Memphis Morning News, weekdays from 6-9 on Newstalk 989. Ditch and Jeff talk with people important in shaping news and politics in The Mid-South and the country. 

Memphis Morning News, weekdays from 6-9 on Newstalk 989. Ditch and Jeff talk with people important in shaping news and politics in The Mid-South and the country.&nbsp;

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Start your day with the news you need from Memphis and the Mid-South.  Hosts, Ditch& Tim Van Horn engage you with compelling commentary on the issues and speaks with those close to the issues. 

Start your day with the news you need from Memphis and the Mid-South.  Hosts, Ditch&amp; Tim Van Horn engage you with compelling commentary on the issues and speaks with those close to the issues.

Ditch & Tim Van Horn

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Memphis Morning News DC Swamp Report with Douglas K. Blair for the week 03/31. The District bureaucrats are furious that The Department of Government Efficiency is finding so many "non-essential" jobs and programs to cut. For so many, reshaping what constitutes non-essential (under waste, fraud & abuse)  is too hard to rationalize as the swamp creatures continue to wage war against DOGE.

Memphis Morning News DC Swamp Report with Douglas K. Blair for the week 03/31. The District bureaucrats are furious that The Department of Government Efficiency is finding so many "non-essential" jobs and programs to cut. For so many, reshaping what constitutes non-essential (under waste, fraud &amp; abuse)&nbsp; is too hard to rationalize as the swamp creatures continue to wage war against DOGE.

SWAMP REPORT | The District of America?

As Memphis Shelby County Schools face a state intervention because of how they made decisions to remove the wildly popular superintendent, Dr. Marie Feagins, County Commissioner Mick Wright called in to Memphis Morning News to discuss creating an advisory group. 

As Memphis Shelby County Schools face a state intervention because of how they made decisions to remove the wildly popular superintendent, Dr. Marie Feagins, County Commissioner Mick Wright called in to Memphis Morning News to discuss creating an advisory group.&nbsp;

MICK WRIGHT | MSCS -"They had already determined the decision, they had done that in secret"

At last count in 2023, there are 336 drive-in movies theaters still open in the US.  Callers to Memphis Morning News discussed the demise of the drive-in theater and shared why. Movies aren't made to be shown at drive-in theaters.  4-D, high-def IMAX movies don't look as good through a bug splattered windshield at the drive-in. The movie industry makes movies with effects that are best experienced in a movie theater equipped with surround sound, lighting, seating and often wait staff. Dinner and a movie can now be easily experienced all in one location- the lazy boy equipped movie theater. 

The nostalgia of the drive-in movie has created a different theater industry- tourism.  With some drive-in's on the National Register of Historical Places to theater's with unique twists, the drive-in movie experience has become an experience, not just a night at the movies. 

At last count in 2023, there are 336 drive-in movies theaters still open in the US.&nbsp; Callers to Memphis Morning News discussed the demise of the drive-in theater and shared why. Movies aren't made to be shown at drive-in theaters.&nbsp; 4-D, high-def IMAX movies don't look as good through a bug splattered windshield at the drive-in. The movie industry makes movies with effects that are best experienced in a movie theater equipped with surround sound, lighting, seating and often wait staff. Dinner and a movie can now be easily experienced all in one location- the lazy boy equipped movie theater.&nbsp;
The nostalgia of the drive-in movie has created a different theater industry- tourism.&nbsp; With <a href="https://www.99w.com/drivein.php">some drive-in's</a> on the <a href="https://savingplaces.org/stories/8-drive-in-movie-theatres-that-evoke-the-golden-age-of-the-automobile">National Register of Historical Places </a>to theater's with <a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/20900">unique twists</a>, the drive-in movie experience has become an experience, not just a night at the movies.&nbsp;

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