David Nicholas
Local Host, All Things ConsideredDavid Nicholas is a reporter and the local host of WCMU's All Things Considered. You can hear him each weekday from 4pm - 7pm.
David previously served as WCMU's Music Director, and was the host of "Mosaic" and "The Beat."
Hired in 1990 at WCMU, David served for 11 years as the main host of "Nightside Jazz and Blues." He was named News Director and served as local "Morning Edition" host in 2001, winning several awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, and played a role in winning "Station of the Year" in 2003.
In October 2015, David was tapped to be WCMU's music director. That same month, he launched "Mosaic," a daily music show that also focuses heavily on the arts. The title comes from the idea that WCMU has become a cultural center for those making, featuring and celebrating art in central and northern Michigan. Additionally, he hosted "The Beat," a weekly mix of jazz, blues and more.
David returned to his news background in March, 2023, when he was named the local host of All Things Considered.
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Artist Kimberly Chapman's exhibit, “Eighty-six Reasons for Asylum Admission,” is housed in CMU's Baber Room Gallery now until July 20. -
"Moral Treatment" is the 2024 prize winner is a novel by Traverse City native Stephanie Carpenter. She is also an assistant professor of Creative Writing at Michigan Tech -
Dr. Matthew Katz is a Faculty Member in CMU’s Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion talks about the positives and concerns of Artificial Intelligence -
John Sheffler, creator, producer and host of WCMU's Our Front Porch, is set to give a talk at Lake Superior State University highlighting the Irish bands he featured on the program during its 35-year run. His program will be in LSSU's Library Commons Thursday at 7 p.m. -
Geology has led to the engineering to devise systems to restore waterways like PFAs contaminated ponds in West Michigan, making them once again suitable for rearing fish. -
"The governor has a lot of leeway and control over calling the election itself," Reporter AJ Jones told WCMU's All Things Considered host David Nicholas. "The constitution says the governor 'may call a special election.'” -
Can glowing proteins from shrimp help cure cancer? Dr. Eric Peterson at CMU's College of Medicine has hung out with the shrimp so he has some answers -
Earlier this month president trump called for a 25% tariff on Canadian imports and a 10% tariff on energy from Canada following a thirty day hold the president has renewed his commitment for the tariffs to go into effect Tuesday. WCMU's David Nicholas spoke with Ken Boschoff the Mayor of Thunder Bay Ontario about relations between the two countries during this tense political moment. -
When Dr. Rich Fleming retired from CMU in 2007, he endowed a lecture series that welcomes someone making contributions to the field of mathematics research. -
The new clinic will be available in Alcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency and Presque Isle counties in order to address the lack of dental care across the region.
