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KGOU Newsletter for June 2006
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Good to the Last Drop
Since April 2004, Brain Brew hosts Doug Hall and David Wecker have offered KGOU listeners a bounty of “ideas and encouragement for turning their American dream into reality”. Sadly, the final episode of this innovative program will air June 28, as the hosts move on to other projects.
Brain Brew announces final broadcast  Doug's and Dave’s sage advice, practical outlook and good humor caught on quickly with the KGOU audience, and fueled a number of calls from Oklahoma’s own entrepreneurs, inventors, non-profit workers, and struggling businessmen and women.
We’ve seen a number of programs come and go over the years here at KGOU, and we certainly regret this latest loss. Know that we are using this occasion to further review the KGOU schedule, the broader public radio system’s current program offerings, our finances, and your programming suggestions and requests as we attempt to best fill this void. A reasoned pronouncement regarding Brain Brew’s replacement and any resulting changes to the current schedule will be made soon. Stay tuned!
Norman Celebrates 'Jazz In June'
 Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy the lazy days of summer with Norman's 23rd annual Jazz in June festival. This free event, June 22 - 24, celebrates the many facets of this musical genre with performances by Jeanie Bryson, the Sean Costello Band, the Eric Byrd Trio, Marcus Belgrave's Octet in a tribute to Louis Armstrong, the Norman North High School Jazz Choir, and many others.
KGOU is proud to help produce Jazz in June, one of central Oklahoma's premier music festivals. For a complete schedule of concert locations and performers, visit the Jazz in June website.
If you have not already done so, please visit Tell Them Public Matters, a website designed to help public broadcasting supporters communicate with Congress. The site was created by NPR, PBS, and APTS, (the Association of Public Television Stations), and is not funded with federal tax dollars. Take this opportunity to communicate your views about public broadcasting, whatever they may be, to your elected representatives. More Awards for News Coverage
KGOU News Director Scott Gurian has been honored in the 2005 Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters News Excellence Competition, with awards presented during a luncheon June 14.
Scott was awarded First Place in the Radio Enterprise / Investigative Reporting Category, for his report "Walking a Mile in Each Other's Shoes".
Other awards Scott was presented:
 Congratulations, Scott!
KGOU Coverage of 2006 Elections
As the primary election approaches on July 25, KGOU will be closely monitoring local, state and federal races affecting our listeners. Every Friday during Morning Edition and All Things Considered, we'll review and analyze the week's political news.
Starting in mid-July, we'll also feature in-depth reports profiling each of the candidates vying to replace Rep. Ernest Istook in Oklahoma's Fifth Congressional District. In the meantime, for links to all of the candidates' websites, visit the Oklahoma page at Politics 1, and a good source for news and information about the various campaigns is Oklahoma Insider.
Meet Our New Student Staff
KGOU listeners will soon be hearing some new voices on the air. With mixed emotions we say goodbye to two members of our student staff, and welcome their replacements.
We hope our student staff get as much from their experience at KGOU as we get from working with the next generation of broadcasters and journalists. Thank you, Mike and Lindsay, for all your excellent work and good luck in your future endeavors, and welcome to Adrienne and Lauren! Wait, Wait . . . Featured in NY Times
NPR's comedy news quiz program Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me ! was hailed in the June 4 New York Times' Arts and Leisure section as an up-and-coming "appointment radio" program.
 Times reporter Susan Brenna wrote, "The show, which is co-produced with Chicago Public Radio, has the fastest-expanding audience among NPR's programs and is now heard by about two million people on 358 stations."
Read the article. Wait, Wait . . .Don't Tell Me ! airs Sundays at 10 a.m. on KGOU, with host Peter Sagal, NPR Newscaster and Official Scorekeeper Carl Kasell, and a panel of humorists.
Summer Reading
 Can't take a vacation? Transport yourself through time and space with the best picks for summer reading. From novels to cookbooks, NPR.org offers suggestions, reviews and excerpts.
There are even suggestions for young readers sure to cure that most dreaded summer complaint: "I'm bored."
Click and Clack Get Animated
It seems the film's director, John Lasseter, is a fan of Car Talk. He originally asked the guys to play gas station attendants in Toy Story, but according to Tom, they blew him off - "Computer animation?? Talking toys?? Who the hell is going to watch that??" When Lasseter came back with a part in Cars, their kids insisted they do the film. Pixar's Cars is now playing at a theater near you. Car Talk airs on KGOU Saturday mornings at 9 and Mondays at 11 a.m. Highlights from NPR:
Ted Koppel Makes NPR Debut
'When I Came Home' ~ Help for Homeless Vets
 A new documentary by Dan Lohaus tells the stories of homeless veterans from Vietnam to Iraq, and the growing efforts to address their needs. His film, 'When I Came Home', was featured on Day to Day
May 29.The documentary follows Herold Noel, an Iraq war veteran who found himself suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder -- and living out of his car in Brooklyn -- as he lobbies Congress for more aid. NPR.org has clips from the film. OU Prof on ATC: Making a Tornado
Artist Ned Kahn's challenge: to make a 75-foot tall tornado. Yes, a real (albeit contained) tornado. Sorting through the complex science involved sent Kahn to University of Oklahoma meteorologist John Snow (Dean of the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences) for his expertise on the ingredients necessary for tornadoes to form. Listen to NPR correspondent Jon Hamilton's story, which aired on All Things Considered on May 31. Music on the Bookshelf
 Music journalist and Morning Edition contributor Ashley Kahn has written a new book about Impulse Records, once one of the most influential record labels in jazz. The House That Trane Built chronicles the record label's heyday in the 1960's and 70's, and is not only a must-read for jazz fans, but also a must-listen -- the book has a companion four-CD set with the same title.
Read an excerpt from the book and hear tracks from the CDs on NPR.org.
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