Cumulus Tucson's weekly public affairs show, hosted by David Kelly, airs every Sunday morning on KHYT (107.5), KIIM (99.5), KSZR (97.5), KCUB (1290) and KTUC (1400).
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In Episode No. 32 our David Kelly is joined by Carl Caulk from the U.S. Marshal's Survivors Benefit Fund. The organization will host the Desert Golf Classic for a third year here in Tucson in late April and Ashley Wise, Garrett Harding and Liley Minga from Sundowners 4-H Club tell you all about the animals they'll be competing this year at the Pima County Fair.
Tucson Country Club has entered into a partnership with UA Athletics to be the home sight for the Wildcats' golf teams and Ryan Davis talks about that and the renovations to the 77-year old course plus longtime Pima College administrator Edgar Soto is running for public office and hear from UA Football star Jacob Cowing's dad Monte on the book he wrote about his son.
Melanie Madden and Bryanna Botham stopped by studio to discuss the 41st annual Tucson Poetry Festival and the great lineup of writers that will present workshops for attendees plus Redbird Scratch Kitchen and Bar is one of the hot new dining establishments in Tucson and Sergio Pinon and Rory Martin, the two proprietors behind the spot tell you what is unique to their location.
Episode No. 28 features UA MBA grad Ed Long from Avity Investment Management who is in studio to tell you about strategies that you should be looking at to secure your long-term future plus we revisit our interview with Robert Thornron from Cloud Covered Streets and the work that he is doing to help the homeless here in the state of Arizona.
Episode No. 27 is a repeat episode with Brenda Goldsmith from El Rio Foundation and Santana Huffman from the El Rio Foundation Vecinos about the upcoming London Calling Block Party plus Emma Batty from Rincon Rotary has a quite delicious event for you to try in April. It's the 12th annual Tucson Taste of Chocolate.
Episode No. 26 features Marc Acuna - University of Arizona Alumni who will tell you about all the cool events happening for UA fans travelling to Las Vegas for the Pac-12 Men's Basketball tournament plus Emma Batty from Rincon Rotary has a quite delicious event for you to try in April. It's the 12th annual Tucson Taste of Chocolate.
In Episode No. 25 our David Kelly is joined by Brenda Goldsmith from El Rio Foundation and Santana Huffman from the El Rio Foundation Vecinos about the upcoming London Calling Vecinos Block Party 2024 plus the Tucson Conquistadors Geoff Hill tells you all you need to know about the new venue at La Paloma for Cologuard Classic 2024.
In Episode No. 24, our David Kelly introduces you to Pete Snell, a local businessman who with his wife Jeanne took their love of wine and turned it into a tasting room called AZ Wine Collective that showcases the best the state of Arizona has to offer plus Hubert Parker from Tucson Wildlife Center is back to tell you about an event their annual fund raiser and how you can get involved with helping their cause to save injured wild animals here in Southern Arizona.
Jose Calderon - La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Monte Cowing - My Boy From Mars: It Was a Gift to Witness
Marco Colbert - Tucson Bicycle Classic Zach Gregg - Project Echelon Racing
TIR 21 2-2-24 George Aros - Roping and Robert Thornton - Clothing Homeless
TIR 20 1-28-24 Hubert Parker - Tucson Wildlife and Les Presmyk - Gem Show
There's a new head football coach at Arizona and it's Brent Brennan. Our David Kelly chatted with the new field boss, his brother Brad who played for the Wildcats, Nancy Tomey, wife of the late Dick Tomey who was a mentor and friend to Brennan plus here from UA Athletics Director Dave Heeke on the hire.
It's Jazz Festival Week in Tucson and Khris Dodge joins the show to tell you about some of the great acts you need to see and hear this week plus Sahuaro High School athletics director Steve Botkin previews this year's MLK Basketball Classic and there's still time to see the Zoppe Italian Family Circus. Jeannette Prince Zoppe breaks down this season's them Carnevale di Venezia.
The Zoppe Italian Family Circus is back in Tucson for their annual two-week run. Jeanette Prince Volpe stop by studio to give you a behind the scene story of what it takes to entertain hundreds of adoring fans every performance under the big top.
It is New Year's Eve and our David Kelly has three events for you to check out. KIIM-FM's Pork Chop and Gigi Robinson from Gigi and the Glow tell you about a pair of adult events happening at The Maverick and Casino del Sol plus Teresa Truelsen says Tucson Children's Museum has a Noon Year's Eve event for your kiddos.
On this week's show David Kelly is joined by Michelle Conklin from the Tucson Botanical Gardens about their Festival of Illumination display that is sparkling during the holiday season plus Kym Adair tells you all you need to know about the upcoming Arizona Bowl and the New Year's Eve Bowl Bash downtown.
Hubert Parker from the Tucson Wildlife Center joins the show to tell you about what they do to help injured wild animals in our community plus we replay our interview on the Annual Festival of Lights with 21-year Winterhaven resident Jim Tofel.
In this 13th edition of the season David Kelly chats with Winterhaven resident Jim Tofel about the annual Fesitval of Lights and Stride Health's Noah Lang about the health insurance for the self-employed.
On the 12th edition of the program for this 2023-24 season, David Kelly is talking Christmas season to-do activities with Sierra Boyer from Tucson Parks and Rec plus Casey Anderson from the 4th Avenue Merchants Association gets you ready for the annual Winter Street Fair.
On this 11th edition of this season we chat with Rita Bancroft from Connie Health and one her clients Ruben Robles about making the right Medicare decisions during Open Enrollment plus we revisit our conversation with financial analyst Allan Switalski about how to CPAs can help their clients get the most out of tax season.
On this week's edition we revisit our October conversation with Lisa Chastain from the Gospel Rescue Mission as they've got big things happening this week for Thanksgiving as does the Salvation Army. Christopher Kim talks about their annual dinner plus where you can find their bell ringers this holiday season.
This week our David Kelly chats with Ron Schlagel from the international student exchange organization, PAX about the foreign exchange process and retired U.S. Army Seargant Augustine Lopez Jr. tells you all about the American Veterans Travelling Tribute wall that spent the weekend at Casino del Sol.
Tucson mayoral candidate Janet Wittenbraker (Republican) discusses her blueprint for if she is elected to lead the city of Tucson plus Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik and Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz give you their sides on Proposition 413.
Tucson mayoral candidates Arthur Kerschen (Libertarian) and Ed Ackerley (Independent) discuss their blueprints for if they are elected to lead the city of Tucson.
On this week's show financial analyst Allan Switalski lets you know how to make your taxes work for you plus Faith Boice McCabb is ready for the 22nd annual Cowboy Festival.
On this week's show our David Kelly chats with Lisa Chastain from the Gospel Rescue Mission about how they will serve the homeless this holiday season plus Brian Falcone tells you what you need to see and eat on this final day of Tucson Meet Yourself.
Our guests this week Doug and Claudia Zanes from Zanes' Law Injury Lawyers are celebrating local non-profits on their 20th anniversary plus Michael Quinn talks about his late son PJ who inspired the event Rockin' 4 Heroes.
Our guests this week Matt August from Arizona Theater Company and Pima County's Christina Bohan on a great anti-graffiti contest for the youth of our community.
D.K. is joined this week by Ashley La Russa from Blax Friday and John Zaller with Van Gogh The Immersive Experience.
Our new host David Kelly is joined by Jessica Nolan and Robin Elaiho of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Shane Reiser from Tucson Foodie.