Digitized Channel 6 News provides ‘invaluable’ record of Moab in transition. Plus, the News Reel!

KZMU News

English - November 17, 2023 22:23 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
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A lot happened between the years 1989 and 2000 in Moab. There were near-seismic shifts in the economy, people and the character of this town. And Channel 6 News caught it all on tape. That’s right, Moab’s local television news station captured the people and the politics that shaped the experience of this place at a seminal moment. Now, with the help of the Moab Museum, over 2,000 news broadcasts will be digitized from this period and available for the public to access. Today on KZMU News, we speak with those behind this effort.

// Plus, the Weekly News Reel! Gwen Dillworth of The Times-Independent discusses the county’s final decision on the high density housing overlay ordinance, the botched chip seal job on Mill Creek Drive, and where to get COVID-19 vaccines this year with and without health insurance. Alison Harford of the Moab Sun News covers the timed entry program at Arches National Park, Moab’s new plan for city parks, an upcoming charity bike race, and a woman’s climbing club.

// Show Notes:
https://www.kzmu.org/digitized-channel-6-news-provides-invaluable-record-of-moab-in-transition-plus-the-weekly-news-reel/