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Elder Joseph Wilson is a FINALIST for Radio Announcer of the Year, and he could be honored at the Gospel Choice Music Awards! You can vote for him until April 30. Congratulations, Elder Wilson! Vote here: https://pollmill.com/f/25-radio-announcer-of//new.fullpage

Friday= Blue Highways. Take a ride tomorrow. LISTEN HERE: www.kopn.org

TONIGHT at 5 p.m. on Food Sleuth Radio, you can hear from Katie Martin, PhD, executive director of the Foodshare Institute for Hunger Research & Solutions. Dr. Martin will discuss her book "Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger." Tune in to learn the real solutions to hunger. https://buff.ly/2L2FgFM , https://buff.ly/3wgj6X0 https://buff.ly/3mcZGxN

Dan Viets and his guests discuss Sex, Drugs and Civil Liberties Tuesday evenings on KOPN. Dan’s guest this evening will be Mary Kruger, founder and executive director of the Rochester, New York NORML chapter and one of the key players in the recent passage of the most progressive marijuana legalization measure in America by the New York legislature! Join Dan Viets and his guest, New York NORML activist Mary Kruger, at 7 p.m. (CDT) TONIGHT on KOPN 89.5 FM and live-streamed around the globe at kopn.org.

Tune in this Sunday!

The 2021 election for the New Wave Corporation/KOPN Board of Directors will take place in February. If you are a member of the New Wave Corporation/KOPN and interested in the future of the station and in working to help make positive things happen, please consider running for one of the positions coming open on the board. These three elected positions are for terms of 3 years. More information on how to apply can be found here: https://www.kopn.org/?p=17789

Today on Food Sleuth at 5 pm: we are joined by Autumn Ness, Director of Hawai'i Organic Land Management, which is a program of Beyond Pesticides based in Maui. Ness discusses her efforts to regulate pesticide spraying and implement a local food hub during the pandemic.

It's time for our Annual Christmas Special on The Real Deal Country Show! All Ameripolitan and Classic/Traditional Country Christmas Music from 3-6 PM CST. I'll... be visiting with Joy each hour and at 3:45 PM CST it'll be Stone Cold Norman's Deep Cuts and Forgotten Hits Christmas Style! Merry Christmas from The Real Deal Team! We'll be back next week with a special show to wrap up 2020 as we'll remember once again all the Country Greats we've lost this year. <3 Tune in today and next Monday right here: KOPN 89.5 FM Columbia Missouri or online: KOPN web site: https://www.kopn.org/ New option: http://www.radiorethink.com/listen/kopn/ TuneIn.com http://tunein.com/radio/KOPN-895-s34543/

Today on Food Sleuth at 5 pm: Brian Ronholm, Director of Food Policy for Consumer Reports, and former Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at USDA compares the credible One Health collaboration to the misleading One Health Certified food label.

Despite the challenges we have faced this year, your support has allowed KOPN to remain focused on fulfilling our mission: educating and enriching the lives of our community through radio. It is our priority to keep you informed and entertained with unique coverage of current events and music you won't hear anywhere else on the dial. Help support our efforts in the community by donating to KOPN via CoMo Gives through December 31st. https://comogives.com/product/kopn-community-radio/ #comogives #communityradio #kopn

Today on #CommunityPulse, Dr. Elizabeth Allemann covers the latest research on household transmission, long-term #COVID symptoms, infection risk among healthcare workers and grocery store employees, and more.

Nearing the end of the absentee period, we're just shy of 20% turnout of all eligible voters with 26,498 voters already casting absentee ballots. #election2020

KOPN will be broadcasting live coverage of the election on Tuesday from Democracy Now! Listen in to hear the voices of activists, analysts and grassroots leaders discuss how their movements will go forward following this historic election. These are perspectives you won’t hear anywhere else, and we’re excited to share them on the mighty fine 89.5 FM from 8 - 11 pm CT.

