Des Moines

Insight on Business 27 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard live Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa.  Each day we bring the the Metro the business news of the day along with stock reports, an agricultural report and interviews with business and community leaders. Our published podcasts contain the interviews.On the News Hour broadcast today we had the Superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools, Tom Ahart in to talk about reading and match scores, the graduation rate, No Child Left Behind, the barriers teachers often have and many more topics.  Tom Ahart in Studio.We next visited with Carl Voss and Tim Lane of the Des Moines Bicycle Collective about an event going on this weekend called Open Streets and why you should be interested.We wrapped up the interviews with a conversation with our friend Paul Yeager who you may know from Iowa Public Television but he is also the play-by-play voice of the Dowling Catholic Schools and games you can watch on the web.If you have a story for us send it along IoBNewsroom at gmail dot com and our Twitter Feed is IoB_NewsHour.

Insight on Business 26 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the business news broadcast for the Des Moines Metro. Today along with the business news (we cut most of the news from this podcast) we bring you interviews with business leaders and news-makers.  We start out with Michael Leo the food and beverage man for the Oktoberfest of Des Moines.  Michael owns the Strudl Haus. One word from Michael and you'll understand why he was chosen for this role.  Then we visit with Dan Nannan from Silverwings Productions about DSM Living the TV show and the magazine. We round out our interview portion of the News Hour with Adrian Lanser from the Urbandale firm of Independence Energy a new way to put bio-fuels to work for...growers.Join us on Facebook for the back-story of IoB the News Hour and we monitor Twitter @IoB_NewsHour before, during and after the broadcast.  We're heard live M-F at 5PM Central on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa. 

Insight on Business 23 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday starting at 5PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa. It is the only hour long business news broadcast in the region.  We focus on local news and interviews with business news-makers.  You can follow us on Facebook or on Twitter.  Today, along with the local business news we had these interviews:We spoke with Mark Pierce the stadium announcer for the Iowa Cubs and newly tapped arena announcer for the Iowa Wild hockey team.  Good stuff from Mark. Then we visited with Scott Casber the arena voice of the Iowa Barnstormers and the Iowa Energy.  He is also Mr.Wrestling and we talked about the recent Olympic decision regarding the sport.In the second half hour Tim Clark from the Amish Haus was in to talk about small business tips and his experience of opening a business during the recession.   Loads of stuff from Tim...We cut out the news of the day...because that was...yesterday.  Thank you for listening and if you have a business news story for us send it along to IoBNewsroom@gmail.com.

Insight on Business - News/Interviews 18 Sept. 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard live Monday -
Friday on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa.  But we know you want to listen on your
time as well...so here you go.
Today along with business news from Des Moines, West Des Moines, Urbandale,
Ankeny and a host of other Metro Communities we heard from Ben McDougal of Drake
Homes about his methods of marketing, what is unique about Drake Homes, what
tools he uses and the Des Moines housing trends. In the second half hour Dr.
Jeffery Stickel, a well known Chiropractor was in to talk about Chiropractic
Medicine, his business, the Ingersoll Neighborhood and sports medicine.  News
you can use.
Those interviews and the business news of Des Moines and some tips for
planning your social calendar this week...thanks for coming by.

Insight on Business 17 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour is heard Monday - Friday live at 1350-KRNT in Des Moines, Iowa...on our time.  This is the podcast from 17 September 2013 with Kent Sovern from AARP-Iowa about older workers.  And we've got Rick Davis in from Rick Davis Loans to talk about how a college student can get out of renting and into owning.Those two interviews along with the business and economic news of the Des Moines Metro. 

Insight on Business - 16 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is a broadcast heard live on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa. It is the business and economic news of the Des Moines Metro along with interviews about business and economic development.In the interview portions we visited with Christian Gurney of Torsion Mobile about why business needs to pay attention to going mobile with their website.  How consumers are using smartphones and tablets and why mobile makes sense.  In the second half hour we visited with Ryan Kolder from On the Spot.  Ryan is "Mr. Social" in Des Moines and we talked about how the Metro has changed, what are the "hottest events" in the city and more. 

Insight On Business 11 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is our daily look at the business news and economic development news of the Des Moines, Iowa Metro.  We're heard live M-F between 5PM and 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.Today we spoke with Suzanne Hull the Get It Done Girl of Iowa about the Social Media Club of Des Moines and what it means for business and individuals.  We also discussed her Iowa Wine Tour an event slated for this Sunday...and we hear tickets are still available. In that same half-hour our Peter Tarpey visited with Jamie Fitzgerald the Polk County Auditor about the recent school board election and low voter turnout.In the second half-hour Kiley Stenberg of Proper PopUP was in talking about pop-up stores, how they work, where they pop up at and more.  A fun, new way to cause a buzz about women's clothing.

Insight on Business 5 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie talks about the
business news of the Des Moines Metro and offers up interviews with news
makers from the area.  Today we visit with Rick Davis of Fidelity Bank
and Rick Davis Loans about a brand new program for college students.
Imagine owning your housing rather than...renting.  Rick shares the new
news today. In the second half-hour we're joined by Jill Flemming.  Jill
was in a "crappy corporate job" and fear was holding her back from
starting a new business.  The story about how she broke through with
mentoring help from Desmund Adams and Mitch Matthews and how that
experience launched a second business.  Inspirational and great advice
from Jill Flemming from Promised Land Journey Coaching and Consulting.Those
interviews and the business news from the Des Moines Metro, the Wall
Street Journal Report, stocks of local interest, a report from
agriculture and so much more. Thank you for listening!

Insight on Business 6 September 2013

Insight on Business the New Hour with Michael Libbie is heard live Monday - Friday starting at 5PM Central on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa.  The News Hour focuses on business and interviews with news-makers.  In this podcast we hear from Matt McCarty, an active duty police officer who is a co-owner of Drive With Cops a driving school.  It's different, unique to the Metro and there is a special reason, according to McCarty, why this is so...personal.Following the stocks and a report from agriculture we spend some time with Rick Green the Des Moines Register.  Three weeks ago Gannett named Green, who had been the editor of the paper for three years, as the new publisher and president.  It's a return to having a journalist as the leader of a swiftly changing media and he is very candid about his mission.Insight on Business the News Hour is a creative body of work from Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications based in Urbandale, Iowa.  You can connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and our Facebook Page is right here.

Insight on Business - 3 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie shares the news of business and economic development.  Today our guests included Ted Irvine the former president of the Des Moines West Side Chamber and a key contributor to a plan known as the Ingersoll and Grand Revitalization Plan that calls for improvements from sewers to streetscapes the latter costing a bit over eleven million dollars.  Then in the second half hour we visit with Todd Frederickson the president of the Iowa Wild Hockey Team.  Todd has a long history in professional hockey and we talked about the past and shined a light on the future.  AHL hockey is coming back to Des Moines.   Along with our conversations with news-makers we share the business news of Des Moines along with the Wall Street Journal Report, stocks of local interest and the agriculture report.