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Freedom's Frontier Sites | My Fellow Kansans | Classical Music Returns

KCUR | By Brian Ellison,
Chris Young, Luke X. Martin, Danie Alexander, Mackenzie Martin
Published July 6, 2020 at 2:37 PM CDT

Segment 1, beginning at 4:33: How a national heritage group is preserving important historical sites in Kansas and Missouri.

The state line between Kansas and Missouri has often been an arena for fights about the meaning of freedom. We learn about the local nonprofit that is keeping the story alive by preserving the sites where conflict played out.


Segment 2, beginning at 31:46: A preview of the third season of the My Fellow Kansans podcast.

Season three of My Fellow Kansans, a podcast from the Kansas News Service, tells stories of how the coronavirus pandemic has affected people across the Sunflower State.


Segment 3, beginning at 47:19: Classical music returns to Kansas City's airwaves.

Kansas City has not had a classical music station since KXTR went off the air more than eight years ago. Today, KCUR has officially launched 91.9 Classical KC.

  • Stephen Steigman, chief of broadcast operations at KCUR

Copyright 2021 KCUR 89.3. To see more, visit KCUR 89.3.

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Brian Ellison
Brian Ellison is substitute host of Central Standard and Up To Date and has served in a variety of roles at KCUR since 2008. He has been acting producer and associate producer of Up To Date and was acting producer of The Walt Bodine Show. A member of the Religion Newswriters Association, he also contributes occasionally to KCUR news coverage. Even before joining the KCUR staff, he was a producer and frequent guest on Up To Date's "Religion Roundtable," as well as a committed listener and volunteer.
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Chris Young
Luke X. Martin
Luke X. Martin is an assistant producer for KCUR's Up To Date.
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Danie Alexander
Danette (Danie) Alexander first came to KCUR in 2007 as an intern for Up to Date after completing her B.A. in Communications at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. After her KCUR internship was completed, Danie continued to spend her mornings assisting senior producer Stephen Steigman as a volunteer with the show. Her radio experience also includes stints with public radio's New Letters on the Air as a broadcast engineer and on local public radio as host of a weekly overnight call-in show.
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Mackenzie Martin
mackenzie@wxpr.org
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