News Release
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January 19, 2006
Boise State President Bob Kustra�s Award-Winning Radio Show
Hosts 100th Guest This Friday, Sunday
Sue Thilo, a member of Idaho�s State Board of Education, will join some
pretty select company when her interview with Boise State University
President Bob Kustra airs on his talk-radio show this weekend.
Thilo, however, will enjoy a unique distinction among those Kustra has
interviewed in the 2 1/2 years New Horizons in Education has been on
the air: She will be guest No. 100.
The award-winning program, produced by NPR News 91, Boise State�s National
Public Radio affiliate, premi�red on Aug. 29, 2003, with Stan Olson,
superintendent of the Boise School District, as Kustra�s first guest. Kustra
had been on the job at Boise State less than two months when the show began;
he thought it would be an excellent way to meet a wide variety of
interesting and important people. His guests have included civic and
business leaders, government officials, educators, researchers, artists,
entertainers, authors, journalists and sports figures as well as some of the
many nationally recognized guest speakers who visit the Boise State campus
throughout the year.
His guests have included world-renowned biologist E.O. Wilson, former major
league baseball star Bill Buckner, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, U.S. Sen.
Mike Crapo, University of Idaho counterterrorism expert Rand Lewis, former
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, former U.S. Ambassador to the
Soviet Union Jack Matlock, NPR reporter Ann Garrels, Holocaust survivor
Samuel Pisar, and best-selling authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Jane Smiley
and Rabbi Harold Kushner. His upcoming guests include journalists Charlayne
Hunter-Gault and Seymour Hersh.
The 30-minute show, which is taped and typically airs a week and a half
later, has grown in stature and popularity in the Treasure Valley.
� Early in 2005 New Horizons in Education won a Silver award in the
radio programming division in competition sponsored by the Northwest
district of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
� This past fall, NPR News 91 began airing the show twice each week, adding
it to the station�s 8:30 a.m. Sunday slot along with its 5:30 p.m. (MST)
Friday broadcast.
� Last month, Kustra and his show were featured in the Chronicle of
Higher Education.
An experienced broadcaster, Kustra hosted his own program when he was
president at Eastern Kentucky University. Prior to that, he declined an
offer to host a daily talk show on WLS in Chicago while serving as Illinois
lieutenant governor. The program also is unique in that it is believed to be
the only radio interview show currently hosted by a university president on
a public radio station.
In addition to NPR News 91 in Boise, New Horizons in Education and other NPR
programming can be heard on KBSY, Burley; KBSJ, Jackpot, Nev.; KBSQ, McCall;
and
KBSS, Sun Valley.
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Media Contact: Bob Evancho, University Communications, (208)
426-1643, bevanch@boisestate.edu
Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho with about 18,600 students and 2,200 faculty and staff. More than 190
undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within
eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise
State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and
public service.
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Last reviewed on Wednesday, January 03, 2007