The public radio show and podcast The United States of Anxiety gets a facelift this weekend as producer WNYC Studios relaunches the New York Public Radio show as a nationally syndicated program for public radio stations nationwide. What is now called Notes from America will debut Sunday (September 25) on more than 40 public radio stations.

The name filler is designed to reflect its new national audience as well as attract a wider audience for the call-in show, says WNYC Studios. What won’t change, he says, is the show’s commitment to dealing with the unfinished business of American history and its grip on our future — but with a new focus on finding solutions.

“We launched Kai’s WNYC call show in 2020 amid a pandemic and a reckoning with structural racism that has dramatically changed our lives and livelihoods, our culture and our discourse, as well than our sense of personal identity and our understanding of shared history,” said Kenya Young, senior vice president at WNYC Studios. “As the pandemic wanes, what hasn’t changed is the desire, in an often distressing media environment, to go beyond the headlines and process the news together.”

Host Kai Wright will remain in front of the microphone for Notes from America. He has previously hosted several national radio specials, including a June 19, 2022 celebration produced in partnership with Texas public radio stations. In 2017, Wright was one of the hosts of “Indivisible,” a national pop-up show produced by WNYC, Minnesota Public Radio and The Economist that aired for the first 100 days of the Trump presidency. Previously, he worked in print and digital media, including editorial roles at ColorLines, TheRoot and The Nation.

There aren’t many live call-out contests on Sundays — it airs live at 6 p.m. ET — and that likely helped WNYC Studios get the show cleared on more than 40 radio stations. public, including the flagships WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio, as well as Minnesota Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WUIS Springfield, IL; WJFF Catskill, NY; and WSKG Binghamton, NY; among others.

“We think of Notes from America like a Sunday night dinner, where you stumble upon a conversation that stays with you for the rest of the week,” Wright said. “We invite listeners to take a chair at our table, bring only their open ears and open hearts, and join us in an honest, intimate, and always good-faith discussion about the kind of society we want to create. together.”

The owner of three Santa Barbara County radio stations died in a paragliding accident in eastern Ventura County as colleagues remembered the man known for his love of broadcasting, aviation and adventure.

Shawn Knight, a Santa Ynez Valley resident in his 50s, owned Knight Broadcasting, including KRAZy Country 105.9-FM, Mix96, adult contemporary at 96.7-FM, and KUHL, a talk radio station at 1440 AM and 106.3 FM.

Members of the Ventura County Fire Department responded to a report around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday of a paraglider north of Highway 33, west of Reyes Peak and near Pine Mountain Lodge, according to Capt. Brian McGrath .

One death resulted from the accident, McGrath told Noozhawk, adding that the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office was leading the investigation.

In addition to Knight Broadcasting, Knight has been involved with Cloud 9 Advertising.

“He stressed the importance of bringing local radio to the airwaves, including running a live morning show,” Ben Heighes, KUHL’s news director, wrote on Facebook. “We mourn the passing of Shawn but assure our listeners that our mission remains to keep local radio on AM 1440 and FM 106.3 KUHL.”

Employees, who called Knight a big boss, and their friends were shocked to learn of Knight’s death on Thursday.

“To him, radio was very important in the lives of the locals,” said Jeff Williams, who met Knight when they both worked for Clear Channel radio in Santa Barbara before Knight became the owner.

Along with being passionate about radio stations, Knight has started other businesses including Cloud 9 for banner towing with an airplane, a computer repair business and more.

“He was a hell of an entrepreneur. He really liked business. He loved people. He wasn’t one stuck in the office,” Williams said.

Knight grew up in Santa Barbara County and graduated from Santa Ynez Valley Union High School. He then reportedly attended California State University, Fresno, and Cal Poly.

“He was sucked into the broadcast industry and never came out of it,” Williams added.

Friends recalled Knight being a bit of an adrenaline junkie, including a skateboarding incident that left him shaken a few years ago.

Knight, a licensed pilot, also enjoyed aviation and was active at Santa Ynez Airport.

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The producer of a new Maori TV show about Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA+ community says it’s full of people who don’t want to be typecast.

Queer and Here follows Aniwa Whaiapu Koloamatangi from the bilingual soap opera series Ahikaroa, as he speaks with LGBT advocates young and old to find out how queer Kiwis see themselves.

Producer Nicola Smith says she examines the history of gay liberation, how it has affected society and how attitudes within the community have changed over the years.

