Jim Engster

James R. Engster is a journalist and host of "Talk Louisiana" on WRKF, the National Public Radio affiliate in Baton Rouge.[1]

Engster is also owner and president of Louisiana Radio Network (LRN), which provides news, sports and agricultural news statewide. He is currently in his second tour as president of the National Association of State Radio Networks, which provides news in thirty-two states for more than 1,500 affiliate stations and regional radio advertising campaigns for marketers nationwide. Engster is a political analyst for WAFB in Baton Rouge [2] and has been featured since 2002 in election night coverage for CBS affiliation.

He hosted "Ask the Governor", a monthly call-in show for listeners to speak with Governor John Bel Edwards[3] for 93 months, the longest running gubernatorial radio program in Louisiana history.

Engster has interviewed eleven of his state's governors.

  1. ^ "Talk Louisiana". NPR. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Political analyst, Jim Engster, projects winner of U.S. Senate race". WAFB. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Gov. Edwards to Launch Monthly Radio Show | Office of the Governor of Louisiana". Office of the Governor, Louisiana. Retrieved 19 January 2018.