For the first time since 2011, the Kansas Jayhawks and Missouri Tigers will face off on the football field. This Saturday, they’ll renew their border rivalry that dates back to the late 1800s. As Greg Echlin reports, many believe the game serves as a teaching tool for understanding history.
While Kansas and Missouri take on each other in football, the public radio stations in Lawrence and Columbia are having a Border Showdown of their own, with each station trying to out-fund raise the other - AND sign up more NEW listener-members.
KBIA in Columbia and KPR in Lawrence are using the Border Showdown to raise money. All contributions are worth a point but NEW members are worth two points to each station.
The station with the most points Monday morning will be declared the winner. The losing station will have to play the other state’s official state song on the radio Monday afternoon.
We're hoping to hear Home on the Range on KBIA. And you can help! Make a $5, $10 or $20 donation to KPR before Monday. Remember: each separate contribution is worth one point. Contributions from NEW members are worth two points. Rock Chalk, Go KU and KPR!
