Kyle Kellams
News Director, Host of Ozarks at LargeKyle Kellams has been the news director at KUAF for 34 years and has been producing Ozarks at Large. The show began in a weekly format, then became a daily show. Kellams first started working in radio at KTLO in Mountain Home while in high school and also spent a year as news director at KKIX in Fayetteville before working at KUAF. During his time at KUAF, Kellams served as the radio play-by-play voice for the University of Arkansas women's basketball team and, on occasion, the U of A baseball team.
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A new report from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation released on World Mental Health Day examines the state of Gen Z, specifically their thoughts about mental health and the future. Romy Drucker, education program director for the Walton Family Foundation, spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams. -
True Lit—Fayetteville Literary Festival—is back at the Fayetteville Public Library beginning tomorrow, Oct. 11, and lasting through Oct. 19. On Tuesday night, Nic Stone will speak. Stone is the author of the New York Times bestsellers "Dear Martin," "Dear Justyce," and several other YA novels, including her latest "Chaos Theory." She talked with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the event earlier this week. -
April Wallace of the "Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to suggest local happenings this weekend, like the Arkansas State Chili Championship, a revival weekend at the newly reimagined Luther George Park in Springdale, a slew of craft fairs and the NWA Book Swap. -
Talk Business and Politics' Michael Tilley Joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss headlines from around the Arkansas River Valley. -
On today's show, novelist Nic Stone explains why she’s excited to be part of the 2024 TruLit Fest. Also, we learn more about a survey of Gen Z’s thoughts on the future and mental health. Plus, Michael Tilley and April Wallace share news and events, respectively. -
This weekend, The Momentary will host KaniniFest. The festival runs from Friday afternoon through early Sunday evening, and in addition to the plays, there will be a Pacific Island dance workshop, West African drum and dance workshops, youth acting workshops and more. Moja Productions, led by Chris Chukweuke and Tenisi Davis, created the festival. They both came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio. -
LatinX Theater Project seeks to inform social change through ensemble-produced art designed to uplift and unite underrepresented communities in northwest Arkansas. While the creators work year-round, their performance schedule definitely picks up in autumn. Recently, Martin Garay and Patricia Rodiguez, members of the ensemble, came to the Carver Center for Public Radio. -
On today's show, building a new shared kitchen in Springdale. Also, the busy autumn schedule for LatinX Theater Project. Plus, we get a preview of this weekend’s KaniniFest at Crystal Bridges. -
More than 60,000 Arkansans are living with Alzheimer's and dementia, while roughly 155,000 people are providing unpaid care to them. David Cook of the Alzheimer Association Arkansas Chapter joins Ozarks at Large to discuss the state's plan and the advisory council's latest report. -
It’s a busy year for Andrea Rogers. The author’s 2022 collection of horror short stories, Man Made Monsters, is out this week in paperback. Her picture book “When We Gather” came out in the spring. Another picture book, “Chooch Helped,” has been recently released, and her new YA novel, “The Art Thieves,” an apocalyptic time-travel love story about art, is celebrating a book launch Friday night at Pearl’s Books. She returned to the Carver Center for Public Radio yesterday to discuss the books.
