News Release
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May 3, 2006
Marketplace Returns to NPR News 91
Award-Winning Business Show Praised as Accessible, Humorous, Hard-Hitting
BOISE � Public radio station NPR News 91 announced plans to air
Marketplace, an entertaining high-energy program on world business and
finance from American Public Media. One of the most popular series in the
distinguished public radio news line-up, Marketplace will begin
airing weekdays at 3 p.m., beginning May 15. The show will follow News &
Notes with Ed Gordon and precede All Things Considered. The
program repeats after All Things Considered at 6:30 p.m.
�Marketplace is a great program,� said John Hess, Boise State Radio
general manager. �It�s business news anyone can understand, enjoy and, most
important, use. By presenting business and economic news in a jargon-free,
thoroughly engaging fashion, it provides both intellectual and entertainment
value for our listeners, and we�re very pleased to make it available.�
Hosted by Kai Ryssdal, Marketplace covers any story that deals with
money. More than 4.7 million listeners nationwide tune in Monday through
Friday to hear lively, accessible reports that promise �no data without
context, no jargon, and no public policy wonks.� The program couples its
upbeat, occasionally irreverent style with up-to-the-minute information, a
combination that has won it praise from business leaders and journalists.
Regular program features include business headlines; coverage from the
Marketplace desks in Beijing, Tokyo and London; commentaries; closing
financial indices worldwide; topical coverage of financial trends; and the
business aspects of politics, health, sports, the arts, education and
travel.
Marketplace is public radio�s only national series on business. It is
produced and distributed by American Public Media in association with the
University of Southern California. Award-winning journalist and producer J.J.
Yore serves as the program�s executive producer.
Audio clips, scripts and more information on Marketplace can be found
online at http://www.marketplace.org/.
NPR New 91 is Southwest Idaho�s local American Public Media affiliate and a
National Public Radio member station. NPR News 91 is a service of Boise
State Radio and is heard on KBSX Boise at 91.5 FM; KBSY Burley at 88.5 FM;
KBSJ Jackpot, Nev., at 91.3 FM; KBSQ McCall at 90.7 FM and KBSS; Sun Valley
at 91.1 FM.
Information on the Boise State Radio network, including KBSU-Arts and
Cultural Programming, Idaho Jazz Station and NPR News 91 is available at
http://radio.boisestate.edu.
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Contact: Jim East, Boise State Radio, 208-426-5333,
jeast@boisestate.edu
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