ANN ARBOR—Michigan Radio, the public radio stations of the University of Michigan, will debut its new locally produced show "Stateside" on Jan. 5, 2004. It is scheduled to air weekdays at 1 p.m.

Host Charity Nebbe will guide listeners through a one-hour series of interviews, features and reports of local interest that share perspectives that are uniquely Michigan.

It’s a show that brings a local context to national stories and a broader context to local stories, through conversations with colorful and interesting people.

Listeners will learn about trends in Michigan’s migrating bird populations, understand the trash policies in the state, discover why our farmer’s markets are so appealing, hear how a Michigan craftsman makes prosthetic eyes, and find out how the governor’s mandate for reading to small children is expected to increase literacy.

Nebbe, who is also heard daily as local host of "All Things Considered" is herself a product of the Midwest-Iowa, not Michigan though-and says, "Michigan is a really exciting place to be. The mix of urban and rural in the state makes it very complex both culturally and politically. ‘Stateside’ will give us a great opportunity to explore those complexities, and we’ll also have some fun getting to know the people that make the state so unique."

Nebbe began her public radio career as a student at Iowa State University. After graduation, and a short stint at a public radio station in Indiana, she spent a few years as a broadcast producer and local talk show host on WOI in Ames, Iowa. Nebbe joined Michigan Radio in the spring of 2000 to work as a producer on "The Todd Mundt Show" and shortly thereafter she also became the local host of NPR’s afternoon news program "All Things Considered". Nebbe lives with her husband, three dogs and six cats just outside of Ann Arbor.

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