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Dale Johnson hosts Lincoln Live weekdays from 12:30pm top 1pm. You'll hear stories and shows that affect us here in Lincoln. No matter what the topic, you'll always be entertained and informed listening to Lincoln Live on 1240AM KFOR!
MON. 5/13 LINCOLN DOCTOR IN HAITI
Dale sits down with DR. BRUCE GFELLER of Lincoln’s Holy Family Medical Associates to talk about a recent trip to Haiti
TUE. 5/14 ATTORNEY GENERAL
Dale sits down with Attorney General, JON BRUNING
WED 5/15 FARMACOLOGY
After traveling to innovative family farms across the country, DR. DAPHNE MILLER better understands the connections between sustainable agriculture and the health of her patients. Dale talks with DR. MILLER about her book, “Farmacology: What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us About Health and Healing”.
THUR 5/16 STATE GAME AND PARKS GUYS
Dale sits down with the fun guys from the state Game and Parks Commission, JEFF RAWLINSON and AARON HERSHBERGER
RI 5/17 SPORTS
Dick Janda on sports
Week of May 6, 2013
MON. 5/6 ENCORE: BILL AND KAY ORR
Dale sat down with BILL and KAY ORR in June of 2011. Bill Orr passed away Sunday at the age of 78.
TUE. 5/7 U.S. MARSHALS OFFICE
Learn about the U.S. Marshals Service. Dale talks with WILLIAM IVERSON, Supervisor Deputy U.S. Marshal in Lincoln
WED. 5/8 FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURS
Find out what it’s going to take for entrepreneurs to become more successful so America can be more successful. Dale talks with CARL SCHRAMM, author of “Better Capitalism: Renewing the Entrepreneurial Strength of the American Economy”
THUR. 5/9 ORDINARY RADICAL
SHANE CLAIBORNE spent a summer with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, was in Baghdad while the US bombed that city and is
now living in a Philadelphia slum working with the poor. Dale caught up with SHANE CLAIBORNE after speaking in Lincoln for the Peacemaking Workshop
FRI. 5/10 SALTDOG'S MANAGER Dick Janda talks with new Lincoln Saltdogs manager, KEN OBERKFELL, who played 16 years in the major leagues for 6 different teams and was the starting 3rd-baseman for the 1982 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. (The Saltdogs play some exhibition games this week and open their regular season next week)
Week of April 29, 2013
MON 4/29 LPS SUPERINTENDENT
Dale sits down Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent, DR. STEVE JOEL
TUE 4/30 GLOBAL FOOD AND WATER
The 5th Global Water for Food Conference is coming to the University of Nebraska next week (May 5-8). Dale sits down with
Vice Chancellor for Agriculture and Natural Resources, RONNIE GREEN
WED 5/1 COMING TO OMAHA...
Dale talks with film enthusiast, BRUCE CRAWFORD of Omaha about his May 24th event centered around a musical classic
THUR 5/2 FIRE CHIEF
Dale sits down with Lincoln Fire Chief, JOHN HUFF
FRI 5/3 MARATHON - RETIRING FROM LPS Dick Janda talks with MARY MUNTER who was only about 300 yards from the finish line when bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon. She’ll run Sunday in the Lincoln Marathon…AND…KAREN HAND, who is retiring after 23 years as the Lincoln Public Schools Director of Athletics and Activities
Week of April 15, 2013
MON. 4/15 NEWS ANCHOR ERRORS
Learn about your favorite TV anchors and the serious grammar and factual mistakes they’ve made during their careers. Dale talks with MELVIN BLOCK, who wrote for Walter Cronkite at CBS and Frank Reynolds at ABC
TUE. 4/16 NEW ARTHRITIS RESEARCH
KFOR’s Charlie Brogan visits with Doctors, MEL CHURCHILL and RICK CHATWELL of the Arthritis Center of Nebraska about the latest research, medicine, and treatment for arthritis, and how to get the best care for it.
