Have Your Voice Heard When "Kojo Comes to Your Community"- November 3 at THEARC

Date:
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Location:

THEARC Theater

WAMU 88.5’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show is leaving the studios to broadcast live from neighborhoods across the District, Virginia, and Maryland in a series of community based discussions called Kojo in Your Community. The next forum will take place at 5:30 p.m.,Wednesday, Nov 3 here at THEARC. The live broadcast will be taped on location and will air the following day on WAMU 88.5’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show. We encourage you to attend and be part of the show by asking questions, making comments, and sharing the view from the neighborhood. For more information, visitwww.kojoshow.org or email kojoinyourcommunity@wamu.org.

View Event Flyer: Kojo In Your Community

*Event is FREE

The Kojo In Your Community series began in 2001 as WAMU In Your Ward, and was expanded and renamed in 2003 to include the entire Metro area. Kojo In Your Community discussions are town hall style meetings in neighborhoods throughout D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, and are free and open to the public.

“I welcome the opportunity to get out of the studio and into the community, where I can interact with listeners on a more personal level,” said Kojo Nnamdi. “The Kojo Nnamdi Show focuses on approaching familiar topics in new ways, and these forums allow us to bring new voices into the conversation while offering everyone a chance to be a part of the dialogue.”

The Kojo Nnamdi Show airs at noon, weekdays, on WAMU 88.5. The live two hour magazine program highlights news, political issues and social trends of the day.The Politics Hour airs at noon, Fridays, and covers the week in local and regional politics. American University’s radio station since 1961, WAMU 88.5 is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington, D.C., area. With more than 700,000 listeners in the region, WAMU 88.5 is “your NPR news station in the nation’s capital.” WAMU broadcasts three HD channels — the flagship frequency at 88.5–1; WAMU’s Bluegrass Country, a bluegrass and Americana station, at WAMU 88.5–2; and WAMU–3, at 88.5–3, a news and information station broadcasting international coverage from the BBC and offering public radio programs unavailable elsewhere in the Washington area.