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e-Newsletter
| January 7, 2016 |
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Contents:
- New Programs on KGOU
- Special Coverage Plans
- Ticket Giveaways
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Investigative Program Makes Weekly Debut
KGOU listeners who have been enjoying investigative reporting program Reveal on a monthly basis can now hear it every week. The producers, the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, are offering new shows weekly beginning this weekend. The first new investigation looks into temp hiring practices and race. Tune in Sundays at 7 a.m.
Whenever a show is added, we have to say goodbye to another, and Reveal is replacing New Dimensions. Our staff and listeners alike have noticed inconsistencies in editorial standards week-to-week, following the death of the show's executive producer and original host, Michael Toms, in 2013. We know some listeners will miss New Dimensions and its many moments of inspiring radio; this decision reflects our commitment to offer consistently excellent programming to the KGOU audience. Contact Program Manager Jim Johnson at programming@kgou.org with questions or comments.
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Limited-Run Program Series: Race Matters
Racial unrest in the U.S. has manifested recently in protests over policing and inequities in the criminal justice system. Timely topics like these and others are the focus of a new limited-run series on KGOU, Race Matters, produced by the University of Oklahoma's renowned literary magazine, World Literature Today. The series is hosted by WLT Art Director Merleyn Bell, and airs Mondays at 11:30 through Feb. 1. Listen to the first show broadcast on Jan. 4, featuring George Henderson, a 1960s civil rights activist and esteemed educator at OU.
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Special Coverage: State of the Union Address
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Official White House Photo
by Pete Souza
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KGOU will air NPR's live coverage of President Obama's final State of the Union Address, as well as the Republican response, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, starting at 8 p.m. CT. The plans are for Audie Cornish to host, joined in the studio by White House Correspondent Scott Horsley, National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson and Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving. NPR's Sue Davis will report live from the House chamber, and White House Correspondent Tamara Keith will join from Iowa.
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World Views: Children's Author Laments Lack of Books
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Photo by Shevaun Williams
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For 45 years, Meshack Asare has vividly written and illustrated stories for children that relate to their experiences growing up in Africa. He talks about his journey -- from his childhood in Ghana listening to his grandparents tell folk tales to writing children's books that he wished he could have read -- on this week's World Views. Read his story and tune in Friday at 4 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. to hear the interview. Several of his essays are featured in the January issue of World Literature Today, as winner of the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature.
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NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest Opens for Submissions
 Most creative "desks" in last year's submissions |
NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert series has hosted the likes of Adele, T. Pain and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings -- could someone from Oklahoma be next? The 2016 Tiny Desk Contest opens for submissions next Tuesday, January 12. Get all the rules and specs -- undiscovered musicians can send in submissions until Feb. 2. See the Tiny Desk Tumblr for creative inspiration.
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Ticket Giveaway ~ Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
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Dubbed the "Queen of Bluegrass" by the Wall Street Journal, Rhonda Vincent has been playing and singing since childhood. She and her band take the stage at Oklahoma City Community College's Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater on Friday, Jan. 22 for an evening of toe-tapping Americana. Enter our drawing for a chance to win tickets. Review our official contest rules for all giveaways.
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Ticket Giveaway ~ Moscow Festival Ballet
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Moscow Festival Ballet brings two classic fairy tales to life onstage at Armstrong Auditorium in Edmond: Prokofiev's Cinderella on Monday, Jan. 25, and Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Use one entry form to enter drawings for tickets to one of these spectacular ballets.
Congratulations to our winners!
In our previous e-Newsletter, we gave away tickets to hear cellist Sara Sant'Ambrogio next Thursday at Armstong Auditorium. Our winners are John and Peter -- enjoy the concert!
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