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KLDN Lufkin is Getting a New Transmitter This Week

Red River Radio Local Newscast 8:04 AM 10.31.22 with Chuck Smith

- The looming threat of a national rail strike could have major consequences for the economy and businesses are looking to Washington for help.
- Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff's Safety Town is partnering with the Shreveport Police Department and other local first responders in another “Trunk or Treat” event.
- The drought has disrupted ship and barge traffic on the Mississippi river at a critical time for farmers harvesting soybeans and corn for export.

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.