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Ozarks at Large

Pryor Center Profiles

Beginning in 2018 , Randy Dixon, director of news media and archives at the Pryor Center, has been a weekly guest on Ozarks at Large hosted by Kyle Kellams on KUAF, the NPR radio station in Northwest Arkansas. The weekly Monday segment s , titled " Pryor Center Profile s , " examine historical personalities and events highlighted with audio clips that Dixon has discovered in the KATV Collection archives.

KATV Channel 7, the ABC television affiliate in Little Rock, began broadcasting in 1953 when all news footage was captured on film. In the late 1970s when the station was making the transition from shooting news stories on film to recording on videotape, the news director, Jim Pitcock , created the KATV News archive.

In 2009 KATV donated the collection of 300 hours of film and 26,000 hours of videotape to the Pryor Center. The MediaPreserve , a Pennsylvania-based company, is currently restoring and digitizing the collection. The digitized files will eventually be made available on the Pryor Center website when the process is completed.

Before coming to the Pryor Center in 2012, Dixon spent more than three decades of his media career at KATV News in Little Rock. At KATV, Dixon oversaw the donation of the archive, and he is now organizing the digitization of the archive at the Pryor Center .

Kellams is the news director at 91.3, KUAF, the NPR affiliate for n orthwest and w estern Arkansas , s outhwest Missouri, and eastern Oklahoma. For more than 30 years he has produced the station's news magazine , Ozarks at Large . The program is aired every Monday through Friday at noon and 7 p.m. and Sunday morning s at 9 a.m. 

All of the previous episodes of " Pryor Center Profiles " are listed below and can be streamed by clicking on the title link. Accompanying video footage compiled by Dixon is available by clicking on the v ideo icon that appears after the date . This section will be updated on a regular basis so be sure to check back soon.

