Lu Anne Stephens
Director of Content | Assistant General ManagerLu Anne Stephens has held many positions over many years at KMUW, including local host of NPR’s Morning Edition and reporter/editor. In addition to her current duties as Director of Content and Assistant General Manager, Lu Anne produces KMUW’s New Settler's Radio Hour and countless special productions.
In 2018, Lu Anne was recognized with a first place award from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters for her production work on a Media Circus promotion announcement featuring Bill Kurtis of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! She produces the Hidden Kansas segment for KMUW’s weekly news program The Range and was a producer on season two of My Fellow Kansans from the Kansas News Service. In 2020, Lu Anne received first place in Public Affairs Program from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters for her contributions to My Fellow Kansans.
After studying music performance and journalism at Pittsburg State University, Lu Anne completed her degree at Wichita State University in 1995. She has won several awards for journalistic excellence since she has been at KMUW.
Lu can be reached by email at stephens@kmuw.org.
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Ian Ehrhart of the Colorado band Jesus Christ Taxi Driver says that are no rules about the style of music the band plays. And we have news from Wichita and around the state. -
We'll hear about finding a career in shop class, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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We'll hear about a music love letter for Valentine's Day, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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We talk with the new host of "Reading Rainbow"... plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Musician Mike Coykendall didn't even have a name for his band when found out that DJs at KMUW in the 1980s were interested in local music. He also thought the station had forgotten about the tape he'd mailed in until a bandmate phoned him and said that their music was getting regular airplay on 89.1. We'll hear from him, plus we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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We look at a small-town paper with a rich history that’s also focused on the future, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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Did you know that, 150 years ago, rural Kansas was home to a silk-making commune? We didn't either. But we'll learn about it, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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A look at the legacy of Volga German immigrants in Kansas. And we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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We look at a team effort to help a young chimpanzee…and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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KMUW's Torin Andersen talks with Wichita artist Ann Resnick about her show in Salina, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
