Dave Becker
Director of ProgrammingDave Becker joined Nevada Public Radio as Program Director in late 2007. He’s the “buck stops here” staffer for everything heard on KNPR and KCNV, and he’s also a last-ditch substitute host and a voice in NVPR’s membership campaigns.
In addition to KNPR, his radio career took him to Iowa, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Kansas. He began in commercial radio while in college, then was snagged by public radio at his alma mater, the University of Iowa, and has been in its orbit ever since.
He and his wife, Marge, are proud of their four children and love doting on their four grandchildren.
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At least three politicians in Northern Nevada, including Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve, were under surveillance by private detectives during the 2022 election season. -
A study of the 2020 election commissioned by the Donald Trump campaign undercut many of the former president's most explosive claims about voter fraud in five key states, including Nevada. -
No winner in the PowerballNevadans will continue heading across the border to either California or Arizona after nobody matched all six numbers to win the… -
Melody Rose, the chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, has notified the state Board of Regents that she will resign her position as of… -
Artwork courtesy of The Smith CenterThe Las Vegas’s broadcast season concluded on Classical 89.7 this past weekend with one of the greatest of all piano…
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Millicent Siegel (1931–2017) was the eldest daughter of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, the notorious mobster who built the Flamingo Hotel and helped transform… -
John L. Smith joins Dave Becker for their weekly chat, with looks at education savings accounts, the latest in gaming trends from the Global Gaming Expo &… -
John L. Smith talks with Nevada Public Radio's Dave Becker about being on the same wall as Mark Twain and legendary journalist Ned Day; his interest in a… -
Cirque du Soleil's production, "The Beatles Love," celebrates its tenth anniversary at the Mirage hotel-casino Thursday.In attendance? Sir Paul McCartney,… -
The director of the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services said yesterday that his department takes responsibility for allegations of abuse of…
