Red River Radio Local Newscast 8:04 AM 08.05.22 with Chuck Smith
Published August 5, 2022 at 8:44 AM CDT
— Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins will appear with his attorneys before the Second Circuit Court of Appeal Friday morning in hopes that he might be reinstated into the 2022 mayoral race. — Plaintiffs challenging legislation that bans abortions in Louisiana have filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court. — Companies that want to sell home insurance in Louisiana will have to be on stronger financial footing. — A federal judge has struck down a state law requiring some Texans to supply additional proof of residency to vote. — An Arkansas panel has blocked a recreational marijuana proposal from appearing on the ballot this fall.
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.