WED. 4/17 ATTORNEY GENERAL Dale sits down with Attorney General, JON BRUNING
THUR. 4/18 GAME AND PARKS GUYS
Dale sits down with the fun guys from the state Game and Parks Commission, JEFF RAWLINSON and AARON HERSHBERGER
FRI. 4/19 DICK JANDA with sports
Week of March 18, 2013
MON. 3/18 OMAHA'S BEER HISTORY
At one time Omaha had 4 big breweries. Dale talks with BILL BABUREK, avid beer memorabilia collector and owner of Beer Corner USA
TUES. 3/19 TIME TO TRAVEL
Dale goes traveling with VALERIE HOLMES of Odyssey Travel of Lincoln
WED. 3/20 ATTORNEY GENERAL
Dale sits down with Attorney General, JON BRUNING
THUR. 3/21 GAME AND PARKS GUYS Dale sits down with the fun guys from the state Game and Parks Commission…JEFF RAWLINSON and AARON
HERSHBERGER
FRI. 3/22 NEW JAIL
Dale talks with Lancaster County Director of Corrections, MIKE THURBER about the new $65 million County Jail
Week of March 11, 2013
MON. 3/11 JOHNNY CARSON'S ATTORNEY
The tumultuous and incredible relationship with Johnny Carson and his attorney, business partner and close friend, HENRY BUSKIN, is documented in the book, "A Hard Act to Follow"
TUE. 3/12 TOURING THE ARENA
Dale tours the new PINNACLE BANK ARENA
WED. 3/13 SANDHILL CRANE MIGRATION
Hundreds of thousands of Sandhill cranes and a few Whooping cranes are making their annual pilgrimage from southern
wintering grounds to northern breeding grounds, staying long enough in the Platte River Valley to feed. Dale talks with Pulitizer Prize winning photographer, BILL FRAKES and wildlife biologist, DAN O’BRIEN
THUR. 3/14 NEBRASKA GRAPES Dale sits down with the new Executive Director of the Nebraska Winery and Grape Growers Association, JENNIFER
MONTGOMERY and Association President, SETH McFARLAND
FRI. 3/15 HAYMARKERS INDOOR FOOTBALL Dick Janda talks with Dave Brumagen, head coach of the new Lincoln Haymakers Indoor Football team and former Nebraska Husker, Cortney Grixby, a defensive back for the Haymakers who open their inaugural season Sunday March 17 in Sedalia, Missouri against the Mid-Missouri Outlaws.
Week of March 4, 2013
MON. 3/4 STATE'S DOCTOR IS IN THE HOUSE
Dale sits down with former Nebraska Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Division of Public Health, DR. JOANN
SCHAEFER, who left last week to become a V.P at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Nebraska
TUE. 3/5 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Dale sits down with the new Executive Director of Lincoln/Lancaster County Habitat for Humanity, MICHELLE
WILLIAMSON
WED 3/6 BOYS STATE HOOPS
Jeff looks ahead to the Girls State High School Basketball Tournament, talking with BOB JENSEN with Huskerland Prep
Report
THUR 3/7 FIRE CHIEF
Dale sits down with Fire Chief, JOHN HUFF
FRI 3/8 DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER HISTORY
Dick Janda talks with STU POSPISIL, who covered high school sports for nearly 30 years for the Omaha
World Herald, look back at the history of the Devaney Sports Center
Week of February 11, 2013
MON. 2/11 UN-L REGENTS
KFOR’s Charlie Brogan sits down with University of Nebraska Regents TIM CLARE and LaVON HEIDEMANN
TUE. 2/12 NO NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN
You only have to remember the Super Bowl blackout in New Orleans to realize the fragility of our energy system. Dale talks
about achieving a national energy plan with DR. PAUL WILLIAMSON, author of “WINNING THE ENERGY WARS: A Sustainable Energy Plan For America’s Future”
WED. 2/13 HAPPY BIRTHDAY INCOME TAX
Income tax in this country is 100 years old. Talking with Dale about the 16th Amendment is LOWELL PONTE, co-author of the book, “The Great Debasement: The 100 Year Dying of the Dollar and How TO Get America’s Money Back”
THUR. 2/14 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY !!!
