Mike Smith
News Producer, HostMike Smith's career at KSMU began in 1980 as a student announcer when the former Navy Submariner attended (then) SMSU with help from the GI Bill. In 1982 Smith became a full time member of the KSMU family as "Chief Announcer", responsible for the acquisition, training and scheduling of the student announcing staff. It was also in 1982 when Smith first produced "Seldom Heard Music" a broadcast of Bluegrass which is still heard on KSMU and ksmu.org every Saturday night at 7CT.
Until his retirement in 2006, Smith also served KSMU listeners as the stations Senior Producer and Director of News, receiving a 2005 Regional Edward R Murrow award for "Use of Sound" in a feature. Post retirement in a part time capacity, Smith produces the bi-monthly series Making A Difference Where You Live, and the business segments of KSMU's quarterly Sense of Community Series.
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Next on KSMU, as part of our ongoing series Making A Difference, produced in cooperation with the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, we present another…
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In 2018, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks teamed up with the Missouri Foundation for Health to provide funding for the Rural Ozarks Health…
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Today we meet, talk, and cook with Yolanda Lorge, who in 1987 with her American husband, moved from Mexico City to Springfield, Missouri, and will share…
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Last month in Springfield, representatives of philanthropic, charitable, technological and governmental groups from around the country and here at home,…
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Since the first Community Focus Report For Springfield/Greene County in 2004 and every edition since, Blue Ribbons have been awarded to the community for…
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“If people have seen the movie Thelma and Louise, and at the end of the movie, they drive their car right off the cliff. That’s what it’s like for me at…
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“My full name is Christopher John Whitla. I go by John, but all my processing is with full name, which goes way back to my mom wanting to call me John,…
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“You need to do things right if you want to stay in our country”, says Hilda Lorrando. “It’s a way to show respect and love for the country (where) you…
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“I hear the comments,” said KGBX Morning Host Liz Delany. “You know, 'She’s a little crazy. Oop, don’t make her mad, she’s on medication.' Or, 'Sometimes…
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It’s the month of May, and at Silver Dollar City that means the familiar sounds we often associate with the Branson the park like riders on roller…