The new Arkansas-based true crime podcast Burden has just launched. The release of the podcast coincides with the start of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is in October. Season 1 of Burden examines the suspicious death of a young mother named Billie Jean Letterman in…
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Vandiver Resigns from Post as KUAR General Manager
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFor listeners of local UA Little Rock Public Radio it’s a sad time as it was announced last Friday that general manager Nathan Vandiver will be resigning from his post where he led NPR affiliate stations KUAR-FM, 89.1 and classical…
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Patel Joins KUAR as Political and Government Affairs Reporter
Ronak Patel has joined UA Little Rock Public Radio as the new political and governmental affairs reporter for KUAR-FM 89.1, a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate. His duties include covering Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s administration as well as the Arkansas General…
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UALR Public Radio Receives Anonymous $1.5M Donation, Largest Cash Gift in Its History
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Public Radio (home of KUAR FM 89.1 and KLRE Classical 90.5) is closing its annual fall fund drive on a high note, with an anonymous donation of $1.5 million, the largest cash gift…
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Vandiver Named General Manager for UA Little Rock Public Radio
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA new general manager has been named for UA Little Rock Public Radio, the home of KUAR FM 89.1 and KLRE Classical 90.5. Program director Nathan Vandiver has been appointed to the role. As the general manager, Vandiver will oversee…
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Joel E. Anderson reflects on his career in higher education ahead of his retirement in June. Photography by Sara Edwards Neal t the end of June, Joel E. Anderson plans to retire as…
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has awarded a $278,300 grant to four Arkansas public radio stations to support the establishment of a statewide multimedia journalism collaboration based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Natural State News will be…