Get up-to-the-minute news, sports, weather and traffic information, hosted by award-winning Valley broadcaster Michael Dixon.

Michael gets your weekend jump-started with his lively interviews of local and national news makers, travel and investment experts, and his weekly, "live" conversations with ABC News reporters around the globe and his chit chat with KTAR News anchor Dennis Lambert.

Michael talks finance with money expert Wayne Stuzter and gets golf tips from the pro, Greg Ellis.

And he also brings in the Click Chick, Gayle Bass, to break down the latest Hollywood has to offer on the big screen.

Bright, entertaining and always informative, Saturday mornings with Michael is the perfect weekend, wake-up call.

Michael's Bio:

 Position
Critic – Travel Editor – Host
-Movie Critic, Critics Roundup, Wednesday and Friday 5:50am
         -Morning News Host, Arizona Morning News – Saturday Edition, 5:00am – 8:00am
         -Host, The Smart Investor Financial Show, Sunday 8:00am – 10:00am
         -Host, Around the World in 60 Minutes Travel Show, Sunday 2:00pm
        
Years at KTAR: 20 
        
Education
         B.A.           University of California, Riverside
         M.A.          University of San Francisco
         D.Min.       Graduate Theological Union

Family
         Married to Gaile Perry Dixon, owner, Dream Catcher Premiere Assisted Living Homes
         Children: Karyn, Jennifer, and Jessica
         Mother, Patricia Dixon, currently Executive Producer, Junior University Musical
             Theatre for Children

Favorite Food
         Breakfast             Machaca con Huevos at El Portal
Lunch                  Hamburger and fries at any airport in Arizona
Dinner                 Anything at Vincent on Camelback

Favorite spot in Arizona
         My mother-in-law’s ranch in Skull Valley

News Memory – Top Three
         1. Holding hands with Pope John Paul II at St. Joseph’s Hospital during his 1987 visit 
            to Phoenix       
         2. Assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy
         3. Attack on the World Trade Center

Favorite Movie
         Drama:                          Casablanca
         Comedy:                       Young Frankenstein
         Guilty Pleasures            Wag the Dog, Ishtar, State and Main

First Job
         Overnight announcer at a Southern California “Good Music” station.  All I had to say
         was “That was . . .”  This is, . . .” and “From the mountains, to the sea, to all of Southern
         California: this is KDUO-FM.”  I can say it in my sleep . . . and did.

First Concert
         My grandfather conducted symphony orchestras, and when I was about 7 he took me to the Redlands          Bowl for a summer evening of classical music.  But what I really remember was being backstage with         The Iron Butterfly in the 60’s, in a television studio with Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead; and      meeting Vladimir Horowitz at Gammage.

Favorite Sports Team
         The D-backs.  No question.  A beer, a hot dog, and a mitt,  just in case.  What else is there?!

Interests
         Flying
         Conducting
         And worldwide travel