Radio Roundtable: The Rebirth Of Overton Square

WKNO | By Justin Willingham

Published November 8, 2013 at 4:45 PM CST

This week on the Behind the Headlines Radio Roundtable, Bob Loeb, President of Loeb Properties; Jackie Nichols, Executive Producer of Playhouse on the Square; June West, Executive Director of Memphis Heritage; Ekundayo Bandale, founding Artistic Director of Hattiloo Theatre; and Bill Dries, senior reporter for the Memphis Daily News join host Eric Barnes, publisher of the Memphis Daily News, for a discussion about the rebirth of Overton Square.

For the complete conversation, check the Behind the Headlines video page, or tune-in Fridays at 7 on WKNO-TV 10.

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Justin Willingham

My mother introduced me to WKNO-FM and public radio long before I can remember. I suppose the first thing I really recall about WKNO-FM is that every afternoon, when my mother picked me up from school, the radio was tuned-in to The World, then All Things Considered, probably beginning around age 8. The way these reporters and hosts took you from the comfort of your mom's van to wherever in the world they were reporting from absolutely fascinated me. From then on, I was officially hooked.

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