Appalachian Radio and Community Gardening

Covering Coal on the Radio. WMMT Mountain Community Radio in Whitesburg, KY serves a community whose members are seldom portrayed accurately in the mainstream media, says station manager Cheryl Marshall. On Local Dirt, Cheryl discusses the needs and interests of the station's audience. She explains how the coalfield station covers coal-related issues, acknowledging that coal plays a variety of roles in the lives of WMMT listeners. To hear WMMT, listen to the stream online or find a specific past show of interest to you. (Originally aired June 9, 2009.)

News:

- "Religion Shaping Mountain-Top Removal Debate in Appalachia Coal Country" by Peter Smith for the Louisville Courier-Journal

Community Gardens. Tim Quick, the outgoing coordinator for the UC Davis Experimental College (EC) Community Gardens, came on to talk about community gardening, the history of the campus EC Garden, how the EC Garden has changed in the past several years and how people can get involved in gardening at the EC Gardens. To find out more visit the EC Garden Davis Wiki Page or the EC Garden official site. Thank you, Tim, for your amazing work in the past four years!

To hear the show, listen here or click "divShare" to get the mp3.

Playlist:

"Kneebone" by Joe Armstrong & Group (The Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol. 13 - Earliest Times on Rounder)

"How Mountain Girls Can Love" by The Stanley Brothers (Bluegrass - Best of the Best with various artists)

"Holy Babe" by Kelly Pace, Aaron Brown, Joe Green, Paul Hayes, and Matthew Jones (Where Will You Be Christmas Day on Dust to Digital)

"Only The Lonely" by Roy Orbison (Black & White Night on Orbison Records)