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Last Broadcast Of 'Tell Me More' Airs Tonight At 8 On KERA Radio

Sarah Tilotta
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NPR
Host Michel Martin posed in the 'Tell Me More' studio at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.

"Tell Me More" airs for the last time on KERA 90.1 FM at 8 p.m. Friday. NPR has canceled the show after a seven-year run. 

NPR reports:

The show has focused on issues of particular — though by no means exclusive — concern to African-Americans and other people of color. Host Michel Martin made it a point to interview not just newsmakers and policy analysts but everyday people who shared both their stories and their perspective on matters ranging from poverty to parenting. After one segment aired about a woman who struggled to get her children across town to school following her separation from her husband, "for weeks afterward people stopped me on the street to tell me how it haunted them," Michel recalled in a recent essay for National Journal. NPR announced in May that it was canceling the show, which drew a fair amount of criticism.  ... In her last "Can I Just Tell You" essay for Tell Me More, Michel said that the job of telling the stories of people often ignored by the media is far from finished. "There's still a pie out there, many stories yet to tell," Michel wrote. "We are going to keep looking for those."

Read more from NPR.

Starting Monday, KERA will begin airing programs from the BBC in the former Tell Me More slot on weekdays, with a half hour of BBC Newsroom at 8 p.m. and specialized shows about health, science and technology at 8:30.

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Eric Aasen is KERA’s managing editor. He helps lead the station's news department, including radio and digital reporters, producers and newscasters. He also oversees keranews.org, the station’s news website, and manages the station's digital news projects. He reports and writes stories for the website and contributes pieces to KERA radio. He's discussed breaking news live on various public radio programs, including The Takeaway, Here & Now and Texas Standard, as well as radio and TV programs in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.