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Radio host shot dead live on air in the Philippines

A radio host was killed while broadcasting live in the Philippines on Sunday, and the murder was also livestreamed on Facebook.

Juan Jumalon, 57, was hosting a morning show on Gold FM 94.7 from his home in Calamba, about 30 miles south of Manila.

The gunmen entered the home/radio station by telling someone inside they had “something important” to announce on air, police sources told the Filipino outlet Cebu Daily News.

Cops said one man then walked into Jumalon’s broadcasting booth, while another stood guard. Juamlon’s show was being simulcast on the station’s Facebook page. The gruesome video shows Jumalon looking toward something off-camera, then two gunshots are heard and Jumalon slumps, bloodied, in his chair.

Jumalon was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead…


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A public radio program dedicated to the pipe organ turns 40 : NPR

NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Michael Barone, host of Pipedreams, a public radio program dedicated to the pipe organ and celebrating 40 years on the air.



SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

The pipe organ. No harmonica, now is it? It can be as big as a bus, a building, and produce a massive sound.

(SOUNDBITE OF FRANK MARTIN’S “PRELUDE NO. 3”)

SIMON: Let us introduce Michael Barone, host and founder of a weekly show dedicated to organ music. Pipedreams is produced by Minnesota Public Radio and heard across the country. The program is now celebrating 40 years on the air. Michael Barone, thanks so much for being with us.

MICHAEL BARONE, BYLINE: Scott, it is my pleasure.

SIMON: Forty years, mercy. I mean, forgive me. Forty years ago, did anybody ever say to you,…


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