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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ to bring its global debate programme from Columbus
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service is teaming up with WOSU in Columbus to stage live broadcasts of its flagship interactive radio and online programme, World, Have Your Say from Ohio, USA.
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On Tuesday 20 March, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ presenter Ros Atkins and Fred Andrle of WOSU's Open Line will host a special debate from the WOSU studio at COSI in downtown Columbus.
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World, Have Your Say invites listeners and online users to share their views with a worldwide audience and ask questions on key issues in the news.
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The co-production with WOSU is part of a series of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s outside broadcasts from the US and will be followed by joint programmes with KOPB in Portland, Oregon.
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Ros Atkins said: "Some of the most exhilarating editions of World, Have Your Say have been broadcast from America.
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"I think back to taking calls from Baghdad and Afghanistan while at WCPN in Cleveland, or when Detroiters at WDET sparked a worldwide debate about affirmative action, and get so excited about what World, Have Your Say can do.
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"I can't wait for this trip and to hear what people in Ohio want to talk to the world about."
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