Michael Byars
Morning AnnouncerMichael started volunteering for the membership drives back in 1997 and has also helped at other KCUR events such as the Great Record Sale I and II, the Ethnic Enrichment Festival, and both live broadcasts of "A Prairie Home Companion" from Starlight Theatre. His on-air career began in December, 2000, as a part-time announcer during classical music. He later became our Saturday afternoon announcer before moving on up to full-time Morning Edition host in November 2002. Occasionally, you might hear his voice on "The Fish Fry", where he serves as a fill-in for Chuck when he's away; he also engineers interview segments and edits the show's archived broadcasts. In his spare time (and yes, he does have some), Michael loves being an uncle to his niece and nephews (Abigail, Hayden, and Nathan, Uncle Mike loves you!) and enjoys ethnic restaurants, listening to live music and sleeping.
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With the Kansas City area getting a dose of winter weather over the past couple days, perhaps it's time for some music that has a summertime feel. The…
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Band The Latenight Callers describe their sultry, film-noir sound as that of “the house band at a David Lynch pool party.” Their latest album is called…
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http://youtu.be/eQONgN-as4s 1st Hour1 Louis Jordan/Saturday Night Fish Fry2 Yank Rachell/Do the Boogie Mama3 Blue Boys/Memphis Stomp4 Knocky…
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Pretend #lastfm asked you to tweet your top three songs so far in 2012, what would you select? Something straight from Billboard, or maybe a tune playing…
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There's a brick building at 31st and Gillham, which has stood for more than eight decades. Most of the time it's been known as the El Torreon, but for…
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KCUR's Chuck Haddix welcomed funk singer Marva Whitney to The Fish Fry, where she talked about her start in Kansas City Kansas and working with the late…
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Back in the 1920s and 30s, Kansas City was a lively mix of political wheeling-and-dealing, organized crime, and the hot sounds of jazz.By Michael…