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Pete Hartman
Operations ManagerPete Hartman was born in 1973 and had a wonderful childhood in Greenbrier. He moved to Harrison in 1989 and then attended North Arkansas Community College from 1992-1994.
In 1994, Hartman moved to Fayetteville to attend the University of Arkansas as a journalism student. By January 1995, he had found his way to KUAF as a work-study student - answering phones and doing clerical work. After learning how to cut audio, Hartman soon began working with Kyle Kellams on Ozarks at Large when it was just one episode per week.
It took Hartman almost 10 years to get his bachelor's degree from the university, because he just had too much fun with the college experience. But by 2004, Hartman entrenched himself in all things KUAF and Rick Stockdell had a position for him, if he would write his senior paper and graduate. Which, he did.
Hartman has served as KUAF's operations manager since that time. For Hartman, it is a job that keeps him on his toes with different duties, including voicing KUAF underwriting announcements.
Hartman has many hobbies: fishing, fly-tying, dirt biking, metal detecting, but what he enjoys the most is spending time with his wife, Christine, and his three daughters: Evie, Rosa and Sylvie.
He owns a Subaru.
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KUAF Community SpotlightPete speaks with Reese Roberts, from the Fayetteville Independent Restaurant Alliance, to talk about how her organizations supports local eateries.
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KUAF Community SpotlightPete speaks with Emma Fuston, from Terra Studios, about their upcoming free community chess tournament on July 20.
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KUAF Community SpotlightPete speaks with Clark Eckles, coordinator of the iFriend program at the University of Arkansas, to learn more about the program before the upcoming school year.
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KUAF Community SpotlightPete is joined over the phone by Angie Albright, from the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale, about their ongoing call for local artists to help design their new shade canopy. Letters of interest are due by midnight Wednesday, July 10 at midnight.
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The staff at KUAF got the prompt, "I know it's officially summer when I hear THIS song." Listen through the wide variety of selections.
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KUAF Community SpotlightPete speaks with Tom Northfell, field day coordinator for the Bella Vista Radio club, about their upcoming HAM Radio field day.
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KUAF Community SpotlightPete Hartman talks to Susan Idlet, director of Fenix Arts in Fayetteville, about their upcoming Transfigure series celebrating LGBTQ+ artists.
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KUAF Community SpotlightPete speaks with Kayla Mayes, executive director of Big Paws of the Ozarks, about their upcoming block party and their dog rescue mission.
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KUAF Community SpotlightThe KUAF Community Spotlight is excited to announce that 3 finalists have been selected for the theme song contest! Pete and Jasper discuss the finalists. Voting begins now and remains open through June 1 on KUAF's Instagram, @kuaf_radio.
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KUAF Community SpotlightOn this special edition of the KUAF Community Spotlight, Chaddie Kumpe-Platt presents KUAF's Pete Hartman with the Fayetteville Rotary Club's "Service Above Self" Award for his work uplifting local nonprofits on the Community Spotlight.