Under the Sun is a public radio series on WLRN 91.3 FM and WKWM 91.5 (in the Keys) that focuses on life in South Florida. The program will reflect the many perspectives, passions, and accents throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties. Under the Sun is a co-production of WLRN and ZG Public Media.
Our mission is to offer a platform for uniquely South Floridian voices. We want to tell the extraordinary stories of everyday people, visit unsung places, and spark debate over under-reported issues.
We’ll bring you host interviews, reported feature stories, sound collages, and interactive listener segments.
Under the Sun is a one-hour weekend special, with individual segments rebroadcast during Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Awards and Honors
In 2009, two stories from the premiere episode of Under the Sun won awards from the South Florida Society of Professional Journalists.
A True Old World Craftsman by Tristram Korten won first place for feature reporting in radio. This was Tristram Korten’s first radio piece. He profiled Abe Rich, a South Beach pool cue maker and Holocaust survivor.
Rich passed away shortly after Korten interviewed him. We are humbled and grateful that Rich shared his story with us.
Alicia Zuckerman, Dan Grech and Peter J. Maerz helped edit and produce this feature. Paul Leary mixed the piece.
A Penny Per Pound by Ruth Morris won second place for continuing coverage in radio. Morris chronicled the struggle between tomato pickers and Burger King. She profiled Norberto Jimenez, a migrant worker who joined the cause and ultimately returned home to Mexico.
