Kyle Kellams
News Director, Host of Ozarks at Large, Acting General ManagerKyle 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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On today's show, as northwest Arkansas continues to grow, regional services try to keep pace, including animal shelters. Also, a new documentary traces connections between groups in Arkansas and the Oklahoma City bombing. Plus, Grammy-nominated trombonist and composer Papo Vazquez will be in residency at the University of Arkansas this week.
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A new record featuring songs and music from Pat Ryan Key and Al Halpin, "Stick to Your Guns," is available today. The duo play together on six songs and the music is available now. Pat Ryan Key came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio this week to perform music and talk the new record.
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Michael Tilley from "Talk Business & Politics" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss Fort Smith water rates' possible rise, the Institute for Creative Arts receiving $5 million to help finish construction, and a trail that will connect the river trail to Kelley Park Ballfields.
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On today's show, we discuss the Muslim community in northwest Arkansas. Plus, Pat Ryan Key visited the Carver Center for Public Radio to perform, discuss his new record and how things have changed for him.
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Silkroad Ensemble is a musical collective dedicated to bringing together musicians. The latest version of Silkroad’s “Train Station Trio” will perform in Fayetteville this week. The musicians will also participate in the “TEACH M.E.” Music Education Conference. Daniel Abrahams, assistant professor of music education, came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to talk with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the conference. They were joined on Zoom by Kaoru Wantabe, a flutist and percussionist, and Morgan Beckford, the director of Silkroad Connect.
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On today's show, the impact of fashion here in Northwest Arkansas. Also, the Razorbacks welcome a new head men’s basketball coach. Plus, musicians from the Silk Road Ensemble are in Fayetteville this week for a music education conference and to perform.
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Jake Hertzog and Susumu Watanabe are collaborating with nearly two dozen other area musicians for the premier performance of the Ozark Jazz Philharmonic on Tuesday night. Not only is the ensemble new but so is the work the musicians will be performing, Hertzog’s “Anthropesia: A Concerto for Jazz Guitar and Jazz Philharmonic.” Both men came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio recently to talk about the music and the ensemble.
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On today's show, we hear about the impact of the decision of the state of Arkansas to remove X from state IDs. Also, the Ozark Jazz Philharmonic is getting ready for its big debut. Plus, as people continue to move to northwest Arkansas, what are they looking for?
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This week's trip to the archives at the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History with Randy Dixon features the recollection of a high-profile federal trial in Fort Smith with 14 people charged with trying to overthrow the government.
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On today's show, Thaden School in Bentonville is expanding. We also learn more about a huge investment in the electric grid in Arkansas. Plus, a trip to the archives about a high-profile federal trial in Fort Smith, 36 years ago this month, with 14 people charged with trying to overthrow the government.