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MINCO Music Heritage Festival – June 17-23, 2019
Mountain Streams Radio is proud to be a media sponsor of the First Annual Minco Music Heritage Festival, celebrating the musical heritage of Mineral County West Virginia, June 17-23rd with a full days schedule on the weekend. Celebrate all genres. from Country to Rock, from Steel Drum to Jazz, and Bluegrass to Gospel. Over 30 musical performers, Car Shows, kayak tours, hay rides, Games and Competitions, Arts and Crafts, Unique Items, Workshops, A Civil War Camp, After Hours Entertainment and Relay for Life.
Celebrate the depth and breadth of our local musical heritage. From our small communities came a wealth of music, from Jack Rollins, who wrote “Frosty the Snowman”, “Smokey the Bear”, and other songs; Don Redman, an early 20th century Jazz great; and continues through Donnie Marple, a drummer with current Country favorite Lee Brice.
For more information about the first annual MINCO Music HeritageFestival, contact Terry Stephens, Festival Chairman, at 304-813-5740 or email Terry Stephens at MINCOMusicHeritageFestival@GMail.com | Visit the Official MINCO Music Heritage Festival Website | View the Music Schedule | and List of Performers | MINCO Music Heritage Festival Page on Facebook
“Mountain Streams Radio” is A mix of new and classic Bluegrass, Folk and acoustic music. WKYW-LP began broadcasting in February 2017 at 102.9 FM, and operates as a “low power FM” (LPFM) radio station, licensed to the Mineral County Historical Society with studios and transmitter at Catamount Place on the campus of Potomac State College of West Virginia University, Keyser, WV.
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Mountain Streams Radio is a noncommercial radio station and a not-for-profit 501(C)(3) organization. Support for Mountain Streams Radio comes from three primary sources: listener contributions, underwriting, and grants and bequests. In addition to great music, Mountain Streams Radio offers community news and public affairs.
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MOUNTAIN STREAMS MAGAZINE, April 19, 2019
This week’s program includes conversations with two guests: April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. Dayla Harvey, supervisor of Mineral County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) discusses the county’s growing problem of abused and neglected children and its connection to the opioid epidemic, along with CASA events during April. Ashley Centofonti, recently named executive director of…
MOUNTAIN STREAMS MAGAZINE, April 12, 2019
This week’s program features a wide ranging conversation with two of Mineral County’s three county commissioners: Roger Leatherman (commission president) and Dr. Richard Lechliter. Topics range from the Commission’s recently-completed work on the county budget for the coming fiscal year to a variety of economic development proposals for the county. Both men also commented on…
Mountain Streams Magazine for April 5, 2019
In recognition of National Library Week, this week’s program is a repeat broadcast of a February conversation with Connie Sutton, director of the Keyser/Mineral County Public Library. She discusses library services and funding; programs and activities for kids; and the library’s recently completed pictorial book on the lives of long-time Keyser residents, Tom and Thelma…
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Mountain Streams magazine for March 29-31, 2019
This week’s guests are Cindy Pyles, President, Mineral County Historical Society, and Dinah Courrier, curator of the new Mineral County Historical Society Museum. They talk about the creation and funding of the museum; some of its displays and stories; and plans for the grand opening on Saturday, April 6, at 11:00 AM. The museum is…
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Mountain Streams Magazine for the weekend of March 22, 2019
Mountain Streams Magazine for the weekend of March 22 previews the upcoming Keyser concert by the band Hickory Wind. It features a conversation with band member and Mineral County native Bob Shank and includes some of the band’s music. Hickory Wind performs in the Church-McKee Arts Center on the WVU/PSC campus, Friday, March 29, 7:30…
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Interview with Ed McDonald on All Things Radio Podcast
Listen to a 28 minute interview for the All Things Radio Podcast as Michael Lauf interviews Ed McDonald about how radio has been a part of his entire life, and fulfilling his ultimate dream of starting a radio station in his home town of Keyser West Virginia, WKYW-LP 102.9 Mountain Streams Radio. Download Interview with…
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