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Access Utah...Live from Ogden

From the Top host Christopher O'Riley is our guest on Access Utah.
From the Top host Christopher O'Riley is our guest on Access Utah.

Thursday's Access Utah will be live from Ogden in preparation of our celebration of NPR's From the Top paying Utah a visit.

In the first half Tom Williams will be joined by From the Top host Christopher O'Riley and the show's co-founding executive producer, Gerald Slavit. We'll also hear from Trenton Chang, a young pianist from Logan, Utah.

While we're in Ogden we'll cover a topic threatening to impact the lives of many Northern Utahns -- the possible closure of Hill Air Force Base. Former Congressman Jim Hansen joins Tom Williams on the campus of Weber State University to talk about the impacts this closure would have in this part of the state.

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.