'Travel with Rick Steves' comes to KPR2


LAWRENCE – KPR2 has added a new, hourlong travel show to its weekly lineup, "Travel with Rick Steves." A lively mix of guest interviews and listener calls, "Travel with Rick Steves" goes beyond the Europe that Steves is famous for, with shows covering travel and cultures across every continent.

Beginning July 5, you can hear "Travel with Rick Steves" from 8 a.m.-9 a.m. Saturdays on KPR2, the news-talk channel available on an HD radio or streaming on KPR’s website.

The author of 30 travel guidebooks and longtime host of the "Rick Steves' Europe" TV series, he was attracted to radio because of its ability to interact with listeners in ways that TV cannot.

"Radio provides a virtual café for travelers to meet up, sharing tips, insights and discoveries," Steves said. "On my radio show, rather than being the tour guide, as I am on TV, I get to host the coming together of experts on various cultures and travel themes with our callers and listeners. Serving as the conduit for all this exciting travel information comes with a downside: now I want to travel everywhere our radio show does."

KPR, a 15-time Kansas Association of Broadcasters Station of the Year, licensed to KU, broadcasts on 91.5 FM in Lawrence, 89.7 FM in Emporia, 91.3 FM in Olsburg-Junction City, 89.9 FM in Atchison, 90.3 FM in Chanute, and 99.5 FM and 97.9 FM in Manhattan. KPR can be heard online. KPR also operates KPR2, a news-talk programming stream, which can be heard on an HD receiver or on KPR’s website.

Wed, 07/02/2014

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Phil Wilke

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