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KPR-2 hits airwaves

Kansas Public Radio has launched KPR-2, a programming service using high-definition radio. The digital signal "multicasts" using KPR's existing transmitters and will offer more choices for news programs, talk shows and entertainment.

Listeners need an HD radio to hear the broadcasts. They are available at retail outlets and online.

KPR is the first station in Kansas to broadcast an HD signal. The HD signal also is streamed through KPR's Web site.

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Lewis Lindsay Dyche earned four degrees at KU. Dyche (1857-1915) was professor and chair of zoology and taxidermy and curator of birds and mammals while leading international collecting expeditions. Dyche Hall still displays some of the thousands of wildlife specimens he collected and mounted.