Michael Dunne
Host of Oregon On The RecordMichael Dunne is the host and producer for KLCC’s public affairs show, Oregon On The Record. In this role, Michael interviews experts from around Western and Central Oregon to dive deep into the issues that matter most to the station’s audience. Michael also writes a business column for The Chronicle which serves Springfield and South Lane County.
Prior to his role at KLCC, Michael held extensive positions in public relations and marketing within the industries of banking, telecommunications, and technology.
Do you have a suggestion for a guest or topic? Email Michael at mdunne@klcc.org.
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On this edition, we talk with Oregon's US senator, Ron Wyden about the difficulties and disconnects he sees being created by President Trump and the rest of Oregon and America. We also talk with KLCC's Rebecca Hansen-White on efforts to cite a new landfill in the community. -
On this edition, we talk with Kyle Williams of the Oregon Department of Forestry about how the agency has to change strategies as our wildland fires get more extreme in the era of climate change. -
On this edition we talk with Haleigh Kochanski of the Register Guard about her story on a lawsuit against Eugene's Holt International. The suit alleges that Holt failed to disclose severe mental health challenges of an adopted child and coerced a family into the adoption. We also talk to KLCC's Zac Ziegler about his recent stories about housing and development in the community. -
On this edition, we talk with Lt. Tim Wallace the new head of the Lane County Sheriff's Search and Rescue program. Wallace talks about the role and how search and rescue in Lane County is a complex team effort. -
On this edition we talk with Annie Waldman of ProPublica about her investigative story, "The Milkman," about the largest raw milk producer in the country whose built his empire on bad science and denial of harm from his products. -
On this edition, we talk with Mike Rogoway of the Oregonian about how the city of Hillsboro - once a champion of data centers - recently voted to stop all new construction on these controversial centers. It could be a harbinger of more prohibitions of data centers in Oregon. Then we talk with KLCC's Brian Bull about his story on the Elderberry Wisdom Farm and its struggle for funding in the age of anti-DEI sentiment. -
On this edition, we talk with Jim Cornelius, editor-in-chief of the Nugget Newspaper in Sisters. He's both the chronicler of The Akawa Butte Fire, and its threat to the community of Sisters, as well as a friend and neighbor to people who've had to flea with their lives from the firestorm. We also talked to KLCC's Macy Moore about a unique and quirky race in Corvallis. -
On this edition of Oregon on the Record, you’ll hear from Eric Gran, a Eugene man who braved hypothermia, avalanches, frost bite and respiratory distress, to stand on the tallest peak in the world - Mt. Everest. -
On this edition we talk with Jen Baires, a reporter with OPB about continuing issues of trust, and allegations of lying by a deputy at Deschutes County Sheriff's office who is running to become head of the department. We also talk to KLCC's Love Cross about her continuing Oregon Ready series. -
On this edition, we talk with Tia Nordstrand, who runs Kindred Matters a state-wide nonprofit that helps siblings separated by the foster care system to maintain connection through programs and camps that unite these kids for weekends and summers. We also talk to KLCC reporters Julia Boboc and Hannah Bush about helping animals through wildfire and new upgrades at the Cascades Raptor Center.
