Learn More About the Arkansas Delta...on KASU!
July 29, 2010 11:32 AM
Kimberly J. Williams
"You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame ... back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time — back home to the escapes of Time and Memory."
Thomas Wolfe,
You Can’t Go Home AgainLast week, I had the opportunity to, in a way, go “home again.” I spoke to the Jonesboro Rotary Club and was invited by a former professor, Mike Doyle, to visit the Arkansas State University Radio/Television Department, a
place where I spent the majority of my college career. One thing led to another, and Mike and I ended up in a studio, along with Mark Smith of KASU and Dr. Mary Jackson-Pitts, another former professor of mine and currently the Interim Chair of the Radio/Television Department. And we just started talking about the Arkansas Delta, a subject that I ALWAYS enjoy discussing!
Tomorrow, Friday, July 30, portions of the interview will be aired on the University’s radio station, KASU. If you’d like to hear the interview, you can listen at 91.9 FM at 8:30 a.m. For those not in the Jonesboro area, KASU streams live at
www.KASU.org. Tune in and hear four residents of the Arkansas Delta discuss the history and rich culture of the region. I had a great time doing the interview and being “back home!”
Beginning next Friday, Aug. 6, I’ll be discussing upcoming events throughout The Natural State with Mark Smith of KASU every Friday at 8:30 a.m. The weekly interview will run about four to five minutes and I’ll just give an overview of upcoming festivals, events and happenings the following week.
I actually do three other weekly radio shows around the state. Each Wednesday, I tape a segment on KTHS in Berryville. On Fridays, I do a live interview with Loren and Tex on KDQN in DeQueen at 8:05 a.m. Also on Friday, I join Bob Knight on KTLO in Mountain Home at 9:30 a.m. and we discuss upcoming events throughout The Natural State. So if you’re in any of the areas, listen in!