Jack Drees reads sports headlines. The organist is Elaine Blair. Now, WSUI is more of an extension of the resources and ideals of the University-that's where NPR fits in. The station's relationship with NPR began more than a generation ago when it became an NPR member station, and WSUI initiated the service with coverage of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the nation's involvement in Vietnam. Local broadcasts from the Iowa Forensic Union, the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, and Prairie Lights Books have helped maintain the station's solid listening base, says programming director Dennis Reese, but NPR is largely responsible for increasing it.
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