Radio Roundtable: An Increase in the Bed Tax and Gov. Haslam battles the Occupy Nashville in Court

WKNO | By Justin Willingham

Published November 4, 2011 at 5:26 PM CDT

This week on the Behind the Headlines Radio Roundtable: Memphis city councilman Edmund Ford, Jr., proposes an increase in the bed tax, and Tennessee's Governor Haslam finds himself in a court struggle with the Occupy Nashville protestors.

This week's panel includes Les Smith of Fox 13, Bill Dries from The Memphis Daily News, Amos Maki from the Commercial Appeal, and Jackson Baker from The Memphis Flyer. Guest Host Pierre Kimsey fills-in for Eric Barnes. Behind the Headlines airs on WKNO/Channel 10 Friday evenings at 6:30.

Justin Willingham

My mother introduced me to WKNO-FM and public radio long before I can remember. I suppose the first thing I really recall about WKNO-FM is that every afternoon, when my mother picked me up from school, the radio was tuned-in to The World, then All Things Considered, probably beginning around age 8. The way these reporters and hosts took you from the comfort of your mom's van to wherever in the world they were reporting from absolutely fascinated me. From then on, I was officially hooked.

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