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Radio Roundtable: The Passing of University of Memphis Coach Gene Bartow

Former Tigers Bastketball Coach Gene Bartow.
Former Tigers Bastketball Coach Gene Bartow.

This week on the Behind the Headlines Radio Roundtable: questions about minority hiring on the Electrolux project and the passing of Gene Bartow, former Memphis Tigers basketball coach.

Host Eric Barnes, publisher of the Memphis Daily News, and panel discuss this week's most important news stories.  This week's panel includes Les Smith of Fox 13, Amos Maki from the Commercial Appeal, Bill Dries of the Memphis Daily News, and Jackson Baker from the Memphis Flyer.

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