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Just wanted to comment real quick about how Unemployment in the state of Michigan is talked about on Michigan Radio, and maybe it is the same everywhere in the country, but to me it is upsetting to hear that we are "Number 1" in unemployment like we've won a gold medal at the Olympics. It is heard as 1st Place Michigan..., 2nd Place Nevada, and 3rd Place Rhode Island. Maybe, just maybe, make it sound like it is. 50th Place : (Read More
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- Aretha Franklin will be here, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder. They'll all be performing in Detroit this weekend to celebrate the record label that launched their careers. Audley Smith runs the Motown Museum in Detroit. ...
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Michigan Radio Call 866-255-2762 right now and help us test out a new show idea. What Detroit music should be preserved by a new band led by Bob Segers sax player Alto Reed?
Michigan Radio Recording a test episode of a pop culture call-in show be on the show 866-255-2762 with Bob Seger's saxophonist Alto Reed, and big time winner on “Millionaire,” Jehan Shamid-Dee. Alto Reed's new venture is The Talegators, dedicated to preserving the sound of Detroit music new & old. What Detroit music do you think Alto Reed's new band should cover? 866255-2762
Michigan Radio We're recording a test episode of a pop culture call-in show at 4p. It won't be on the air, but we need your help! We'll post some questions for you along with the phone number. Then you can give us a call and be a guest on the show. If the trial show turns out well, we'll post it online to get your feedback.
Michigan Radio Jeff Daniels was in our studios this morning, talking with Christina Shockley about his upcoming "Jeff Daniels & Friends" concert, which showcases Michigan musicians. He brought along his guitar and played some great songs. You can hear the interview, and the music, next Tuesday during "Morning Edition."
Michigan Radio Have you tried out our iPhone app? It has an alarm clock function, so you can wake up to Michigan Radio on your iPhone.
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Michigan Radio now has an iPhone app that you can download for free from the iTunes store. The primary feature is streaming audio of our live broadcast, which you can listen to on 3G, Edge, or WIFI networks.
Michigan Radio Charity Nebbe speaks with Thomas Dietz, director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program at MSU. They discuss seventeen ways to save the planet.
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Michigan Radio Yesterday when reporting on Sarah Palin's book tour in Grand Rapids, FOX accidentally played video from her VP campaign in '08
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FOX has done it again, and this time, once again, FOX says its misplay of the wrong crowd video was another regrettable mistake.
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In a letter obtained by NPR, Nidal Hasan's top supervisor at Walter Reed outlined "serious concerns" about Hasan's "pattern of poor judgment" and "lack of professionalism." ...
Michigan Radio Fitting for Facebook: Dictionary Picks 'Unfriend' As Word Of The Year
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The New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year can trace its origins back to the 17th century. The word: "unfriend." Christine Lindberg, senior lexicographer at Oxford University Press, says the Oxford English Dictionary provides a citation for "unfriend" from 1659.
Michigan Radio Fresh Air held a rare, out-of-character interview yesterday with Sacha Baron Cohen, creator of the Bruno and Borat characters. Director Larry Charles joined in.
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When Sacha Baron Cohen grants an interview, it's usually in character — as Borat, the clueless faux-Kazakh journalist; or as Bruno, the outrageously shallow, ostentatiously gay Austrian fashionista at the center of Cohen's most recent film. ...
