Michael Lyle
Morning Edition Host, ReporterEmail: michael.lyle@kunc.org
I serve as the host for KUNC's Morning Edition. My job is to keep our listeners across Northern Colorado informed on the day’s top stories from around the communities we serve. On occasion, I switch roles and hit the streets of northern Colorado digging up human interest stories or covering a major event that’s taking place in our listening area.
Public media audiences are more than just passive listeners: they are engaged, critical thinkers, and care deeply about what happens in their community. That’s what I love about this job. They turn to us for the quality, unbiased journalistic approach they expect on a daily basis.
Before coming thousands of miles to Colorado, I worked as the Connecticut statewide reporter for NPR affiliate WSHU Public Radio in Fairfield, Connecticut and as the host for “Weekend Edition” on Saturdays and Sundays for New England Public Media in Springfield, Massachusetts. In addition, I was a weekend news anchor at WTIC-AM 1080 in Hartford, Connecticut and served as an Adjunct Professor at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
I am a four-time recipient of the Connecticut AP Broadcasters Association award and a two-time recipient of the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists Award. I’m also a long-time member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Education-wise, I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and a Master's degree in Journalism from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
When I’m not at work, I can usually be found playing video games, enjoying a concert and the great outdoors across the Rocky Mountains, playing some pick-up basketball or enjoying sporting events from all the major college and professional teams in the state. Full disclosure: college basketball is my forte. I get excited whenever March rolls around. It’s the best time of the year as far as sports goes in my opinion!
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Fans can gather at these venues to get their college basketball fix this month for both the men's and women's tournaments. -
A new season is underway with high expectations for both clubs. The Summit FC are beginning their first year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League. -
Events range from traditional parades to specialty food and drinks from local establishments across Northern Colorado. -
The margin resulted in 54 percent of the votes tallied by residents. -
The team is currently on a franchise record seven-game win streak. They are looking to win their first NLL championship in four years. -
Heavy snow and wind this week is creating some of the most dangerous avalanche conditions of the season. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning recreators to stay out of harm's way. -
Several athletes with strong ties to the Centennial State are competing in events such as alpine skiing, snowboarding, and cross-country events. -
These establishments will provide all the glitz, glamour, action — and good eats during the big game on Sunday evening. -
The team has emerged as among the top in the league and are hoping to duplicate their success of the 2022-23 championship campaign. -
Denver hosts New England in a rematch of the 2016 AFC Championship game, in which the Broncos defeated the Patriots that year and advanced to Super Bowl 50. They would win their third title by defeating the Carolina Panthers.
