Don Shelby is known to many as the TV Anchor of WCCO 4 News. Don's show on WCCO Radio gives him the freedom to take some of the topical news of the day and give it an edginess that is not available on radio in the Twin Cities or within a television news format. Don raises the level of the public dialogue while partnering with the WCCO Radio News Team. He and News Editor, Jeff McKinney, team up each weekday from 3-3:30pm for the 'McSkinney'. A unique 1/2 hour of entertaining talk and story telling. No subject is off limits for the 'McSkinney'!
Don Shelby has anchored the WCCO 4 News at 10:00pm since 1985. He has won all five of the nation's top journalism awards, many of which he has won multiple times. These include three national Emmys, the Columbia-duPont Citation, the Scripps-Howard Award for Excellence, two George Foster Peabody Awards (the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize) and the Society of Professional Journalist Distinguished Service Award. In May 2007, Don was honored with a Leadership Award by Conservation Minnesota, for his creation of WCCO TV's Project Energy.
Don describes this show as a mix of news, issue-talk, and audience participation. Don has said that doing drive-time radio has been his fantasy since he was in college.
What do you watch on TV, if anything? The Unit, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, Family Guy, anything by Ken Burns What is the best thing you have ever read? Huckleberry Finn What are you passionate about? Nature Who's your role model? Dave Moore, Dr. Martin Luther King What scares you? Harm to my children What's the biggest risk you've taken? Ice climbing If you could swap jobs with anyone for a day, who would it be? Jerry Spence, attorney Sound or noise you love? Billy Stewart Sound or noise you hate? Any unnatural noise in the woods What profession would you never want to attempt? Mortician What is your favorite movie? To Kill a Mockingbird What is your least favorite movie? Waterworld Who is the most memorable person you've interviewed? Paul McCartney Who is your dream interview? Usama bin Laden Who would you hate to interview? Usama bin Laden Do you have any hidden talents? I'm too big a showoff to have hidden talents. Hometown? Muncie, Ind. Alma Mater? University of Cincinnati Number of kids? 3 Number of siblings? 2 What are your hobbies? Woodworking, survival skills, pottery, primitive crafts Least favorite household chore? Cleaning up dog puke Number of pets (and names)? Two. Rusty (dog), Squeezy (cat) Favorite food? Cincinnati Chili Favorite sports team? Twins Favorite musician? Django Reinhardt Favorite movie star? Paul Newman Favorite vacation spot? BWCA
Don Shelby Shows Jeff McKinney How to Use the Neti Pot!
Here's the Information on The Penguin Classic as heard on the Don Shelby Show on 10/1/08
To participate, contributors must write a 200- to 500-word first-person account of global warming that relates to their life or the world around them, i.e., a farmer who now must combat a pest that never before plagued his crops, flood survivors of intense storms, a fisherman whose industry has changed from a decade ago, kayakers who have noticed how favorite rivers have visibly changed.
Essays should be about a special place you want to protect from global warming; people, animals or activities you love but are threatened by a warmer climate; or the steps you are taking in our own life to stem the tide of global warming.Or, they can send a photo related to these topics.
By submitting an essay or photograph for this book, you can help educate the public and draw attention to the urgency of global warming.Booksellers across the country are displaying easels and bookmarks in support of this project.
Human activity such as burning fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas, and cutting down forests, has released excess carbon dioxide (CO2) that blankets the earth and traps heat. CO2 has risen to unprecedented levels and today the amount of CO2 is higher than it’s been in the past 800,000 years.A warmer planet means more extreme heat and droughts, more intense storms, sea-level rise, deteriorating air quality, more heat related deaths, and morevisits to the hospital to treat asthma. These changes impact all of us.We all have a story to tell.
Contributors can learn more about the Penguin Classics/Union of Concerned Scientist online book and submit their essays or photographs at www.ucsusa.org/americanstories.
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