Dan Modlin

Producer/Host

Dan Modlin served as News Director at WKU Public Radio for 23 years, and retired in early 2013. He's a native of Indiana who grew up in a broadcasting family.  A graduate of Ball State University, he worked for several years in the news network business in the Midwest, specializing in agricultural and political coverage, before coming to WKU Public Radio. His reports have earned numerous national  and state  awards for documentary production, public affairs reporting, and enterprise reporting. Dan continues to co-host Barren River Breakdown.

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Terror Suspects
1:25 pm
Tue February 7, 2012

Terror Suspects

This is a continuing coverage compilation of the indictment, arrest, and court appearances of two Iraqi men facing federal terrorism charges in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Terror Arrests
1:22 pm
Tue February 7, 2012

Terror Arrests in Bowling Green

Two Iraqi nationals living in Bowling Green have been arrested after being indicted on federal terrorism charges. The men are charged with trying to send weapons, bomb making instructions, and cash to Al Qaida in Iraq.

 

Grayson Resigns
1:17 pm
Tue February 7, 2012

Grayson Resigns

Secretary of State Trey Grayson shocked many people in Kentucky politics when he announced he would resign his position to take a job at Harvard. The choice of his replacement is also sending shock waves through city government in Bowling Green.

Labor Union History
1:11 pm
Tue February 7, 2012

Labor Union History

As state legislatures across the nation debate the roles of public employee unions, Dan Modlin takes a look at the history of labor unions in the United State..........

Civil War Series
6:40 am
Mon February 6, 2012

Historians Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

Credit Clinton Lewis / WKU University Relations
Military Historian Jack Thacker and Civil War Historian Glenn LaFantasie

WKU Civil War Historian Glenn La Fantasie and WKU Military Historian Jack Thacker say the signficance of these battles in Northern Tennessee may have been more important than some people have thought in the past.

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