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After 12 years of working in radio news in South Florida, with the last six on Miami NPR station WLRN-FM 91.3, I was ready to return home to Arkansas.

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Timeline

Important Events for UA Little Rock Public Radio:

1972 – In plans for the new Metropolitan Vocational Education Center, the Little Rock School Board votes to include a radio station to train high school students for broadcasting careers.

1973 – KLRE FM 90.5 signs on the air at 3,600 watts mono. The station's director is Ruth Steele. KLRE broadcasts only on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Students in Metropolitan's radio classes do most of the operations.

1975 – KLRE expands its broadcast day with a start time at 6:30 a.m.

1976 – Madison Hodges, a former anchor for KTHV-TV, is named General Manager.

1977 – The Friends of KLRE is founded by listeners to support the station's programming. A grant helps KLRE begin broadcasting evening symphony programs. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock applies for an FCC license.

1978 – KLRE begins broadcasting on weekends. John Bortel is named General Manager. The Arkansas Broadcasting Foundation files for the same frequency as UALR.

1979 – KLRE expands to 16 hours weekday

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KUAR

Public radio station in Little Rock, Arkansas

KUAR (89.1 MHz, "Little Rock Public Radio") is a publicradio station in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a network affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR) and is licensed to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. During the day, KUAR airs NPR news, talk and information programming as well as Arkansas news and culture. At night, the station airs jazz music. Programming is simulcast on a translator station, 94.5 K233AD in Monticello. KUAR's transmitter shares the tower of Channel 7 KATV, on Two Towers Road in Little Rock.^[1]

KLRE-FM (90.5 MHz, "Little Rock Public Radio") is also a public radio station in Little Rock, licensed to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. KLRE-FM is a full-time classical music station, airing syndicated classical programming from Classical 24 and NPR, along with some local hosts. KLRE-FM's transmitter is on the campus of Metropolitan High School, off Scott Hamilton Drive.^[2]

The two stations have studios and offices on Asher Avenue in Little Rock's University District

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Winthrop Rockefeller

Why did Winthrop Rockefeller, scion of one of the most powerful families in American history, leave New York for an Arkansas mountaintop in the 1950s? In this richly detailed biography of the former Arkansas governor, John A. Kirk delves into the historical record to fully unravel that mystery for the first time. Kirk pursues clues threaded throughout Rockefeller’s life, tracing his family background, childhood, and education; his rise in the oil industry from roustabout to junior executive; his military service in the Pacific during World War II, including his involvement in the battles of Guam, Leyte, and Okinawa; his postwar work in race relations, health, education, and philanthropy; his marriage to and divorce from Barbara “Bobo” Sears; and the birth of his only child, future Arkansas lieutenant governor Win Paul Rockefeller. This careful examination of Winthrop Rockefeller’s first forty-four years casts a powerful new light on his relationship with his adopted state, where his legacy continues to be felt more than half a century after his governorship.