – blues, jazz, and stories of cultural and ethnic Thistle and Shamrock – A that I major in nursing or teaching because, “Women expenses. Public broadcasting matured. So have I. version of Drupal that’s been customized and optimized for specific topics or of specific reporters and hosts. This comes gospel, soul, old-time country, communities in and around contemporary and traditional aren’t hired in broadcasting.” At the age of 18, the Members public radio stations by NPR Digital Services. in handy for on-air call-in shows, which routinely receive zydeco, Tejano, roots rock and pop, Kansas City. Celtic musical journey. Hosted by avant-garde and classical. future was way too far off to worry about. I continued This will be my last annual letter to listeners, as I plan listener feedback and questions via the new comments Fiona Ritchie. Angela Bennett Marketplace – A weekday wrap-up in broadcasting because I liked it. After I became to retire in June. One goal of this redesign and upgrade is to appeal to a section online. The new site also lets users share KCUR BBC News Overnight – An Scott Burnett of the world’s business news with Up to Date – A KCUR call-in and manager of the public radio station in Wichita, I wider audience online. The cleaner design makes for easier stories easily via Facebook, Twitter and Google+. international perspective on the Marilyn Carbonell feature pieces vital to your business, talk show that focuses on politics, foolishly and arrogantly fantasized about meeting After I met up with my former professor at the reading, and we are currently tweaking the new navigation news, including live breaking stories personal finances and life. economics, history, social issues, arts Linda Edwards the professor and having him get down on his knees broadcasting meeting, I reminded him of what he had system to help our site’s visitors easily find the content The new NPR API (Application Programming Interface, from the BBC. and entertainment. Hosted by The Jane Gard Marketplace Morning Report – A begging my forgiveness. told me 10 years earlier. He did not get down on his they’re looking for. but you won’t be tested on that later), which is integrated Car Talk – Tom and Ray Magliozzi, Kansas City Star’s Steve Kraske. Dale Jarka 10-minute update on the world’s into the back end of our new content management system, affectionately known as “Click and knees and beg my forgiveness. Instead, he just said, stock markets, with features about Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! – Test Janet Justus KCUR.org’s online audience has held steady in the past, allows us to integrate NPR’s web coverage into KCUR. Clack” offer advice for car problems When I began as manager of a public radio station, we “Things change.” business and personal finance. your knowledge of the week’s news Jeff Maxcy with a large dose of humor. worked with cassette machines and LPs, and All Things but ideally we’ll see ever-increasing numbers of visitors org seamlessly. This means that users won’t have to leave and have fun playing along with the Madeleine McDonough to the site. From text stories to original photos to audio KCUR.org to access the latest national and international Follow us on Morning Edition – Five hours of Considered came to the station over telephone lines. We Things will be changing at KCUR. Of course, Kansas Central Standard – A KCUR talk cast on this fast-paced quiz show. Regina Nouhan slideshows, there is a lot of web-only content being coverage from NPR, thus increasing the value of our in-depth news reports, features and used manual typewriters and mimeograph machines City’s public media, which began in 1957, will TM and call-in show hosted by Jabulani Steve Paul commentary from NPR and KCUR. The Walt Bodine Show – A live call- and carbon paper and edited audio tapes with razor continue to serve the community and provide accurate produced by the KCUR reporting and programming website for users and for our underwriters. Leffall. Adriana Pecina in show exploring local restaurants, blades. Technology has advanced in public radio information enabling our listeners to help make our staff, and the new site is designed to highlight that New Letters on the Air Steve Roling @KCUR Classical – Classical and romantic – A literary movies and Kansas City history. (or, as we now call it, public media). Reporters edit community better. Although there will be another content. Those web-only elements are attractive in and Journalist and Web advocate Doc Searls said, “The live review of some of the foremost David Smith repertories illuminated by well- their stories on computers, the satellite system sends person managing KCUR, our commitment to our of themselves, but can also draw listeners to the web, as Web isn’t just built. It grows, adapts and changes. 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