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Dave Becker's thirty-year radio career spans NPR stations in four states, hosting news, classical, jazz, folk and talk programs.  He pulls double duty at Nevada Public Radio as program director and one of the hosts of “KNPR’s State of Nevada.” He has written articles on public radio for the American Journalism Review, the Des Moines Register, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the public broadcasting newspaper Current. Dave and his wife Marge are the parents of four children.

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Las Vegas Philharmonic Concludes Season on High Note

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The Las Vegas’s broadcast season concluded on Classical 89.7 this past weekend with one of the greatest of all piano concertos.

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John L. Smith On Being Inducted Into The Nevada Newspaper Hall Of Fame

Sep 27, 2016

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Another Decade Of "Love": Beatles' Cirque Show Gets Refresh

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In celebration of ten years on the Las Vegas Strip, "The Beatles Love" is getting some new music and choreography.

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