UA Little Rock Public Radio will air its 100th episode of the fan-favorite program, Arts & Letters, this week. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Public Radio to Air 100th Episode of Arts & Letters”
Arkansas native Rose Marie McCoy was arguably one of the most successful American songwriters of the 20th century. During her lifetime, McCoy published more than 850 songs recorded by music legends like Ike and Tina Turner, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, and Bette Midler. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Public Radio honors prolific Arkansas songwriter Rose Marie McCoy”
KUAR has once again been named Best Radio Station in the Arkansas Times annual Best of Arkansas Awards. Continue reading “KUAR named Best Radio Station”
Three of Arkansas’s top bands will perform Thursday, June 6, as part of National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Arkansas event benefiting Little Rock Public Radio’s KUAR FM 89.1 and its regional program “Arts & Letters Radio.” Continue reading “Arkansas bands to play Tiny Desk concert”
Three of central Arkansas’s best bands will perform Thursday, June 28, as part of NPR’s Tiny Desk Arkansas event. Continue reading “Tiny Desk Arkansas event set for June 28”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor has received a $50,000 commitment to create a partnership to continue a KUAR public radio show dedicated to humanities and literary arts in the South. Continue reading “UA Little Rock professor receives $50,000 for public radio program”