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Eclectopia ๐ถ kicks off the month of August with a new track from West Virginia's Hello June, a delicate '80s cover by Alexa Rose and the sublime choir of Scala and the Kolacny Brothers. โ๏ธ Listen Fri. & Sat. at 9 p.m. on #WVPB. https://t.co/Il5WB0lkGh
Christie Meadows, a fifth grade teacher at Glenwood School, Mercer County has earned West Virginia Public Broadcastingโs Above and Beyond Award for May, which recognizes excellence and creativity of Mountain State teachers! ๐๐
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Our latest #InsideAppalachia ๐ podcast is now available. This week, we're taking stock, & looking back on floods that have devastated parts of WV & KY. Itโs not all gloom. Even in our hardest moments, thereโs always hope. Listen now. ๐๐ง https://t.co/iUrRS03Zg9
This week on #InsideAppalachia ๐, flooding is a recurring problem across Appalachia. So weโre taking stock, and looking back on floods that have devastated parts of West Virginia and Kentucky. ๐ Listen SUNDAY at 7AM & 6PM on WVPB Radio. https://t.co/qttIK1liAB
Tune in today at 3 p.m. on WVPB Radio ๐ป for an encore of our latest episode of @usthempodcast w/@Trey_Kay. This episode of Us & Them was first released in December 2022, and since then has received a regional Edward R. Murrow award for best podcast. https://t.co/llMeNNV4BU
Bob says he will miss WVPB and is eager to see the organization grow for a new generation. โThere will always be a piece of me here, but itโs for the younger people that are coming in to make it just as great, and hopefully I'll be training some of my own replacements.โ (4 ๐งต)
Here's another #WhosWhoWVPB! We bid a fond farewell to our Assistant Dir. of Radio Programming Bob Powell, who is retiring! Bob has worked for WVPB for 16 years, but those years were spread out, as his career with WVPB began in 1985. (1 ๐งต)
As Bob enters retirement, he says heโs not going to stop working. Heโs accepted a full-time teaching gig at Thomas More University in Cincinnati. Heโll be working in their creative media program, teaching journalism and public relations. (3 ๐งต)
#Eclectopia summers โ๏ธ on with the heat of Ani DiFranco, the sleek newgrass covers from Love Canon and the fleet fingers of West Virginia artist Spencer Elliott. Plus, a mini ode to space and AI with Bowie, Merchant and HAL 9000.
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Here's another #WhosWhoWVPB! ๐ Meet Video Producer Troy Rankin, who joined us in May w/more than 10yrs of reality TV experience. "Public broadcasting is about showing a place where somebody truly loves where they live. It's like being able to write a love letter in a video."
WVPB and the @WVTreasury invite you to attend our Jurassic Jamboree, story time and photos with Buddy the Dinosaur! ๐ฆ Aug. 5 at the Marion County Public Library! Learn more. ๐
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Our latest #InsideAppalachia is available. ๐ง๐ We hear about a podcast that remembers the โBack to the Landโ movement of the '70s and โ80s โ and a mysterious disappearance. And, we meet scientists who named one species of millipede after a pop star. https://t.co/ttNS7WVdvl
WVPB has teamed up with the Zoology Zone and Science Center in Hurricane to kick off their Back-to-School Summer Camp for kids ages 6-11 years old. @WVPBEducation#WVPBEducation https://t.co/Z3XhXAJnvy
๐ฃ We are in the process of replacing our radio transmitter in Buckhannon (WVPW 88.9). We are currently transmitting on low power. We expect to replace the transmitter and be back at full power by the end of next week, weather permitting. Thank you for your patience.