WMMT

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WMMT is the non-commercial community radio service of the Appalshop in Whitesburg, KY.  Our mission is to be a 24 hour voice of mountain people’s music, culture, and social issues, to provide broadcast space for creative expression and community involvement in making radio, and to be an active participant in discussion of public policy that will benefit coalfield communities and the Appalachian region as a whole.   

Series

Caption: Main Street, McRoberts, KY.
8 Pieces

Natural gas drilling in southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky is the subject of a new radio documentary from WMMT, Appalshop’s public, community radio station in Whitesburg, Kentucky. “Fractured Appalachia” is a one-hour program, also available as seven short features, that examines legal and environmental facets of the region’s burgeoning new energy industry.

  • From: WMMT
  • Updated: May 04, 2012
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9 Pieces

Making Connections is a project for sharing news, stories, and information highlighting opportunities and challenges for building a healthy future for Appalachia's land and people. http://www.makingconnectionsnews.org/

  • From: WMMT
  • Updated: Oct 18, 2012
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25 Pieces

A series of free 30-second PSAs attempting to lay out some of the major changes brought by the Affordable Care Act. More info about the issues discussed and the project as a whole can be found at http://www.acaexplained.org.

  • From: WMMT
  • Updated: Aug 29, 2013

Latest Pieces

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A 30-second PSA explaining how the Affordable Care Act affects & expands eligibility for Medicaid.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KZXP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
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A 30-second PSA explaining how the Affordable Care Act affects preventive care opportunities & coverage.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KZXP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
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A 30-second PSA explaining how the Affordable Care Act affects folks under 26.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KZXP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Downtown Vicco, KY
Vicco, Kentucky, a town of 334 tucked deep into the heart of the central Appalachian coalfields and known locally as "The Town Too Tough to Die," m...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 09:12
Caption: Downtown Vicco, KY
Vicco, Kentucky, a town of 334 tucked deep into the heart of the central Appalachian coalfields and known locally as "The Town Too Tough to Die," m...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gary Bentley with his daughter Lily
Since January, thousands of coal miners have been laid off in Central Appalachia. We’ve heard a lot of opinions about the causes of this decline a...

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 11:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Because of historically cheap energy rates and lots of poorly insulated housing, Kentuckians’ average home electricity use is one of the highest in...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:49
Caption: Hywell Francis
Scholars, community organizers, activists and students gathered at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., October 14-16 for “Appalachia and W...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:27
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So often, when a natural resource is being developed, we hear of a two-sided debate: it’s jobs versus the environment, and you can’t have both. In ...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 09:58
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In this installment of Fractured Appalachia, producers Jonathan Hootman and Rich Kirby take a look at what regulations exist surrounding oil and ga...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 06:26