Dean Regas and Anna Hehman from the Cincinnati Observatory will voice Cincinnati's newest podcast, \"Looking Up,\" starting Wednesday, July 12. <\/p>\n
The 20- to 25-minute program -- the first produced by WVXU-FM exclusively as a downloadable audio file and not for a broadcast -- will be available on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, says Kevin Reynolds, the Cincinnati Public Radio community relations manager who produces the podcast. <\/p>\n
It was a marriage made in the stars for Cincinnati Public Radio andRegas, outreach astronomer for the Cincinnati Observatory and co-host of PBS' \"Star Gazers\" series. Reynolds says Regas \"was looking for the right partner for a podcast.\" Regas says he had \"been working with WVXU for a long time, and they thought astronomy would be a big hit.\" <\/p>\n
\"Looking Up\" will be for everyone, not just astronomy experts. \"Innate curiosity is all you need,\" says Regas, who will appear on WVXU-FM's \"Cincinnati Edition\" at 1 p.m. Wednesday talking about the Mars rover. <\/p>\n
Hehman, the observatory's development director, will make sure Regas doesn't drift too deep into space. \"She works at the observatory, but she's not an astronomer. She's our non-expert, our audience representative,\" Reynolds says. <\/p>\n
\"It's something people can listen to on their way home to pick up some information and a few laughs,\" Reynolds says. <\/p>\n
Regas has a long association with Cincinnati Public Radio. He did recorded interviews for the old weekend version of \"Cincinnati Edition,\" before live weekday broadcasts began four years ago. Here's a link to his 2012 interview with Bill Prady,co-creator and executive producer of CBS' hit \"Big Bang Theory\" sitcom. <\/p>\n
Josh Elstro engineers \"Looking Up\" with producer Reynolds. They produce and engineer the Cincinnati StoryCorps segments airing Wednesdays on WVXU-FM (91.7) and WMUB-FM (88.5) and available online at wvxu.org and on the WVXU mobile app. <\/p>\n
You can subscribe to \"Looking Up\" on iTunes or go to the \"Looking Up\" page on the WVXU website. <\/p>\n
PBS' \"Star Gazers\" showwith Regas and James Albury, produced by the WPBT-TV in Miami, Fla., airs on WCET-TV (Channel 48) and WPTO-TV (Channel 16). <\/p>\n
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