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Broadcasting Services employs a full-time staff of 17 and a number of part-time students from the University of Iowa. Additionally, many members of the Eastern Iowa community volunteer their time and talent to the station. Here is who we are, what we do, and how to contact us.

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	Dean Borg WSUI Senior Correspondent/Producer e-mail Dean Borg Phone: 319-335-5267 or 356-2307 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Jim Davies Chief Engineer Contact Jim regarding technical issues of the radio stations. e-mail Jim Davies Phone: 319-335-5740 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Julie Englander WSUI/KSUI Senior Producer Live from Prairie Lights Senior Producer and Host of the "Live from Prairie Lights" program. Julie conducts interviews and produces feature stories on a variety of topics. Your comments, suggestions, and questions are always welcome. e-mail Julie Englander Phone: 319-335-5744 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Nancy Hagen KSUI Producer WSUI/KSUI Interim Director of Marketing Nancy hosts KSUI's Morning Program from 9am to noon weekdays. In addition she produces the Cedar Rapids Symphony broadcasts heard each month on KSUI and guest hosts KSUI's Know the Score. An accomplished singer, Nancy has appeared with the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Quad City Mozart Festival, Waterloo/Cedar Falls Metropolitan Chorale, La Fosse Baroque Ensemble, early music ensemble Fiocchi di Granturco, University of Iowa Opera Theatre and UI Symphony Orchestra. A champion of 'new' music, she has premiered a number of works and appeared with the University of Iowa Center for New Music, Midwest Composers Symposium and the Iowa Composers Forum. Fond of musical theatre, Nancy is an active member of the Iowa City Community Theatre. e-mail Nancy Hagen Phone: 319-335-6142 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Holly Hart KSUI Producer Producer and host of KSUI's "Iowa Weekend"; programs and features on arts and culture and prepares evening automation. e-mail Holly Hart Phone: 319-335-6329 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Al Kern WSUI Producer, Morning Edition Local Host, and Talk of Iowa Host Al is WSUI's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and is responsible for local news features, interviews, and Public Service Announcements aired on WSUI. Contact Al with your news tips and public service announcements. e-mail Al Kern Phone: 319-335-5267 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Ben Kieffer Iowa Public Radio Senior Producer/Host Ben returned to his home state of Iowa in 2001, after living and working for over a decade in Europe. Based in Germany, he worked as a public radio correspondent/editor/host and covered the peaceful revolutions in Eastern Europe. Ben now hosts The Exchange, Iowa Public Radio’s live daily conversation at 10 a.m. with newsmakers and community leaders, artists and scientists. In addition, he hosts and produces the café music program Java Blend. Java Blend serves up fresh-brewed performances and conversation with musicians from around the state and around the country. Recorded before a live audience at The Java House in downtown Iowa City and broadcast weekends on Iowa Public Radio, the one-hour show offers an eclectic mix of live tunes from the vibrant independent music scene. e-mail Ben Kieffer Phone: 319-335-6203 Fax 319-335-6116
	Joan Kjaer Deputy Director of Iowa Public Radio Manager of WSUI/KSUI Joan hosts the early morning classical program weekdays on KSUI and Know the Score LIVE! in its monthly broadcasts from locations around Iowa. e-mail Joan Kjaer Phone: 319-335-5746 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Iona Myers Underwriting Account Executive e-mail Iona Myers Phone: 319-384-0609 Cell: 319-430-1716 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Dan Moore Co-host for As Night Falls Percussionist Dan Moore offers a particularly strong knowledge of multicultural music. Moore, best known locally for his work with the popular University of Iowa Pan-American Steel Band, is an internationally recognized percussionist, composer and expert in world music. He is director of percussion studies at the University of Iowa. e-mail Dan Moore Phone: 319-335-1632
	John Rapson Co-host for As Night Falls John Rapson is a professional musician and director of jazz studies at the University of Iowa. Rapson has taken the lead in recording six albums and has appeared on 17 other albums as a sideman or conductor. e-mail John Rapson Phone: 319-335-1633
	Dennis Reese WSUI Program Director Dennis selects and evaluates WSUI programming, network and local; monitors feedback from listeners; and produces broadcasts from the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council. e-mail Dennis Reese Phone: 319-335-5739 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Jeff Schmidt WSUI News Producer Jeff covers the Eastern Iowa news scene and provides reports and features for Iowa Public Radio. Contact Jeff with news tips and story ideas. e-mail Jeff Schmidt Phone: 319-335-6143 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Diane R. Scott Administrative Assistant e-mail Diane Scott Phone: 319-335-5732 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Barney Sherman KSUI Producer Barney hosts KSUI's Afternoon Program (and sometimes WSUI's Talk of Iowa). His writing has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Journal of the American Musicological Society, as well as the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (1998) and Cambridge Companion to Conducting (2003). His books include Inside Early Music (Oxford University Press) and Performing Brahms (Cambridge University Press), which won the 2004 classical award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. He has been a guest on NPR's Performance Today and The Connection. Barney Sherman's website. e-mail Barney Sherman Phone: 319-335-6238; Fax: 319-335-6116.
	Steve Slezak Announcer/Producer/Head of Traffic and Operations Steve began his broadcast career with WSUI/KSUI in October of 1966. From 1968 through 1972, he was with the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, in the Air Force, stationed numerous places in this country, and at Trabzon and Diyarbakir, Turkey, briefly in Vietnam, and lastly, Ubon, Thailand, where he met his wife, Playung. For twenty-seven years, he ran "The Collector's Vault", an international tape recording service, specializing in rare opera and concert performances, rare discs,etc. He maintains this name for his series, running on the Golden Music Memories web service. e-mail Steve Slezak Phone: 319-335-5745 Fax: 319-335-6116
	Lauren Tucker Huber WSUI/KSUI Station Assistant e-mail Lauren Tucker Huber Phone: 319-335-5730 Fax: 319-335-6116


	WSUI-AM 910, your NPR News and Information Station, is licensed to The University of Iowa. WSUI operates with a daytime power of 5,000 watts and a nighttime directional power of 5,000 watts from a transmitter located south of Iowa City. WSUI's studios are located at 710 S. Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242. WSUI had its beginning in 1919 in the basement of the University of Iowa Physics Building. Starting with the operation of a 10-watt transmitter under the call sign 9YA, the station is the oldest educational broadcasting station west of the Mississippi River, making the University of Iowa a pioneer in public broadcasting.

	KSUI 91.7 FM, Classical Music Radio, is licensed to The University of Iowa. KSUI broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts from a transmitter located north of West Branch, Iowa. The KSUI studios are located at 710 S. Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242. KSUI began experimental FM broadcasts in 1948 and, in 1959, teamed up with sister station, WSUI-AM 910, to provide regularly scheduled stereophonic music broadcasts. In 1977, KSUI 91.7 FM went on the air full-time providing classical music programming to eastern Iowa.

WSUI AM910 and KSUI 91.7FM are
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Last Updated: February 18, 2007