“The more we started talking to people, the more reluctant they were to be typecast, so it was ‘I’m in a relationship with a woman but I don’t really see myself as a lesbian, I see myself as queer,’ so we were putting people in a binary when a lot of people these days say ‘I don’t want to be part of a binary, I’m not binary, I don’t identify as trans, I identify as queer,’ ” she says.

Queer and Here premieres May 19 on Maori TV.

GOT7it is BamBam was recently a visitor to the Thai TV show The driver and shared a shaggy dog ​​story of his first encounter with one of the many hosts.

It was BamBam’s first time on the show, but he revealed he had spoken with the host before. Pramote Pathan (also called Oat Pramote Pathan) who is a DJ, actor and singer in Thailand. He then revealed that Pramote was the only person in the entertainment industry who used informal speech with him in Thai.

BamBam shared the story of when he called himself in EFM stationthe radio show hosted by Pramote. BamBam said his mother was a fan of the show and he tried calling them 100 times before he was able to go on air.

When linked with the hosts of the on-air show, Pramote had used the phrases goo and meung in Thai while talking with BamBam, which are laid back and can be offensive if used outside of conversations with close friends.

Pramote clarified that when BamBam called him, he thought the idol was a prank. Listeners recognized BamBam’s voice, and Pramote quickly began receiving text messages from BamBam subscribers informing the host of his mistake.

Pramote said that when he checked BamBam’s Instagram and noticed the variety of followers he had, he realized the extent of BamBam’s fame. He then jokingly told BamBam that he should have said he was famous.

Pramote took this opportunity to set the record straight by playfully telling viewers that he would never have addressed him informally had he acknowledged that he was hugely well-known. All was forgiven, they usually continued with the pleasant interview.

GOT7 has officially confirmed that their self-titled EP will be released on May 24.

You can try BamBam’s full interview below!

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His career as a professional athlete isn’t the only reason WEEI’s Lou Merloni is a good radio host, but it certainly helped.

Merloni, entertaining and opinionated, co-host of Merloni and Fauria, spent nine major league seasons with the Red Sox, Angels, Indians (now Guardians) and Padres. He also spent portions of 15 straight years in the minor leagues and even had a stint in Japan.

One of the biggest clichés in all of sports is that baseball is a game of adjustments. The pitcher adapts to the batter. The batter adapts to the pitcher. Players must adapt to the ballpark. And in Merloni’s case, you’re constantly adapting to the roster you’re on and the teammates you’re playing with.

“I played with people all over the country, all over the world,” Merloni told BSM. “Understanding people, and kind of saying, okay, maybe that’s what makes this guy or that guy tick. I think those things helped me (on the radio) too.

Since entering media in 2008, Merloni has worked with various radio partners, including Mike Mutnansky, Tim Benz, Glenn Ordway and current co-host Christian Fauria. Merloni has worked on two- and three-person radio shows, served as a color commentator on Red Sox radio shows, did pre-game and post-game TV work on NESN, not to mention shows on NBC Sports Boston. alongside its radio rival. , Mike Felger, of 98.5 The Sports Hub.

Merloni continues to adapt today, as his responsibilities on Merloni and Fauria have recently changed. Since the retirement of former co-host and longtime Boston radio stalwart Glenn Ordway in 2021, Merloni has found himself as the show’s pilot — a role we don’t typically see in. no former athletes.

“I tried to learn as much as I could from (Ordway), but there’s definitely a transition from this guy who was just in second chair and all of a sudden trying to host the show,” said he declared. “It’s something you’re still struggling with or working on. He was a host. And it’s funny, when you’re not in that position, you don’t do what you’re being asked to do, fill in the gaps and direct the show and keep it in line.

Maybe that will change in the coming weeks. Of course, it wasn’t until hours after my due date that Lou and his partner Christian Fauria announced that Meghan Ottolini would be joining their show as their new full-time co-host.

It’s certainly been my experience on radio that when the main conductor of a show is gone, the others tend to do the show a little more loosely. It’s often less structured and freer for everyone. You have all seen it. Heck, some of you are even guilty of it. But for Merloni without Ordway? The opposite is happening.

“I think because I’m new to this, I keep it more in line,” Merloni said. “He would have a bit more flexibility and that’s something I have to learn sometimes as well sometimes. So for me, I’m constantly trying to do the fundamentals right because I’m new to it. Whether it’s to tease or stay timed is something I try to focus on as much as possible just because I’m always trying to work my way up and improve.

While adaptability is a critical trait that intersects between professional athlete and radio host, it’s not the only one for Merloni. The ability to be coachable and the desire to compete and be better drives him and his current partner at Fauria.

