During the rain around midnight on July 21, our studio to transmitter link suffered a failure.
Cable and Satellite companies that take our signal via a direct path still have our stations, and our streaming services are not affected at this time.
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Melissa Kitrick says her 8-year-old daughter, Fern Deviney, is “pretty much obsessed” with the Athens City Pool (601 East State Street). If they drive past the… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – In this episode of Poetry Conversations From Studio B, hosts Wendy McVicker and Albert Rouzie read and discuss poetry. WOUB Digital · Poetry Conversations: July 2024… Read More
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WOUB Digital · Conversations From Studio B: ‘Settling Ohio: First Peoples and Beyond’ ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Timothy G. Anderson and Brian Schoen are the editors of Settling Ohio: First… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – This Place of Silence: Ohio’s Cemeteries and Burial Grounds was published earlier this month by Ohio University Press. The book includes entries about cemeteries from each… Read More
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – Last night, local, state, and national representatives gathered at Stuart’s Opera House for a public discussion on the impact and importance of the arts in Southeast… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Every year over 200 communities around the country celebrate the unique character of their neighborhoods with informal community music festivals known as “porchfests.” Athens gets its… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – On Saturday Court Street will be closed to traffic for the annual Boogie on the Bricks festival in Athens. Starting at noon, “Boogie 2024” features live… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Years are marked by Earth’s orbit around the Sun, and months by the Moon’s orbit around Earth. For longtime WOUB volunteer and radio programmer Doug Brooks,… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Every day the Athens County Humane Society (ACHS) fields 30 to 40 calls and messages from the community, ranging from routine inquiries about their low cost… Read More
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Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert In Central Park Thursday, June 6 at 8:00 pm In 1980, Central Park, New York City’s “green lung,” lay in disrepair. Although the park had… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Athens ReThink Plastics wants a video to accompany their jingle, Say No to a Plastic Bag, and they’re turning to the community to find it. The… Read More
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – Next week the Happy Hollow Hootenanny returns, boasting an even wider variety and greater number of classes, workshops, and musical performances than the inaugural 2023 “Hoot.”… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Over the course of the past 40-plus years Mountain Stage has brought public radio listeners a wide range of exclusive live performances from veteran musicians, cult favorites,… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Tomorrow night a documentary about the environmental legacy of folk singer Pete Seeger has its Ohio premiere as a part of the Athens International Film and… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – When NME interviewed Judee Sill for their April 1972 issue, the rising West Coast singer-songwriter said her primary musical influences were: “[…] Pythagoras, Bach and Ray… Read More
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – Tom Holland and the Shuffle Kings play the 31st River City Blues Festival this weekend at the Lafayette Hotel (101 Front Street). Tom Holland spoke to… Read More
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – Known for her soulful vocals and skillful piano playing, Eden Brent has a new record, entitled Getaway Blues, on deck, set for release this summer. She’ll… Read More
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – Halo Rider is one of the acts slated to perform at the 31st annual River City Blues Festival this weekend in Marietta at the Lafayette Hotel… Read More
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NEW MARSHFIELD, Ohio (WOUB) – WOUB filmed Todd Burge playing three songs from his Seed album at Uncle Buck’s Riding Stable and Dance Barn (73930 Buck Lane) in October. Follow Todd Burge… Read More
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) – The 31st River City Blues Festival happens Friday, March 15 – Saturday, March 16 at the Lafayette Hotel (101 Front Street), bringing a variety of nationally… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – John Newton Templeton became Ohio University’s first Black graduate in 1828, decades before the end of slavery. Free Man of Color is a play about Templeton,… Read More
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NEW MARSHFIELD, Ohio (WOUB) – WOUB filmed the Shaun Booker Dammit Band performing three originals at Uncle Buck’s Riding Stable and Dance Barn in October. Follow the Shaun Booker Dammit Band via their website and Facebook. … Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – As a Black kid growing up in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Dr. Gordon Briggs didn’t see many people who looked like him in films… Read More
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Award-winning filmmaker and native West Virginian Elaine McMillion Sheldon embarks on a tender, cinematic journey straight into the beating heart of Appalachian coal culture in her… Read More
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NEW MARSHFIELD, Ohio (WOUB) – WOUB captured an intimate performance from Athens-based singer-songwriter Caitlin Kraus at Uncle Buck’s Riding Stable and Dance Barn just days after the release of her… Read More