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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