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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Multi-instrumentalist Alan Burdick stops by the Fermin-Garner Performance Studio to play - and explain - the many different sounds of the digital accordion.
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Cureate Courses' graduates are local food entrepreneurs, wholesalers, restaurateurs, farmers and chefs. For months, the participants learned business and networking skills while still perfecting their food. This week, Allie Jones, owner of JAML Jams, Katie Helams, proprietor of Grow NWA, and Kim Bryden, the CEO of Cureate, joined Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams at the Carver Center for Public Radio.
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A statue of civil rights icon and Little Rock Nine mentor Daisy Bates was unveiled on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol's statuary hall. It replaces a likeness of prominent 1800s lawyer Uriah Rose, representing the State of Arkansas at the nation's capital. A ceremony at 2nd Baptist Church in Little Rock detailed Mrs. Bates’ legacy before the unveiling, which was live-streamed from Washington, D.C.
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The number of pregnant women getting vaccinated has declined in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Wanda Barfield directs the Division of Reproductive Health for the CDC in Atlanta and said the troubling trend can lead to serious health problems for women and infants.
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On today's show, graduating from college is tough— Getting a job after graduation might be tougher. Also, food entrepreneurs launching small businesses for everything from microgreens to jams. Plus, music inspired by motherly love.
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Circles NWA is celebrating the graduation of its second cohort of community members tonight at Genesis Church in Fayetteville. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams recently spoke with two of the driving forces behind the nonprofit, which is seeking solutions to poverty and a lack of affordable housing.
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Northwest Arkansas Community College's trail technician program will begin this fall. The inaugural director of the trail technician program, Lori Greminger, will start in that role on Monday. She spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the program and its curriculum on the NWACC campus last week.
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The University of Arkansas Student Chamber Music Tour features four student chamber music ensembles. Throughout spring, they will perform across Arkansas. Last week, Katey J. Halbert, assistant professor of horn, and graduating senior Abigail Short came to the Carver Center for Public Radio to talk to Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellems about the upcoming tour.
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On today's show, a local nonprofit is identifying leaders to combat the housing crisis in Northwest Arkansas. Also, a musical tour that extends from Fayetteville to the southern part of the state. Plus, diving into an underrated outlet of student media at the University of Arkansas.
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The "wild goose chase" is over thanks to KUAF's resident Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds.