BONNIE KOURVELAS — HOST AND SEGMENT PRODUCER

Host and segment producer of Southern Routes, Kourvelas has done various documentaries for WKNO. Also, she has been a freelance video producer doing corporate and industrial videos for training, marketing, and sales. In addition to producing those videos, Kourvelas has appeared in several of them. Bonnie is best-known to WKNO audiences for her popular and award-winning documentaries for the Memphis Memoirs series: Beyond the Parkways, At the Movies, Lost Memphis and When TV Came to Town. She is a professional actor, represented by Colors Talent Agent, and has appeared in several independent films as well as on stage at Theatre Memphis, Playwrights Forum and Circuit Playhouse. She also serves on Germantown Community Theatre's Board of Directors.

KIP COLE —COORDINATING PRODUCER

Kip began his broadcasting career in 1985 at WAAY, the ABC affiliate in Huntsville, Alabama where he worked primarily as Senior Newscast Director (a job which entails furiously pushing buttons and cursing with great eloquence).  He was also producer/director/actor on a late night comedy show, WAAY Too Late. The W2L ensemble cast was blamed for many nefarious deeds that occurred at the station, a few of which they had nothing to do with.  In 1999 he left TV news for WTCI, the PBS station in Chattanooga where he received a Mid-South Emmy award as producer of the documentary, 12 Days in Dayton: The Scopes Monkey Trial.  While he is grateful for the award, Kip believes that he won mainly because people simply enjoy the word “monkey.”  In 2003 Kip arrived at the doorstep of WKNO reeking of nutmeg and breath mints. In addition to Southern Routes, he’s produced the It Matters series, senior issues programs, music specials, sports shows and documentaries, including the HD documentary Shelby Farms: America’s Great 21st Century Park.

LARRY R. DUNN — SEGMENT PRODUCER

Larry R. Dunn is the founder of SELKEND Media, a creative content company dedicated to producing quality entertainment and informational programming for television and motion pictures, as well as emerging media outlets.

Over the past twenty-five years Dunn's clients have included ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MTV, KQED,WNET, WKNO, PBS, Four Point Entertainment, ADAM SMITH'S MONEY WORLD; Cosgrove/Meurer, Inside Edition, Disney, J Walter Thompson, BBD&O, Proctor and Gamble, Intecom, Wang, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, FedEx, Cargill, The National Cotton Council, Lehigh University, University of Memphis, and Princeton University.

PIERRE KIMSEY — SEGMENT PRODUCER

Pierre Kimsey began his career in Broadcasting in 1972. One of his first experiences as a radio reporter was being tear-gassed at the '72 Republican convention. During that period he also covered the Presidential campaign and did a brief stint covering George McGovern's bid for The White House. Aside from his work in radio, he also spent time living and working in Paris where he dubbed Foreign films into English. In 1979 he made the move to television where he covered News and Features for over 2 decades. His career took him to West Palm Beach, Charlotte and Detroit. He's interviewed such personalities as Bob Hope, Steven Spielberg, Richard Pryor, Mel Gibson and Kevin Costner. He has also worked on various Documentary projects over the years including Oscar 97; Beyond the Screen, Riders on The Storm and Os Confederados, the story of Civil War veterans who settled in Brazil. His work has been seen on CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC and his stories were a regular feature on CMT's Country Crossroads. He has also received many awards including Addys, Tellys, and 2 Communicator Awards as well as 4 Emmy awards.

JOE LARKINS -- SEGMENT PRODUCER

Joe Larkins is the founder and owner of Lead Dog Video, a production company in Memphis.  Joe spent 25 years in television news in a variety of roles, ranging from videographer and producer to reporter and anchor.  Joe left WREG-TV, the CBS affiliate in Memphis after 16 years where he anchored the top-rated News Channel 3 Daybreak, News Channel 3 at Noon and co-hosted News Channel 3 Outdoors, the only locally produced outdoor program in the MidSouth.  Joe’s first love has been telling stories with video and when he’s not helping create videos for promotional and training use for clients, he likes to find the unusual stories here in the MidSouth and spread the word.  Joe is an instrument-rated private pilot and loves just about anything related to flying as much as he does the great outdoors. You can reach Joe at joelarkins1@yahoo.com.