Arts & Culture
(2009-07-27)
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COLUMBIA, MO
(KBIA) -
After 27 years on television, Pepper and Friends is coming to the radio. In May, KOMU announced it was cancelling the local variety talk show because of financial constraints...today, Paul Pepper signed a contract with our station, KBIA. Pepper will start at KBIA on October 5th. His segments will run Monday thru Friday during Morning Edition. Because of time constraints KBIA General Manager Mike Dunn says each segment will be ten minutes- versus the hour allotted to Pepper and Friends on KOMU.
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"We don't have the time on KBIA. We have a pretty tight schedule to let that be a one hour daily show. But we looked at our schedule and figured out what we could do and we're hopeful that people who watch that program will come to KBIA to hear the show here and watch it on our website."
Dunn says the decision has been more than a month in the making. He says listeners are always asking for more community programming and this is one way KBIA is giving them more of what they want. Dunn says the content of the show should remain about the same but rather than doing multiple interviews, each segment will focus on one subject and one person. Pepper's contract is for six months. At the end of that time, Dunn says he'll evaluate the show and how it's been received by listeners. While he says there are no plans to extend the show to an hour, that's something he may consider when he reviews the show.
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