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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Becca Martin-Brown returns to discuss modern events with a deeper history with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams. This week, Amanda Cothren joins them to talk about Historic Cane Hill and its upcoming Harvest Festival.
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On today's show, a new cohort of outdoor recreation businesses joins a University of Arkansas incubator program. Also, raising awareness of young passengers. Plus, a full day at Cane Hill.
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We give plenty of attention to cities and regions identified as metropolitan, but micropolitan areas—labor market and statistical areas with populations between 10,000 and 50,000 people—are also worth our scrutiny. Bentonville-based Heartland Forward took note of micropolitan areas and published the report “Most Dynamic Micropolitans." Dave Shideler, chief research officer at Heartland Forward, spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about their findings.
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Randy Dixon from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to reminisce about the political call to actions of the State's past, from Clinton to Huckabee.
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On today's show, Arkansas is the most food-insecure state in the nation. Groups are working on solutions to combat those statistics. Also, the challenges and futures of micropolitan areas. Plus, a quick history of Arkansas political ads.
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This semester, University of Arkansas Honors College Forum: "Taylor Swift (Arkansas' Version)" delves into Swift's words, music and influence. The course is worth one hour of credit, and honors students must submit an essay to get accepted into the forum. It’s being led by Christa Bentley, assistant professor of musicology at the University of Arkansas. She sat down with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams last week to discuss the course and the artist.
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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 "Dog Pawty," the Miracle League's Burger Competition and "Knowing the West" opening at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
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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, such as the 2024 Compass Report signaling economic growth, the effort to modify Fort Smith consent decree focusing low sewer rate hikes, the rising value of Fort Smith home sales and the Fort Smith CVB asking for local photos to create a mural.
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On today's show, Michael Tilley, with "Talk Business and Politics," talks about the latest Compass Report and offers an update on the economies of the metro areas in Arkansas. Also, an examination of Taylor Swift’s music in a University of Arkansas honors course. Plus, a checklist of things to do this weekend and more.
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Peter Pan is coming to Arkansas this month at the Robinson Center in Little Rock from Sept. 13 through Sept. 15 and then at Walton Arts Center from Sept. 24 through Sept. 29. This production has roots in the nearly 70-year-old Broadway hit, but it also features a newly adapted script from Larissa FastHorse. The tour’s director, Emmy winner Lonny Price, visited the Carver Center for Public Radio to discuss the production.