Before Nevada Newsmakers there was the Sam Shad Radio Program. Running for three years from 1991 to 1993. These hour-long programs feature Nevada legends. We will follow the Nevada Newsmakers Archive plan by releasing 5 programs a week over the coming months.
Nevada Newsmakers itself is now in its 24th year on the air. We have over 4600 programs in the archive. Until recently our online searchable archives only went back to 2005. Now we have added programs going back to 2002. Nevada history. There will be a weekly email to let you know which guests will be up each week. Subscribe to the email here. These archives will be available on the Nevada Newsmakers web site and our Nevada Newsmakers YouTube Channel. Coming soon.
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Randi Thompson, political analyst
Guests: Catherine Cortez Masto ( D )Candidate for Attorney General
Lori Nelson, APR Director of Corporate Communications at Station Casinos, Inc., and Martin McDonald, Bass Pro Shops
Pundits: Dick Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney
Martha Gould, political activist
Verita Black Prothro, Northern Nevada director for U.S. Senator John Ensign
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests: Sheila Leslie, Assemblywoman ( D ) Washoe District 27
Patricia Axelrod, Director Desert Storm Think Tank/and Veterans Advocate
Pundits: Howard Rosenberg, NSHE Regent - (Nevada System of Higher Education
Alfredo Alonso, Lionel, Sawyer and Collins
Lisa Foster, Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Guinn
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests: Special Nevada Newsmakers - Teen Edition
Bailey Bortolin, Matt Long, Meredith Adler,
Alessandra Alonso Kameron VanWoerkom, Josefina Martinez ,
Christian Alonso, Andrew Kerr, Melanie Scheible
Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Co-Host: Randi Thompson, political analyst
Guests: John Wagner, candidate for assembly district 40 ( R ) and
Ron Knecht Economist, fmr Assemblyman ( R ) Chmn CC Repubican party
Pundits: Earlene Forsythe, former Chairman of the Nevada Republican Party
David Jacobs, Assistant City Editor, RGJ
Bob Crowell, Crowell Group
Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests: Jerry Tarkanian, discusses his book Runnin’ Rebel
Pundits: John Griffin, the Crowell Group
Dick Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney
Susan Fisher, owner, Fisher Consulting
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