February 2016

Caucus Origins in Ames, Winter Safety, RSVP

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 02/03/2016
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Richard Bender tells how he was an ISU student when he began to work for Cliff Larson in Ames, anti-war oriented Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party. In his work for the party, Bender proposed the changes to the Iowa Caucus process for greater democracy and grassroots input, and carried out the first years of the process before it became obvious they had started something of national importance.

Betty Boccella of Central Iowa Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) describes volunteer opportunities and training, from clerical office work, to helping young people, to finger printing and searches for missing persons. A wide variety of opportunities are available along with training for the work.

Keith Morgan , Story County Emergency Coordinator gives tips for safety in Winter and how to stay WARM - as well as your animals!.

KHOI brings National coverage for Iowa Caucuses

February 1, 2016 - 7:00pm -- ron

KHOI ORIGINATES NATIONAL RADIO COVERAGE
OF THE FIRST IN THE NATION IOWA CAUCUSES
Monday February 1, 2016
7:00 PM - until results come in

Tune in to 89.1 FM on Caucus night for information and caucus results, along with regional and national voices sharing the night's experiences and offering responses and analysis as Iowa sets the tone for the national presidential nomination process. KHOI reporters will also be situated at caucuses around the state and party celebrations for each candidate in Des Moines to report on-the-spot live coverage.

KHOI is teaming up with Pacifica Radio Network to deliver live national coverage. The broadcast will be hosted from the KHOI broadcast studios. The audio will go to Berkeley, California (with the help of Pacifica Technical staff in Texas and New York), where KPFA - Pacifica will up-link the program to the Pacifica Network's satellite. Approximately 200 community radio stations access the satellite.

It's Show Time!

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 02/01/2016
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Caucus Day in Iowa has finally arrived. Over the weekend KHOI reporters Gale Seiler, Susan Franzen and Greta Anderson attended the final appeals of candidates Clinton, Cruz, and Rubio in Ames. They provide audio highlights and insights. We take a summary look at the Republican race with our valued commentator David Redlawsk, a political science Fellow at the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement , who tweeted about more than 100 candidate events in Iowa this season and attended all 20 of the soapbox speeches at the Iowa State Fair this summer. On the Democratic side, Laura Belin, who has been writing as desmoinesdem at the Bleeding Heartland blog since 2007, shares perspectives on Bernie's rise and how the caucus system could affect results.

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