Media, Printing & Graphics  August 5, 2016

Hoop and change: News host leaves KUNC to play basketball in Poland

GREELEY — A voice that has become familiar to listeners of public radio in Northern Colorado is trading 91-point-5 for 3-pointers.

Kareem Maddox, who in April became the local host of National Public Radio’s afternoon “All Things Considered” news program at Greeley-based KUNC-FM 91.5, will leave Colorado for Poland to play professional basketball there.

Kareem Maddox gets to live a dream as a local news host at KUNC-FM 91.5 in Greeley.
Photo courtesy KUNC

His last hosting appearance was July 28. He’ll travel to Poland Aug. 17, and his team —…

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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