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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Fire crews are working to keep a blaze in Yosemite National Park away from a grove of treasured giant sequoia trees. A park spokesman said there was no…
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A committee from both houses of Congress has negotiated a bipartisan package to reform the Veterans' Administration. The chief aim of the package is to…
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Two former Utah attorneys general appeared in court today in Salt Lake City as criminal defendants. Mark Shurtleff and John Swallow face multiple charges,…
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At a public hearing last night, critics of the Washoe County School Board's decision to dismiss superintendent Pedro Martinez included Nevada First Lady…
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Clean-up efforts are underway on Mount Charleston after Monday’s rains. The Las Vegas Sun says eight homes in the Rainbow Canyon area were significantly…
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More than 35 percent of Americans have ongoing debt and bills that have been turned over to collection agencies. The statistic comes from a study released…
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The Federal Aviation Administration announced yesterday that it wants to fine Southwest Airlines $12 million for modifying airplanes using methods not…
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Nevada is one of three states where a new television ad is running to put political pressure on key Republican senators over a bill to which would ban…
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Allen Lichtenstein, longtime attorney for the Nevada American Civil Liberties Union, has resigned effective this Friday. He was with the organization for…
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The Washoe County school board has postponed a discussion of its dismissal of Superintendent Pedro Martinez, after Martinez filed a lawsuit alleging…