Insight On Business the News Hour

Perhaps the best dressed man in all of radio our guest is Jeff Stein the News and Program Director for KXEL-AMRadio in Waterloo, Iowa and the Executive Director of the Iowa Broadcast News Association. Jeff was in town for the Iowa Broadcasters Association(IBA) annual meeting. Here we talk about corporate radio, why local radio wins, offer up some congratulations to IBA award winners and...well, just talk about the back-story of why radio remains a dominant force in the face of so many other choices.

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Our regular lifestyle contributor, Jeff Pitts, is on assignment for Cityview so he sent along Cady Colosimo another Cityview writer to share with us "Stuff to DO in the Metro". Here she is with her top list of things going on Saturday into next week...get your planner out and then GET OUT! 

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Meet Chris Vance a homegrown artist who was chosen to create the image for the 20th Edition of the Des Moines Arts Festival. We talk to Chris about the business of art, the honor of being chosen for this and how his work is the first to be painted and displayed in a gigantic mural on the side of the Ford and Garland Building near the Sculpture Park. Listen in...

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

This is the Thursday that the United States Senate Republicans rolled out their effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. On the front lines regarding health care in Iowa has been the AARP-Iowa State Director for Advocacy, Anthony Carroll. We caught up with him after he had returned from a Health Care and You event in Eastern Iowa to find out what he is hearing and dissect the recent poll on health care in Iowa. Some interesting things here...

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Depending on who you know you may have never heard of Iowa Safe Schools however we bet you've heard about bullying in schools or hazing, the uptick among suicides in our schools and the Governor's Conference on LGBTQ Youth. Meet Scott Heldt the Communications and Development Director for Iowa Safe Schools and Executive Director Nate Monson. Here we talk about how Iowa Safe Schools assists LGBTQ students with a number of affirming projects from bullying intervention, to staff training, to the Iowa Gay-Straight Alliance. And, because we ran out of time we've included the Insight on Business Extra where we talk about funding and the upcoming 2017 Spirit Awards scheduled for October of 2017. 

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

She's back....Roxi Copland came by the studio to chat about her summer tour before the launch at Peace Tree Brewing in the East Village. Here we talk with the 2016 Wisconsin Jazz Artist of the Year about the music from her new release "Bad Decision" and then get into a conversation about being an independent recording artist and all the business that needs to be done way before (and after) a major release. Enjoy the conversation and the music. To learn more about the tour and the music here is the link to Roxi's website.

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Just days away from the 2017 Des Moines Arts Festivaland we were thrilled to have Stephen King and Kristian Day take some time away and be with us in studio to talk about the "back-story". Here we talk about the festival, what it means to Des Moines, the artists and what one thing you can do to enhance your experience. What started back in 1958 as "Art in the Park" has grown to become an international sensation. Then we learn from Kristian that the Interrobang Film Festival, which has been part of the Des Moines Arts Festival will, this year, become a "stand-alone" event in the East Village. Some great radio here...enjoy! 

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Each Monday afternoon Laura Kinnard from DMBizMixer joins us for a conversation about business networking events in the Greater Des Moines Metro. You know, places you can go to extend our voice and your experience. If you've got an event you can post with the hashtag #DMBizEvents on Twitter and she'll include it in the broadcast and on the website.

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Over the past several years officials and stake-holders have joined together to come up with building codes that are more uniform from metro community to metro community. With us, from Capital Crossroads is Director Bethany Wilcoxon, from the Des Moines Fire Department the Fire Marshall Jonathan Lund and from the City of Johnston City Administrator Jim Sanders. We talk about the role Capital Crossroads has had in this initiative and what it means for development. 

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

He's back with his list of "Stuff to DO in the Metro" from Bacon to Sports and more here's Jeff Pitts from Cityview! Get out there! 

The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.