Dale talks with couples who have been married 50 years or longer
FRI. 2/15 DICK JANDA WITH SPORTS NORM MANSTEDT of the Nebr. Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association, has helped organize the first-State High School Dual Wrestling Championships in Nebraska...AND...MARLON LUCKY, former Nebraska Cornhusker running back, will play for the Lincoln Haymakers indoor football team this Spring
Week of February 4, 2013
MON. 2/4 ...UNTIL HE IS DEAD
Dale sits down with BILL KELLY from NET talk about a new documentary reviewing the long and complex history of capital
punishment in Nebraska. “…until he is dead”…A History of Nebraska’s Death Penalty airs Friday at 8pm
TUE. 2/5 FIRE CHIEF
Dale sits down with Fire Chief, JOHN HUFF
WED 2/6 HIGH RANKING WHISTLEBLOWER
Dale talks with MARK WHITACRE, who became the highest-ranked executive of any Fortune 500 company to become a
whistleblower and is responsible for uncovering the ADM price-fixing scandal
THUR 2/7 MAYOR BEUTLER
Dale sits down with MAYOR BEUTLER
FRI 2/8 HUSKER RECRUITING Dick Janda focuses on Husker football recruits. BRANDON VOGEL of "Hail Varsity" magazine breaks down this year’s recruiting class. The only 2013 recruit from Nebraska, JOSH BANDERAS, a linebacker from Lincoln Southwest, will also join us
Week of January 21, 2013
MON. 1/21 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY
Dale talks with JANIE COLLINS-SIMPKINS, a survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama,
during racial tension in 1963. Her sister, Addie Mae Collins,was among 4 children killed in the bombing
TUES. 1/22 MAYOR BEUTLER
Dale sits down with Lincoln Mayor, CHRIS BEUTLER
WED. 1/23 OMAHA'S MAYOR
Dale talks with Omaha Mayor, JIM SUTTLE
THUR. 1/24 POLICE CHIEF
Dale sits down with Police Chief, JIM PESHONG
FRI. 1/25 SUPER BOWL ADS & SUPER BOWL OFFICIATING Dick Janda previews commercials debuting during this year’s Super Bowl with DAVE SHOFFNER of SpotBowl…AND…learn what it’s like to be part of the Super Bowl with KENT PAYNE, an NFL referee from Nebraska who has officiated in the big game
Week of January 14, 2013
MON. 1/14 SENATOR BEN NELSON
Dale sits down with Nebraska U-S Democratic Senator, BEN NELSON
TUE. 1/15 ATTORNEY GENERAL
Dale resumes his monthly conversations with Nebraska Attorney General, JON BRUNING
WED. 1/16 LPS SUPERINTENDENT
Dale talks about school building security with Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent, DR. STEVE JOEL
THUR. 1/17 RELIGION IN SCHOOLS
Dale talks about the impact of religious affiliation and generational differences in public education with UN-L Associate Professor of Sociology, PHILIP SCHWADEL
FRI. 1/18 HUSKER ON DIVERSITY
Dick Janda talks with former Husker and NFL tight end, JAMIE WILLIAMS, now associate athletic director of diversity and leadership initiatives at UNL. He is the featured speaker next week at the annual TeamMates Recognition Banquet in Lincoln
Week of January 7, 2013
MON. 1/7 BEST BASEBALL BOOKS...Baseball season starts in 3 months, giving you enough time to read the book, "501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die". Dale talks with RON KAPLAN
TUE. 1/8 NEWEST GADGETS...Today is the first day of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Dale talks with JIM BARRY with the Consumer Electronics Association about new TVs, phones, PCs and video games
WED. 1/9 WOMEN IN NEBRASKA JOURNALISM...Nebraska's long list of women journalists are highlighted today. Dale sits down with EILEEN WIRTH, Creighton professor and chair of the Department of Journalism, Media and Computing. her book, "From Society Page to Front Page: Nebraska Women in Journalism" chronicles women journalists
THURS. 1/10 LINCOLN YWCA...Dale sits down with the newest Executive Director of the Lincoln YWCA, DENISE SCHOLL-SERRETT FRI. 1/11 SPORTS...Dick Janda talks with BRANDON GRIES of HUDL, a Lincoln-based company providing scouting-videos and playbooks for sports teams around the country. ALSO...former Husker, now Baltimore Ravens punter, SAM KOCH
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