Missouri Western State University’s president will make an audio appearance tonight on the Jim Bohannon Radio show to talk about the Walter Cronkite Memorial.

Jim Bohannon is one of America’s top radio personalities. He was nominated for the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Radio Award for the Network Syndicated Personality of the Year. He is a recipient of a Special Recognition First Amendment Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association and was named by the TALKERS magazine editorial board as the 2013 recipient of the publication’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also an inductee into the National Radio Hall of Fame.

Dr. Robert Vatrabedian said he did about a 16-minute taped interview Monday about the memorial on the nationally syndicated radio show. It’s scheduled to air tonight, Tues. Dec. 1 at 11:35 p.m. on 680AM KFEQ.

“He asked some excellent questions about the Cronkite memorial and the two live shows associated with it,” Vartabedian said. “He was very good about repeatedly mentioning St. Joe and Missouri Western State University. Also, he even talked about where donations could be sent to keep the memorial running.”

Walter Cronkite was born in St. Joseph on Nov. 4, 1916. The Walter Cronkite Memorial, in the atrium of Spratt Hall on the Missouri Western campus, was dedicated in 2013 on what would have been his 97th birthday. It has since been expanded to include more display cases, a bronze bust of Cronkite created by Missouri Western artist-in-residence Eric Fuson, and a replica of the CBS newsroom from which Cronkite broadcast the news. Also added to the memorial have been two live multimedia shows – “Cronkite” and “Harry and Walter: Missouri’s Native Sons.”  The Walter Cronkite Memorial is open to the public daily except for Christmas, New Year’s Day and Easter, and admission is always free.