Red River Radio Local Newscast 8:04 AM 10.26.22 with Chuck Smith

By Chuck Smith

Published October 26, 2022 at 8:41 AM CDT

- Test results showing nationwide declines in reading and math scores in the wake of the pandemic, there's a bright spot in Louisiana's results.
- LA Governor John Bel Edwards says LSU Health Shreveport Center for Medical Education and Emerging Viral Threats lab will attract some of the best medical minds in viral research.
- A Shreveport bar owner says the crumbling remains of burned-out Humpfrees in the Shreve Square pose a safety hazard and needs demolition.

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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. 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.

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