YOUNG IS RATHER’S GUEST ON ‘THE BIG INTERVIEW’

LOS ANGELES — Neil Young is Dan Rather’s first guest for the new edition of Rather’s series, “The Big Interview.”

Young will be featured on the Sept. 13 episode airing at 7 p.m. CDT on AXS TV, the cable and satellite channel said Monday. The singer-songwriter discusses his new album, “Earth” and topics including his childhood polio and his experience with the band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Other music stars to be interviewed by Rather this season include Meat Loaf (airing Sept. 20); Martina McBride (Sept. 27); Olivia Newton-John (Oct. 4) and Michael Buble (Oct. 11). Additional guests will be announced, AXS TV said.

A marathon of past “Big Interview” shows will air starting at 7 a.m. Sept. 10, including Rather’s conversations with Frankie Valli, Merle Haggard, Gene Simmons and Loretta Lynn. An interview with the trio of Crosby, Stills & Nash will air at 8 a.m. as part of the retrospective.

AXS TV airs on DirecTV 340, Dish 167 and AT&T 1106.

Martin graduated from Ada High School and the University of Richmond. She previously served as weekend morning anchor and reporter for KOCO. Before joining KOCO, she reported for Texoma station KTEN-10.

According to KOCO, the share of persons ages 25-54 increased 167 percent at 4:30 a.m., 133 percent at 5 a.m., and 70 percent at 6 a.m. from last year. The 9 a.m. show, introduced in April 2016, was up 80 percent.