Mormon Miscellaneous Radio Program – Van Hale
August 4, 2009 4 Comments
This is a bit off topic, but I wanted to let you all know something. Van Hale [1] has been operating a radio show in Salt Lake environs called “Mormon Miscellaneous.” The show has been running for nearly 30 years I believe, and is now on ktalk radio, KKTK AM 630 in the Salt Lake area and simultaneous internet feed at mms://stream.netro.ca/ktkk (there’s an mp3 stream too I think – check at k-talk.com). It’s a live show, between 5 and 7PM (Mountain Time) on Sundays. Anyway I was a guest on the show last Sunday evening. It was a very interesting experience.
But the point is that Van has been ill for several weeks and the show is being hosted by a friend of his, Don Ormsby. The listener audience has probably shrunk some since Van has been out, but the show is such a unique resource that I thought I would put in a plug for it. I think you’ll get a kick out of a few of the callers. Hopefully, Van will be back in the saddle in a month or two.
-WVS
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[1] If you don’t know who Van is, you can’t be too deep into Mormon history. Van has done some really fine work. He’s also a bit of a polyglot, with wide interests in Mormonism in general. I think he’s spent 30% of his life in the LDS archives.
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Is it available online as a podcast? I’m almost always busy Sunday evenings.
There are podcasts of some broadcasts. I don’t think they’ve been archived since Van’s been out. Here is the place to look I think.
-WVS
I found Van online about a year or so. I really enjoy listening to his show. I get his podcast from iTunes.com. I have been wondering why there had been no new shows since the 29th anniversary show. I was hoping he was just on vacation. I’m sorry to hear he is not well and hope he recovers soon!
Just an update, Van has been back on the radio for a couple of weeks now. He’s still working on some memory difficulties, but coming along. Don Ormsby is still hosting. Also, they got the phones fixed!