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The DNC Comes to NC

WUNC | By Frank Stasio
Published September 4, 2012 at 9:28 AM EDT
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Charlotte, NC is the host city for this year’s Democratic National Convention. That means thousands of supporters, protesters, reporters and delegates have poured into the Queen City in anticipation of President Barack Obama accepting his second party nomination. WUNC reporters Dave DeWitt and Leoneda Inge join host Frank Stasio to talk about the big stories at the DNC and how the Queen City is handling the temporary population increase.

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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