
Michael Lyle
Morning Edition Host, ReporterEmail: michael.lyle@kunc.org
I serve as the afternoon host for KUNC’s Morning Editing. 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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An internal review by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation found Yvonne "Missy" Woods withheld test results while working with the crime lab. The Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to provide more details on the story.
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Colorado was one of 15 Super Tuesday states that held Presidential Primaries. The final results will determine how many Democratic and GOP delegates each candidate will get from the Centennial State towards the the national conventions this summer. The Colorado Sun Reporter Jesse Paul joined KUNC's Morning Edition to discuss the outcomes.
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Due to changes in how the federal government is processing and handling the federal application for student aid, colleges have had to make changes to meet the needs of students who may be delayed in their college decisions based financial need. Chalkbeat Colorado Reporter Jason Gonzalez joined KUNC's Morning Edition to explain.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say a plan is necessary since mountain lions and humans have been interacting more frequently along the Front Range.
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The council voted to reverse course on previous action that rejected approval of the project.
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Boulder County officials already have a plan in place to raise the minimum wage incrementally each year until it reaches $25 in unincorporated parts of the county by 2030, but area towns and cities haven't yet followed suit.
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Kevin Williams was a tireless advocate for the disability rights movement in the Centennial State. He died at the age of 57 earlier this month from respiratory failure.
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A new bill would create a process to regulate how books or other library materials can be challenged, and who is eligible to challenge them.
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Local business and government officials recently met in Denver to discuss how quantum technology uses aspects of computer science and physics to solve complex problems faster than typical computers.
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Aurora Public Schools was one of the few school districts that saw an increase in enrollment this fall compared to last year.