Radio Stories

The Business News Hour Week in Review - The Meth House - News/Talk 1540 KXEL

In this final news story from our broadcast date of 8 April 2018 on News/Talk 1540 KXEL we tell you the amazing, yet shocking story of "buyer beware" when it comes to housing. Drugs, meth and more....and a Waterloo connection. 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 4:30pm here on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Business News Hour Week in Review - News/Talk 1540 KXEL - The Wrap

The final segment from our broadcast on News/Talk 1540 KXEL we call this..."The Wrap" and ask you to hook up with us.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 4:30pm here on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.
 

IBNA Submission 12 Dec 2017

Climb Aboard The Way Back Machine with Keith Brown

Four years ago we had Keith Brown in our studio talking about his career in the music industry and for the past three decades working in the advertising business writing and producing a host of, now famous,jingles and identity pieces. Listen in as we dial it back several years and talk about Crystal Sound Recording and the magic that comes from there.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Radio Stories with Jeff Stein

We chat with Jeff Stein radio host and program director of News Talk 1415 KXEL a 50,000 watt BIG STICK based in Waterloo. What about? The back story of directing what you hear on your radio, why radio continues to be such a personal media, the business of broadcasting, a little history and a farewell to the Iowa Broadcast News Association. If you've ever wondered what goes on and why...have a listen!
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Radio Stories with Jeff Stein

Perhaps the best dressed man in all of radio our guest is Jeff Stein the News and Program Director for KXEL-AM Radio in Waterloo, Iowa and the Executive Director of the Iowa Broadcast News Association. Jeff was in town for the Iowa Broadcasters Association (IBA) annual meeting. Here we talk about corporate radio, why local radio wins, offer up some congratulations to IBA award winners and...well, just talk about the back-story of why radio remains a dominant force in the face of so many other choices.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Dream Job - Island Coffee Haus

Meet and hear the business story of Bev Lesick from the Island Coffee Haus of Anna Maria Island. How she turned what she didn't know into a business that brews up goodness 365 days a year. We love finding these entrepreneur stories and sharing them with you...
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour. 

Sampling of our News Headlines - Just a Taste of What We Do

This gives you an idea of what we do other than our long-form business interviews. About two minutes of our business news headlines from several days.... Insight on Business the News Hour - Monday - Friday starting at 5pm on AM-940, Des Moines.

Iowa Broadcast News Association Award Recognition

Insight on Business the News Hour was honored this past week with three awards from the Iowa Broadcast News Association. Radio and television stations from across the state submit their work to be judged by a panel of their peers. For 2016 The Business News Hour received, once again, three state-wide awards for our daily business news broadcast. Here, during the program, the news is interrupted by our producer, Tyler Hackenmiller and our Des Moines Radio Group representative Mary Sayer....  Thank you all.
Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour. 

Sue Danielson, Trent Rice and the Jack Shelley Award from IBNA

When the Iowa Broadcast News Association holds their annual meeting it's capped with an awards event where the best television and radio broadcasters and broadcasts are feted. The pinicle of the evening is the Jack Shelley Award. We sat down with Sue Danielson of WHO Radio the 2016 winner to learn more about who Jack Shelley was and then chat with the 2017 winner Trent Rice from KASI Radio of Ames. Listen in...
Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.