Danie Alexander

Associate Producer, Announcer

Danette (Danie) Alexander first came to KCUR in 2007 as an intern for Up to Date after completing her B.A. in Communications at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. After her KCUR internship was completed, Danie continued to spend her mornings assisting producer Stephen Steigman as a volunteer with Up to Date.  Her radio experience also includes stints with public radio's New Letters on the Air as a broadcast engineer and on local public radio as host of a weekly overnight call-in show.

In December 2011, Danie started as a temporary on-air announcer and is now the regular voice on Saturday afternoons.  In August 2012 she became the associate producer for Up to Date.  For Danie, all the work and time has been worth it as she has seen her belief in the power of public radio confirmed.

Danette Alexander also holds a B.S. degree from William Woods University. Originally from Long Island, NY, she and her husband Steven Alexander live in Raytown when they’re not working on their future retirement property on Tablerock Lake.

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Up to Date
10:18 am
Tue December 18, 2012

90-Mile View: Amy Farrand

Credit Paul Andrews
Amy Farrand and her Framus guitar

"I've never been the kind of person to say 'I don’t think I could do that' but more like 'I’m gonna do THAT!', says singer/songwriter Amy Farrand and from early childhood that attitude has shaped her life both in and out of the music scene.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue December 11, 2012

90-Mile View: Nicole Wright

Nicole Wright returned from college wanting to make a difference in her home town of Kansas City, Missouri.  Six years later, Officer Wright's beat is still the neighborhood where she was raised by her mother: 28th and Wabash, part of East Patrol.

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Up To Date
9:37 am
Fri December 7, 2012

'We Are Superman'

Credit Kevin Howdeshell

In the heart of Kansas City, at the intersection of 31st and Troost, a select few work to transform a dividing line into a gathering place.

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Up to Date
6:37 pm
Sun November 25, 2012

U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver & Kevin Yoder

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U.S. Representatives Kevin Yoder (left) and Emanuel Cleaver were recent recipients of the Consensus Civility Award.

With only five weeks left in the 112th Congress, Representatives and Senators are under pressure to find common ground among themselves and with the President to avoid the fiscal cliff.

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Central Standard
6:00 pm
Sun November 25, 2012

The Government Cloud

Credit Jackson's book GovCloud II

This year the US Government mandated that federal agencies consider cloud computing as they make new IT investments and by 2014 that mandate will expand.  What benefit does this technology have to taxpayers and to the agencies themselves?  Where do these projects currently stand? And what has been the impact to Kansas City?

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Up To Date
10:58 pm
Thu November 22, 2012

DVD Gurus: Films For Which We're Always Thankful

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Belushi star in Columbia Pictures' Red Heat.

A weekend full of eating, shopping, football and leftovers leaves many of us grateful for an opportunity to collapse on the sofa and watch a movie at home.

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Central Standard
6:58 pm
Wed November 14, 2012

Diverse And Achieving Schools: Where Are They And Are They Worth It?

Credit Michael Petrilli

Often parents seeking to give their children an education filled with diverse racial and socioeconomic peers struggle to find schools that are also high-achieving.  Michael Petrilli and Dr. Lawson Bush give insights into overcoming this sometimes daunting challenge and the varying merits behind its thinking.


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Central Standard
3:28 am
Wed November 14, 2012

Missouri Mavericks: Winning In Independence

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Name the area professional sports team to make it to the playoffs the last two seasons.  Hint: it doesn't play in Kansas City.

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Central Standard
12:08 am
Tue November 13, 2012

Growing From Local to International Business

Credit World Trade Center Kansas City

Are you a metro-area small business looking to expand into the global market?  Well you're in luck.


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Central Standard
12:48 pm
Sun November 11, 2012

Financial Planning For Non-Traditional Couples

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When you are part of a non-traditional couple, understanding your financial options is crucial

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Food & Drink
9:08 am
Wed October 31, 2012

Are Healthy & Halloween Mutually Exclusive?

On Halloween it's not just ghosts and goblins you need to fear.  There's enough candy out there to fuel a perpetual sugar high.

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Central Standard
12:47 am
Tue October 30, 2012

Exploring The Paranormal

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A sudden drop in room temperature, a recorded EVP, and a motion detector going off.  All signs that you are not alone.

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Central Standard
12:06 am
Tue October 30, 2012

Ghosts, Ghouls And Monsters Of Missouri

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New York may have Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman but Missouri is not without a headless story or two of its own.

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Central Standard
6:39 pm
Tue October 23, 2012

Books And Publishers: Doomed To Extinction?

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In the face of electronic readers and digital downloads, it's easy to point a finger and say there lies the reason books and, by extension, those who write and publish them are going the way of the dinosaurs.

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Central Standard
5:51 pm
Tue October 23, 2012

Back In The Swing After Breast Cancer

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You weathered the diagnosis, underwent surgery, and made it through multiple rounds of chemotherapy.  In short, you've survived breast cancer.

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