Mike Osborne
News DirectorMike Osborne is the News Director for WMOT and can be heard on-air daily.
Mike has worked in media for most of the last 40 years, beginning with radio at the age of 14. His first broadcast experience was reading the news for High School radio station WRCJ-FM in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Two years later Mike landed his first professional gig, doing graveyard shifts at WKFI-AM, a small-town station in Central Ohio. After graduating from High School, Mike quickly moved up to become the station’s Program Manager at just 20 years of age.
For more than two decades, Mike worked for international radio station KNLS. The station broadcasts shortwave radio programs from transmitters in Alaska down the Pacific Rim and into East Asia. Mike served as the host for the station’s English Language Service transmissions for nearly twenty years. His on-air work generated listener response from more than 100 nations and all the continents, including Antarctica.
During his years with KNLS, Mike also did freelance work for several media outlets, including Voice of America, Associated Press Radio, World Vision Radio, the USA Radio Network, and the radio division of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
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The Centers for Disease Control reported Friday morning that a total of 67 monkeypox cases have been diagnosed statewide. -
Preliminary data shows a 27 percent drop on voter participation compared to the 2018 mid-term primary.
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However, the CDC reports 81 of Tennessee’s 95 counties in either the medium or high risk COVID-19 exposure categories.
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The web-based portal allows residents to track the progress of neighborhood level improvement or repair projects.
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A federal lawsuit says the national governing body for fencing failed to protect a Tennessee teenager from sexual abuse.
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Tennessee is the only state in the U.S. where its Supreme Court appoints the attorney general. Skrmetti’s term starts on Sept. 1.
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The number of mid-state homes sold in July dropped 20 percent year over year and 18 percent month over month.
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Johnson City resident James Brooks will plead guilty to a single federal count of Remaining in a Restricted Building. In exchange, three additional charges against him will be dropped.
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FBI testimony alleged Woodbury resident Matthew Baggott was one of the first to enter the capitol and scuffled with police as he entered the building and as he left.
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Eligible families will be allowed to use up to approximately $8,100 in public tax dollars on private schooling tuition.
