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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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Foristina Campbell was 15 years old when she ran away from her Missouri home to join the circus. Later in life she was a recognized figure in Springdale. Campbell's story serves as the inspiration for Becky Marietta’s novel, “White River Red.” Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams traveled to the John Brown University campus to meet Marietta in her office and discuss the book.
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April Wallace of the "Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to suggest local happenings this weekend, like a Where's Waldo contest in Bentonville, an historic World War II plane in Fayetteville, and more.
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Talk Business and Politics' Michael Tilley Joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss headlines from around the Fort Smith area, like Sebastian County's election coordinator suddenly quitting, Fort Smith's city prosecutor's controversial dismissal, the investigation of property alleged to have connections to the Chinese Communist Party.
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On today's show, UAMS and Baptist Health Fort Smith give teenagers hands-on experience in the medical world. Also, chatting with an author about a real-life Springdale resident who served as inspiration for their novel about running away to join the circus. Plus, the Listening Lab visits the Girl Power Rock Camp.
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Recycling glass for many bars and restaurants in the region is difficult, expensive, or both. The Northwest Arkansas Council wants to increase the amount of glass diverted from the landfill and is working with a Little Rock recycling firm to do that. Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams has more.
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The recipients of the 2024 Tjuana Byrd Internships are at businesses this summer, like Southwest Power Pool. The internships, administered by the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, are internships reserved for Arkansas women of color pursuing degrees in STEM fields, including finance fields. An alumna of the program, Takiayah Mayo, who interned at Southwest Power Pool and now works at Stone Bank, spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the program.
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On today's show, making glass recycling easier for restaurants and bars. Also, improving care and education for geriatric care in Arkansas. Plus, considering how we carry our emotions of home through music.
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The University of Arkansas’ Master of Music in Black Sacred Music, a unique three-year, summer-only program, will conclude its second summer with a concert on Aug. 1 at The Meteor in Fayetteville. Geoffrey Allen Murdock and Jake Hertzog discussed the event and the Arkansas Center for Black Music at the Carver Center for Public Radio.
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Gospel, blues, jazz, hip-hop, soul, and more can be heard every day in Fayetteville on nonprofit radio station KDIV 98.7 FM. The station is getting ready to re-introduce itself to the community with an open house on July 29 at its new space on Sunbridge Drive. Reggie Brasfield, the station’s executive director, and Ryan Versey, a volunteer at KDIV and KUAF’s underwriting director, talked with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the mission of KDIV.
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The Tjuana Byrd Summer Internship Program for Arkansas women of color in STEM and finance fields is ending for the season soon. Partnered with companies like Acxiom and Southwest Power Pool and the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, it's named after the foundation’s first Black president. This week, Ozarks at Large will feature recipients like Indu Sen of Bentonville, who earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Arkansas and will start her master’s at Oklahoma State this fall.