Ongoing Coverage:

Darren Hellwege

Announcer/Producer

Darren Hellwege has hosted “Morning Edition” for over 23 years for KBIA Radio, and also serves as host of the “Thinking Out Loud” interview shows and as KBIA’s Sports Director.

The “Thinking” series includes “Thinking Out Loud” on Tuesday evenings and “Arts on Friday” on Friday evenings, both at 6:30, and “Saturday Sports” on Saturday mornings from 6 until 7. The series won the 2008 Missouri Broadcasters Association award for best program in its category in the state.

As Sports Director, Darren reports on on Tiger athletics and supervises a staff of student reporters both for the station and the KBIA Sports Extra website. Darren is a member of the Football Writers Association of American and United States Basketball Writers Association. His reports from the 2009 NCAA Women’s Final Four basketball tournament were heard nationwide on NPR, and he also reported on Mizzou athletics for the Official Sports Report.

Darren’s commitment to the Mid-Missouri community can be seen in his outreach activities for the station, including work with CanStruction, the Voluntary Action Center, Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri, American Red Cross, Boone County Historical Society, Columbia Public Schools and many other charitable organizations. He’s also been active in community theatre, performing with Maplewood Barn Community Theatre, Theatre NXS, and MoHip.

A native of Edmond, Oklahoma where he attended the University of Central Oklahoma, Darren and his wife Bonnie have two grown children. Kristian lives in Columbia and Janie is a student at Missouri State University.

Darren is an avid genealogist, enjoys reading, all kinds of music, classic movies and sports, and is a member of Rock Bridge Christian Church.

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Arts and Culture
3:28 pm
Fri October 19, 2012

Overtones (Gerstenberg)

A laughter-inducing tour inside the heads of two cultured rivals who never say what they really think.

Arts and Culture
3:25 pm
Fri October 12, 2012

Jones (Osborne)

Sometimes winning the girl of a guy’s dreams involve drastic measures, such as telling white lies, giving blood and getting electric shock therapy.

Arts and Culture
3:22 pm
Fri October 5, 2012

Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg (Wodehouse)

Bertie and Jeeves save another friend from a young man’s greatest fear:  losing the allowance provided by a stingy uncle.

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Arts and Culture
3:19 pm
Fri September 28, 2012

Knee Deep in Knickers (Ferber)

The irrepressible Emma McChesney is back, creating a fashion revolution while facing defeat from the green-eyed monster.

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Arts and Culture
3:17 pm
Fri September 21, 2012

Behind the Beyond (Leacock)

A satirical look at how and why theater melodramas are built and performed.

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Arts and Culture
3:14 pm
Fri September 14, 2012

The Exchange (Thurston)

Do you want to trade your troubles for another life?  Here comes the judge, and his imp, who can make it happen.

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4040 Project
3:13 pm
Tue September 11, 2012

KBIA Visits Kansas City, Missouri

Arthur Bryant's in Kansas City
Credit Darren Hellwege / KBIA

This week the 40/40 project takes KBIA's Darren Hellwege to Kansas City, where we find the kind of hospitality some might associate with small towns in our state's largest city at MeMa's bakery downtown. And as our set of photos indicate, Darren also found something else to eat in KC, at his favorite rib joint, the famed Arthur Bryant's.

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4040 Project
3:06 pm
Tue September 11, 2012

KBIA Visits Eldon, Missouri

Eldon
Credit Darren Hellwege / KBIA

We've heard it from folks in many small towns, "if you have trouble, your neighbors will be there to help you." This week on the 40/40 project, we meet a little boy who's had to learn the hard way how true that is. Gabriel Wilcox was born in February, and on the way home from the hospital, survived a car crash that took the lives of his entire family. Now being raised by his grandmother, Gabriel's gotten help from neighbors all over the Eldon region, as we hear as we talk with Angela Wilcox at an event to raise money for her grandson. It's really true what they say about Missourians, they help out their neighbors when need arises.

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4040 Project
2:59 pm
Tue September 11, 2012

KBIA Visits Lake Ozark, Missouri

Lake of the Ozarks
Credit Darren Hellwege / KBIA

The 40-40 project visits Lake Ozark, which isn't just a fun place to visit for a vacation but is home to a lot of fine people, including a store owner who tells us why she went from spending only the summer tourist season at the Lake to becoming a full time resident of Lake Ozark.

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Arts and Culture
3:05 pm
Fri September 7, 2012

Extricating Young Gussie (Wodehouse)

The adventure that brought Bertie and Jeeves to America; uniting young and old lovers on the vaudeville stage.

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