GLIN==> News Release - Listening to Lake Superior

["Marie E. Zhuikov" <mzhuikov@d.umn.edu>]

                            MN SEA GRANT
                            NEWS RELEASE
6/13/05
Contact: Marie Zhuikov, mzhuikov@umn.edu or (218) 726-7677

                Listen to Lake Superior on KUMD Radio

Minnesota Sea Grant has teamed up with the "best radio station in 
Minnesota" - KUMD, to produce a radio program about Lake Superior 
science called "Listening to the Lake."

Every two weeks throughout the summer, KUMD (103.3 FM or www.kumd.org) 
will broadcast the five to eight minute program. Topics covered so far 
are the Lake Superior Beach Monitoring Program and rip currents. This 
Wednesday's topic will be sea lamprey control efforts. Listen for it 
during the station's Northland Morning/Coffee Break show, which airs 
between 8:15 and 8:45 a.m.

"KUMD has known for years that most of its listeners are really tuned 
in to environmental issues," said Paul Schmitz, KUMD station manager. 
"Lake Superior is obviously central to the environment in the 
Northland, and we are happy to be working with Sea Grant to present 
some important and interesting information about the lake and its many 
aspects.  We think this program is a perfect fit."

KUMD, broadcast from the University of Minnesota Duluth campus, is an 
independent public radio station offering a mix of community-based 
programs and jazz. The St. Paul Pioneer Press has called KUMD the best 
radio station in the state for its programming mix.

"We're excited to have this new outlet for science-oriented 
information," said Marie Zhuikov, Sea Grant communications coordinator 
and show producer.  "There's a lack of broadcast information available 
about Lake Superior, and the lake is such a big part of the community, 
it made sense to expand into radio."

Future shows will air on June 29, July 13, August 10, August 24, and 
September 7. Topics will focus on metal corrosion in the harbor, 
coaster brook trout rehabilitation, stormwater runoff, and an 
educational Lake Superior boat trip.

Archived radio programs can be found on 
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/pubs/ll/.

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