  • Pryor Center Past and Present - 2018-09-06
  • Pryor Center Archive Offers Glimpse Into Political History - 2018-09-07
  • More Gems from the Pryor Center Archives - 2018-09-08
  • The Art of the Political “Documentary” - 2018-09-09
  • Sounds of Arkansas’s Past in an Uncertain Present - 2018-09-10
  • The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Governor Clinton - 2018-09-11
  • The Curious and Infamous Career of Orval Faubus - 2018-09-12
  • Hogs Might Be Sidelined, but Razorbacks-Inspired Music Is Not - 2018-09-13
  • The Powerful Career of Wilbur Mills - 2018-09-14
  • The Many Lives Lived at Fort Chaffee - 2018-09-15
  • Remembering the Titan Missile Disaster That Almost Was - 2018-09-16
  • From Delight, Arkansas, to World Fame - Remembering Glen Campbell - 2018-09-17
  • Remembering Eddie Sutton’s Time With the Arkansas Razorbacks - 2018-09-18
  • The Creation of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System - 2018-09-19
  • A Look Back at the Life of the Man in Black - 2018-09-20
  • The Story of the Best Third Baseman in Baseball History - 2018-09-21
  • The Life and Career of Architect E. Fay Jones - 2018-09-22
  • A Trip Through March of 1976 - 2018-09-23
  • The Origins of the Arkansas Folk Festival - 2018-09-24
  • The Legacy of Jimmy Driftwood - 2018-09-25
  • The Great Arkansas Debate of 1974 - 2018-09-26
  • The Battle Over a Professor's Politics  - 2018-09-27
  • All the News 45 Years Ago - 2018-09-28
  • The Rise and Fall of Dogpatch USA  - 2018-09-29
  • Arkansas Visits: From Muhammad Ali to Anita Bryant - 2018-09-30
  • When Presidents Visited Arkansas - 2018-10-01
  • Keeping Arkansas's History for 50 Years - 2018-10-02
  • Crimes of the Century Across Arkansas - 2018-10-03
  • The Real Story Behind "Brubaker" - 2018-10-04
  • Navigating the Arkansas River - 2018-10-05
  • The Long History of Corruption and Violence in Arkansas's Prison System - 2018-10-06
  • Living in Arkansas During the Vietnam War - 2018-10-07
  • The Gas Shortage That Changed How Arkansans Lived - 2018-10-08
  • When Famous News Voices Visited Arkansas - 2018-10-09
  • Looking Back at Arkansas's Triple Execution - 2018-10-10
  • Turkey Time in Arkansas - 2018-10-11
  • Remembering The Group, Their Dinner Theater, and Cutting-Edge Web Technology - 2018-10-12
  • Remembering May of 1969 - 2018-10-13
  • An Audio Time Capsule From June, 1972 - 2018-10-14
  • Christmas Past for Our Christmas Present - 2018-10-15
  • Taking a Bite Out of the Pryor Center Archives - 2018-10-16
  • Arkansas State Parks Throughout History - 2018-10-17
  • The Amazing Life of Footsie Britt - 2018-10-18
  • Veteran, Lieutenant Governor and, for 11 Days, Governor of Arkansas - 2018-10-19
  • A Calm, Effective Political Figure in Arkansas Politics - 2018-10-20
  • A World War II Hero Who Became Lieutenant Governor - 2018-10-21
  • The Legacy of Daisy Bates - 2018-10-22
  • The Lasting Legacy of the Little Rock Nine - 2018-10-23
  • Lights, Camera, Archives - 2018-10-24
  • The Voices of Arkansas's First Ladies - 2018-10-25
  • A Job and a Privilege (Continued) - 2018-10-26
  • Back When Arkansas Went Nuclear - 2018-10-27
  • A Legendary Arkansas Political Machine - 2018-10-28
  • Two Murder Convictions, an Escape, and Eventually, Release - 2018-10-29
  • Questions Remain in Nearly 60-Year-Old Murder - 2018-10-30
  • 1971: New Voters, New Justices, and the Same Football Frenzy - 2018-10-31
  • Drawing Arkansas History - 2018-11-01 -
  • The Unusual Saga of James Dean Walker - 2018-11-02
  • Concluding the Saga of James Dean Walker - 2018-11-03
  • Now Playing: The Everly Brothers, Herman's Hermits and The Beatles - 2018-11-04
  • Those Hot August Days of 1975 - 2018-11-05
  • Jerome and Rowher Rememberd - 2018-11-06
  • Tough Times in 1974 - 2018-11-07
  • Nixon's Pardon and Arkansas - 2018-11-08
  • The Long Congressional Career of JPH - 2018-11-09
  • The News for Today From 27 Years Ago - 2018-11-10
  • Using History to Make Connections - 2018-11-11
  • Razorback Realignment - 2018-11-12
  • Whitewater, Casinos, and the 1994 Election - 2018-11-13
  • Are You Ready for Some Football? - 2018-11-14
  • Getting Ready for Kickoff - 2018-11-15
  • One of the Best - Arkansas's Brooks Robinson - 2018-11-16
  • Seven Years of Lou Holtz - 2018-11-17
  • Mr. Sam in Today's Pryor Center Spotlight - 2018-11-18
  • From Football Field to Front Office - 2018-11-19
  • A Scandalous Crime with Plenty of Coverage - 2018-11-20
  • The Remarkable Career of Dale Bumpers - 2018-11-21
  • Dale Bumpers in His Own Words - 2018-11-22
  • 1994: A Blue Arkansas Hints at Turning Red - 2018-11-23
  • When Arkansas Inaugurated a Young Governor - 2018-11-24
  • Listening to Virginia Kelley, First Mom - 2018-11-25
  • December 1968 - A New President and Faster Telegram Delivery - 2018-11-26
  • From Football to the Weather: Bud Campbell's Career in Arkansas - 2018-11-27
  • The News of December 1975 Sounds Familiar - 2018-11-28
  • A Legendary Arkansas Voice - 2018-11-29
  • Putting Movies in Arkansas - 2018-11-30
  • Remembering the Little Rock Nine - 2018-12-01
  • The Career of Dr. Joycelyn Elders - 2022-02-21
  • Legendary Radio Voices of Arkansas - 2022-02-28
  • The Buffalo's First 50 Years as a National River - 2022-03-07
  • All the News for March 1969 - 2022-03-14
  • A Legend of Arkansas Labor - 2022-03-21
  • Gas Shortages, Watergate, and the Devil - 2022-03-28
  • When The Congressional Black Caucus Came to Arkansas - 2022-04-04
  • Past, Present, and Future of a Newspaper - 2022-04-11
  • Jim Dandy to the Rescue - 2022-04-18 -
  • The Good Old Days: More Old Than Good? - 2022-04-25
  • May 1975: A State Changing - 2022-05-02
  • A Tour of Arkansas Blues Music with The Pryor Center - 2022-05-09
  • Legends of Radio in Their Own Words - 2022-05-16
  • Discovering the Real Martha Mitchell - 2022-05-23
  • All Too Familiar - Revisiting the Jonesboro School Shooting 24 Years Later - 2022-06-06
  • Remembering Ronnie Hawkins - 2022-06-13
  • Arkansas's First Pollster - 2022-06-20
  • When the Clintons Lived in Fayetteville - 2022-06-27
  • Recalling a Horrible Night in Little Rock in 1999 - 2022-07-11
  • The Natural State and Recessions - 2022-07-18
  • Tony Alamo's Dark Legacy - 2022-07-25
  • From Football to Real Estate - 2022-08-01
  • Shocked! Shocked to Discover Gambling in Hot Springs - 2022-08-08
  • A Gangster's Life in Hot Springs - 2022-08-15
  • A Check on the Climate 25 Years Later - 2022-08-22
  • Marching for 150 Years - 2022-08-29
  • The Arkansas Roots of The Sharper Image - 2022-09-19
  • Webster Hubbell and His Seven Lives - 2022-09-26
  • The Noisy History of Gerald L. K. Smith - 2022-10-03
  • When Whitewater Ruled the Headlines - 2022-11-14
  • Whitewater, Part 2 - 2022-11-21
  • After Whitewater - 2022-11-28
  • A Spotlight on a Central Figure of the Whitewater Days - 2022-12-05
  • Wrapping Up the Long Thread of Whitewater - 2022-12-12
  • Cooking For Seven Arkansas Governors - 2023-01-16
  • The Arkansas Origins of FedEx - 2023-01-23
  • The Long History of Daisy BB Guns - 2023-01-30
  • Visiting Famous Voices - 2023-02-13
  • And They're Off! The Story of Oaklawn - 2023-02-20
  • From Kindergarten Friend to Chief of Staff - 2023-02-27
  • Lum and Abner, Early Arkansas Celebrities - 2023-03-06
  • Reporting From Danger Zones - 2023-03-13
  • More Special Assignments: From the Arctic Circle to Thailand - 2023-03-20
  • An Arkansas Education Icon - 2023-03-27 -
  • A Fortune Made, a Fortune Spent - 2023-04-03
  • Jennings Osborne's Medical Studies, Dazzling Lights, and Barbecue - 2023-04-10
  • A Search and Rescue That Captured Attention Beyond Arkansas - 2023-05-01
  • Inside the Arkansas 1981 Monkey Law Trial - 2023-05-08
  • The Emmy-Mominated Career of Former Arkansas Resident Jerry Van Dyke - 2023-05-15
  • From Arkansas to Miss America - 2023-05-22

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