Dan Klefstad

WNIJ Morning Edition Host

Dan Klefstad is a graduate of Northern Public Radio's "Slacker to Professional" program, starting as a part-time announcer in 1990.  He was a student then and had trouble getting to work before noon.  In 1997 Dan ceased being a night owl and began greeting the dawn, and listeners, as WNIJ's Morning Edition host.  Because of his 8pm bedtime, Dan doesn't have much of a life outside work.  But every now and then he writes a novel and, every now and then, one gets published.  He lives vicariously through his fictional protagonists and antagonists.  He shares a home in DeKalb with his wife and two cats.

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11:50 am
Wed September 12, 2012

Bones Expert Testifies In Cold Case

An expert witness, plus a jail informant, testified today in the Jack McCullough murder trial. McCullough, 72, is accused of killing of Maria Ridulph in 1957. The trial is being heard by a DeKalb County judge.

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Summer Food Series # 4
5:01 am
Fri July 27, 2012

BBQ "the way it was intended"

  • Morning Edition report from July 27, 2012

For Al Brinkman, barbecue is all about the smoke.  The owner of Al's BBQ Shack in DeKalb, Ill., insists meat should be cooked the old fashioned way: with wood smoke, slowly, for several hours.  "We don't use rubs or marinades," Brinkman says, "and everybody seems to enjoy it that way."

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WNIJ
1:38 pm
Tue July 24, 2012

WNIJ back on the air

Credit Google Images

WNIJ listeners, and employees, rejoiced at around 1:30pm Tuesday when power was restored to our transmitter near Lindenwood, Ill. Chief engineer Jeff Glass said the generator, which failed due to lack of coolant, is running again. Glass said WNIJ will operate at reduced power until Commonwealth Edison restores electricity to the transmitter site.

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Storms
12:00 pm
Tue July 24, 2012

WNIJ KO'd by storm, maintenance issue

Thousands of WNIJ listeners lost contact with their NPR programming this morning, when a severe thunderstorm cut the power to Northern Public Radio's transmitter in Lindenwood, Ill. The outage also affected listeners to WNIJ's sister station, Classical WNIU.

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Arts
1:00 am
Fri June 29, 2012

Rock author: AC/DC better with Bon Scott

  • "Highway to Hell" song with Joe Bonomo commentary.
  • Joe Bonomo reads an excerpt from AC/DC's Highway to Hell.
  • Morning Edition version (June 29, 2012)

AC/DC was better with Bon Scott? For many AC/DC fans, those are fightin' words.

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