News Release

BOISE STATE RADIO RELEASE/March 19, 2009

'Here and Now' Premieres March 23 on Boise State Radio

Vibrant news magazine hosted by journalist, documentarian Robin Young

Boise State Radio is expanding its news lineup with the addition of “Here and Now,” an energetic news magazine produced by WBUR/Boston and distributed by Public Radio International. The show will air on KBSX 91.5 FM.

Hosted by Robin Young, “Here and Now” combines the best in news journalism with incisive conversations that range from public policy to science and technology. Each hour-long program also boasts special features on the arts and culture. “Here and Now” begins airing at 11 a.m. March 23 in place of “Day to Day.” NPR is ceasing production of “Day to Day.”

“‘Here and Now’ is a superb addition to our news lineup,” said John Hess, Boise State Radio general manager. “Robin Young is an experienced journalist whose drive and enthusiasm are positively infectious and I’m confident our very discerning audience will love her.”

For one energetic hour each weekday, “Here and Now” combines the best in news journalism with intelligent, broad-ranging conversation to form a fast-paced program that updates the news from the morning and adds important conversations on public policy and foreign affairs, science and technology, and the arts: film, theater, music, food and more. The guest roster boasts such notables as Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam, law professor Anita Hill, actor and director John Malkovich, authors Isabel Allende, Jonathan Safron Foer, Marilyn Robinson, The Wall Street Journal’s John Harwood, jazzman Sonny Rollins and actress Jane Fonda.

Young brings more than 25 years of eclectic broadcast experience to her role as host of “Here and Now.” She is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker and has been a correspondent for the Discovery Channel, CBS, ABC and for several years was substitute host and correspondent for the “Today” show on NBC. Young may be best known to the Boston audience for her part in launching the popular “Evening Magazine” on WBZ-TV in the mid-’70s, and for her television profiles on WNEV-TV in the mid-’80s. For the past decade, she’s also been producing and directing documentaries.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Tuck, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kathleentuck@boisestate.edu

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