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Dar Danielson is an anchor and reporter for Radio Iowa and covers regional news. Danielson joined Radio Iowa in March 1997. He is also active in the Iowa Broadcast News Association and was elected the organization's president in 2002. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Danielson is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa. He began his career in journalism by working as a writer and editor for the student newspaper and was the news and sports director of the student radio station. From there he worked at KCFI in Cedar Falls and then moved to nearby Oelwein where he was a news reporter and sports director at KOEL. In 1989 he moved to Cedar Rapids where he was heard across the country as one of the news and sports voices for the Telecom USA talking phone book. He moved to Ames in 1991 where he was the assistant news and sports director. While in Ames he was the play-by-play voice of the Iowa State baseball team and the Ames High Little Cyclones. [CR-LF][CR-LF]One of the highlights of his career came when the station won an Edward R. Murrow Award and a commendation from the Mayor of Ames for its coverage of the 1993 floods. He anchored the coverage in the middle of the rain and flooding and was on the air continuously throughout.

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