Have an old car sitting in your drive-way? Or that boat you haven't fixed up in years? Or what about that rusty RV that can't go on the road anymore? Consider donating it to KOPN! We partner with CARS to make it as easy as possible for you. Visit the link below or give them a call at 855-567-6227. Their staff will guide you through the donation process. They handle literally everything, and then send us the proceeds once the vehicle has sold. Absolutely no hassle for you and a donation to keep community radio thriving in Mid-Missouri: a WIN-WIN!

Today on Food Sleuth Radio at 5pm: Terry Fuller, farmer and Chair of the Arkansas Plant Board describes widespread crop damage from the herbicide #Dicamba, and the vandalism he’s faced after speaking out for restrictions on its use.

Tune into KOPN 89.5 FM on election night for LIVE coverage from Democracy Now! 9 pm until midnight.

Host Ginny Chadwick is joined by Columbia University Associate Dean of Community and Minority Affairs Robert Fullilove to discuss the pandemic's impact on communities of color.

If you shop at Amazon, make sure you are using AmazonSmile! Go to smile.amazon.com and select "New Wave Corporation" from the list of charitable organizations, and AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to KOPN. Just make sure you shop from smile.amazon.com each time you place an order, and we'll continue to receive your support! Thanks so much, and please do buy local when you can! :)

Today on Community Pulse, Dr. Elizabeth Allemann and her guests discuss recent research about CARES Act funding distribution and mask ordinances in Central Missouri counties. Take a listen!

Insomniac's Delight is on the air from midnight-3AM tonight on KOPN 89.5 FM & streaming online. This week, it's a pre-assembled social distancing edition. We'...ve got German punk from S.Y.P.H., synthpunk from Gorilla Aktiv, archival Kansas City from DuChamp released by Alona's Dream Records, 80s lo-fi rock from Modern Art's "Stereo Land" reissued by Plastic Response Records, new noise by Sunk Cost from his "Artificial Telepathy" tape released by The Trust Collective, new noise by Sterile Garden from "Acidose" released by No part of it, harsh noise wall by Support Unit from the "Bodoland" cassette on Deathbed Tapes, and "Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism", the new LP by Napalm Death, and more! All-purpose link in comments. See more

Now that the time has passed for requesting a mailed ballot, we've been getting questions about what options remain for voting in the general election. 1. In-pe...rson absentee voting is still available until 5pm on November 2nd at our office at the corner of 9th and Ash. It does require you to state your reason for voting absentee. Bring a form of ID. The curbside tent at the 9th Street entrance is also open, weather permitting. 2. If you end up under quarantine or isolation as a result of COVID-19, please contact our office at 573-886-4375 and we can send a bipartisan team of election judges to your residence. 3. In-person absentee weekend locations are available on October 24th at Centralia High School from 10am to 3pm and October 25th at Douglass High School from 10am to 3pm. 4. Polling places will be open on Election Day (November 3) from 6am til 7pm. You can use our Find Your Polling Place tool (https://maps.showmeboone.com/viewers/ClerkPollLocations) to see your assignment. Both the Boone County Government Center and Mizzou Arena will serve as central polling places for any registered Boone County voter. Due to COVID-19 precautions, each polling place will have plexiglass shields in front of election judges, election judges will have masks, hand sanitizer will be available, and social distancing measures will be observed.

Today on Food Sleuth Radio at 5 PM: Gladis Zinati, Ph.D., Director of the Rodale Institute's Vegetable Systems Trial describes how organic farming methods improve the nutritional value of our food.

Today on Think at 1 pm on KOPN 89.5FM: Though never elected to any office, James Baker III spent decades shaping policy and politicians. Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about Baker’s close and competitive friendship with George H.W. Bush and about his diplomatic work that reshaped the world in the last quarter of the 20th Century. Peter Baker’s new book, co-written with Susan Glasser, is The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III.

Today on Food Sleuth Radio at 5 pm: Leah Douglas, staff writer and associate editor at the Food & Environment Reporting Network discusses her recent reporting on Covid-19 in meat packing plants, and racism in the FFA.