Wake Up, Memphis!
Catch up on all the Memphis news every weekday morning. Our newscast podcast draws stories from across the local news media landscape to keep you in-the-know in less than five minutes.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2025
Memphis newscast: Monday, Aug. 18
Today's newscast includes these stories:
North Memphis residents oppose proposed criminal justice center at old Firestone site.
School board election reform stalls as commission defers measure amid con…
Memphis newscast: Friday, Aug. 15
Today's newscast includes these stories:
MSCS begins evaluating potential school closures, mergers, and consolidations.
Police union seeks sanctions over “second lieutenant” rank dispute.
Memphis leader…
Memphis newscast: Thursday, Aug. 14
Today's newscast includes these stories:
Mason approves CoreCivic-run ICE detention facility after contentious vote.
Rhodes College named to Princeton Review’s “Best 391 Colleges” list.
Evolve Bank & Tr…
Memphis newscast: Wednesday, Aug. 13
Today's newscast includes these stories:
County Commission delays votes on school-board election timing and term limits.
Avant and Bradford elected new leaders of the Shelby County Commission.
Mason res…
Memphis newscast: Tuesday, Aug. 12
Today's newscast includes these stories:
Protesters prepare to fight the reopening of Mason’s ICE detention facility.
A judge denies former MSCS Superintendent Marie Feagins’ bid to return to her post.
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Memphis newscast: Monday, Aug. 11
Today's newscast includes these stories:
Lead found in school water sources triggers immediate action.
Barty Awards celebrate Bartlett’s business achievements.
Suburbs impose stricter rules on disruptiv…
Memphis newscast: Friday, Aug. 8
Today's newscast includes these stories:
Blackburn leverages nearly $6 million in federal campaign funds before announcing her Tennessee governor bid.
MATA reports on bus safety inspections, a mobile t…
Memphis newscast: Thursday, Aug. 7
Today's newscast includes these stories:
MATA leaders faced council pushback over unfunded route and shelter upgrades amid a proposed fare increase.
MSCS interim superintendent Dr. Roderick Richmond ou…
Memphis newscast: Wednesday, Aug. 6
Today's newscast includes these stories:
- MSCS enforces district-wide cellphone lock-up on opening day.
- Sheraton buyout still unsigned; Council presses for September closing.
- Back-to-school watch list: v…
Memphis newscast: Tuesday, Aug. 5
Today's newscast includes stories about:
- Shelby County Commission delays vote on syncing school-board, commission elections amid constitutional doubts
- Fayette County board seeks to end 57-year desegreg…
Memphis Newscast: Monday, Aug. 4
Today's newscast includes stories about:
- School chief proposes four-region reorganization of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
- Just City launches $50 K community bail fund to ease jail crowding.
- New state …
TRAILER: Wake Up, Memphis!
Catch up on all the Memphis news every weekday morning. Our newscast podcast draws stories from across the local news media landscape to keep you in-the-know in less than five minutes.