Mtn Talk: Trailer Park Evictions Spur Protest
https://soundcloud.com/mountaintalkmonday/trailer-park-evictions-spur-protest-in-morehead-kentucky In this episode WMMT's Katie Myers speaks with residents of the North Fork Mobile Home Park in Morehead, Kentucky. These residents formed a campaign called Justice 4 North Fork after a Lexington developer purchased their land for use as a strip mall, leaving the roughly eighty North Fork families facing eviction, even as rent continues to rise. Demands from the campaign included financial support for moving costs and assurance that affordable
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The Ohio Valley ReSource and its seven partner stations in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia have mobilized to cover the coronavirus pandemic health threat and the profound effects it is having on how we live in the region. This is an anxious, bewildering time, and we know you have a lot of questions. We want to help answer them. Ask your question below and the ReSource journalists will try their very best to find an answer.
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Mtn Talk: Trailer Park Evictions Spur Protest
June 17, 2021In this episode WMMT’s Katie Myers speaks with residents of the North Fork Mobile Home Park in Morehead, Kentucky. These residents formed a campaign Read More >
Turn Your Radio On! – A WMMT Benefit with John McCutcheon
June 7, 2021Turn Your Radio On is a celebration of the way radio has knit communities of music lovers together, kept them informed, inspired, and connected. We're deeply honored that this Read More >
We’ve unveiled a new collection documenting COVID in Appalachia
March 7, 2021What has COVID-19 looked like in Appalachia? We've been documenting the pandemic since it hit our region last March — one full year of COVID-19. Through stories, photographs, Read More >
Become a WMMT Underwriter!
November 9, 2020We invite you to add your name to a growing list of businesses, organizations, and individuals who support grassroots community building while getting their message out to a Read More >
Election 2020
November 3, 2020On Tuesday, Nov. 3, WMMT will air a Democracy Now! 3-hour election night special from 9 p.m. to midnight ET. Democracy Now! will cover results from the presidential Read More >
Rowan County Re-entry Program
October 22, 2020A piece about the challenges of re-entry post-incarceration during Covid-19, and how the Rowan County Re-entry Program - based at MCCC in Morehead - is supporting folks in Read More >
Jimmy McCown, 1941-2020
October 16, 2020On Wednesday, October 7th, master old-time fiddle and banjo player, Jimmy McCown, sadly passed away at the age of 78. WMMT's Rich Kirby remembers his friend and bandmate in Read More >
The Swannanoa Tunnel
August 31, 2020The building of the Swannanoa Tunnel, near Asheville, NC, cost the lives of at least 300 African American workers, a story that has largely been forgotten. Join Rich Kirby, Read More >
Mtn. Talk: Carter Sickels & “The Prettiest Star”
April 23, 2020In this episode we hear from Carter Sickels about his second novel "The Prettiest Star." Set in 1986, the book tells the story of a young gay man living with HIV who leaves Read More >
What Appalheads are Currently Reading
April 20, 2020If y’all are like us, you’ve been turning to art and artists in new ways during this hard time. Whether it’s entertainment, comfort, learning new skills, or Read More >