Radio & Broadcasting
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DM Register’s Editor in Chief: Media Trust, Trump Lawsuit & Left-Bias
Audio version: The Des Moines Register has built a massive amount of national respect for decades. The new Editor in Chief Rachel Stassen-Berger discusses restoring media trust, the Selzer Poll debacle, and answers a common Republican complaint: do they have a left-bias? Political operatives have long-recognized the Register as a political powerhouse and Stassen-Berger is…
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Channel 13 Anchor Elias Johnson Opens Up About Leaving WHO-TV
Audio version: Where did WHO TV anchor Elias Johnson go? The lifelong newsman has been a fixture in Des Moines news. Before filling the evening news position vacated by Dan Winters September of 2022, Johnson was on WOI, Channel 5. But in August of 2024 just short of two years at Channel 13 he left…
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Van Harden: Where is he now?
Where is Van Harden now? Van Harden of WHO Radio’s Van and Bonnie Show has been retired from radio since September of 2020, but he’s not slowing down. He sat down to discuss what he’s been up to and he reacts to local radio’s struggle to maintain focus on their community.