“I think one of the things about being an athlete, and that’s where I think Christian and I are similar, is that we both want to be better,” he said. declared. “When you’re an athlete it’s like I don’t swing the bat well, I want my hitting coach to come up to me and say ‘you’re doing this wrong’. I’m not going to take it personally because you try to help me. And if that’s what I have to do, then that’s what I’m going to do. Because I just want that end goal of excelling and being the best I can be.

As Merloni continues to build towards the best version of his media self, he’s unsure what the ultimate end game is. This offseason, he turned down a potential opportunity to be part of the rotating cast of Red Sox television color commentators.

“I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about where I’m going,” Merloni said. “And really, a big impact on my professional career is my son, who’s 12. He plays baseball, and as far as my job goes, I love calling Red Sox games, but there’s nothing that I love more than watching my son play sports and spending that time. If my son was 18 and went off to college, maybe I’d be in a cabin all the time. I have no idea, but right now I’m enjoying the flexibility. The time I can spend with him, you know, weekends, coming home for dinner and hanging out with him. That’s, right now, the most important to me. We’ll see how that changes down the road. But right now I’m just trying to stay in the moment and enjoy what I’m doing.

Merloni isn’t sure what the future will bring, but it’s been quite a journey for the former infielder, who started making weekly appearances on The big show with Ordway in 2008 before becoming a mainstay of the WEEI range.

But as the road gets clearer, you can bet Merloni will adjust and adapt.

He made a career out of it after all.

When you write one of these plays, you always pay attention to the narrative that emerges and try to ensure that whatever is included matches the story you are trying to tell. That means good stuff ends up on the cutting room floor.

Well, in this case, I had two questions that Lou gave great answers to, and unfortunately I just couldn’t find a way to fit them in. Here they are, presented as they were asked and answered.

BSM: You and Mike Felger are rivals on radio, how do you do a TV show on NBC Sports Boston with a guy you’re not “supposed” to like?

ML: I have known Mike for a long time. I respect what he does. So for me it’s like it’s competitive but we don’t play them. It’s not like a one-on-one game for me as an athlete. So all I can do is just worry about our show and do what I think is best. I know what the ratings are, we’re getting our ass kicked, and the idea is that it starts to turn around, close the gap a little bit, and then it’s a little positive that you were trying to build from there. Felger is good at what he does, we all know that, but our job is to kind of counter-program that and be the best we can be and hopefully get people back. When I worked with him, it wasn’t like, “I don’t want to work with you because you’re the competitor.” I just try to separate it and focus on what I’m doing, because that’s the only thing that could help us.

BSM: Do you run with the whole “Angry Lou” track or is it something you roll your eyes at?

ML: I think it’s always been kind of therapy for me sometimes, to be honest with you. People always say, “Oh, you’re negative about the Patriots or the Celtics or something.” The Angry Lou is really dating the Red Sox. That’s where it kind of started. That’s what it’s all about, just the things that have sometimes bothered me with the organization over the years. I’m just passionate about it. It is not an act. I have to pull something off my chest and it kind of turned into this rant that naturally started happening.

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CANYON – KWTS The One 91.1, student-run West Texas A&M University

non-commercial radio station, will switch to the 90s format on October 1.

“When we say ‘all 90s’, we mean all 90s – 90s rock, 90s Top 40, 90s country, 90s hip hop and R&B. And not just the hits either” said Randy Ray, KWTS Advisor, Director of Broadcast Engineering and Associate Lecturer in Media Communications.

The impending format change – timed to celebrate the station’s 50th anniversary – was

announced April 8 during “Psychotic Reaction,” a weekly radio show hosted by Dr. Marty Kuhlman, WT’s Jenny Lind Porter History Professor.

After:Student radio station WTAMU KWTS drops special announcement ahead of 50th anniversary

Ray and Kuhlman also detailed plans for the station’s birthday party, scheduled for 2-6 p.m. Oct. 1 on the day of the reunion at KWTS Studios inside the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex. .

“For every hour we’ll be playing music from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s and 10s, so we’d like old DJs to come back and play on air during those decades,” Ray said.

The party will also offer alumni the chance to see the still relatively new facilities of KWTS, Ray said.

“KWTS has been training students for 50 years, and having a campus radio station is a privilege that many universities don’t have,” Ray said. “Over five decades, WT media students have gained hands-on experience in station management, learning along the way what a great responsibility it is to work in broadcast media.”