This Conversation
This Conversation
WEHC
SEE EPISODES BELOW! Dr. Teresa Keller began hosting This Conversation each week in 2009 on WEHC-FM, Emory. Keller's broadcast career began many years ago at WCYB-TV, an NBC affiliate in Bristol, VA where she worked for seven years as a talk show host, reporter, and anchor of the noon news. She also spent time working in television newsrooms in Denver and San Diego, and worked as a contributing reporter for WVTF public radio in Roanoke, VA. As a professor of Mass Communications at Emory & Henry College, she garnered two statewide teaching awards: the 2003 Virginia Professor of the Year award, presented by the Carnegie Foundation, and the Virginia Council on Higher Education’s Outstanding Faculty Award in 2010. She is author of Television News: The Art and How-to of Video Storytelling -- now in its 4th edition. While at Emory & Henry, she wrote the FCC application for WEHC-FM, now a 9,000 watt College and Community station that went on the air in 1992. She served as a board member of Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation for more than a decade and spent two terms on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Association of Broadcasters. Many earlier episodes of the broadcast are available at https://archive.org/details/ThisConversation.
Can abundant child care improve a local economy?
Dr. Susan Patrick, Director of Childhood Success with the United Way of Southwest Virginia, talks about the childcare crisis and how it can be a drag on a local economy, even limiting the number of available jobs. If a parent brings home $22,000 a year from a $15 an hour salary, how can the family afford to have a second parent work with minimum child care costs of $11,000 a year?Dr. Patrick addresses a broad range of issues related to educating and caring for children in This Conversation.
Mar 14, 2023
24 min
BEWARD OF NUCLEAR IN ERWIN, TN
Linda Modica is president of the Citizens Awareness Network in Erwin, Tennessee and her group is trying to stop a new procedure for enriching uranium, scheduled for Nucelar Fuel Services. She says the water, air, and people are being effected by nuclear contamination in the area. She talks about where their appeal stands in stopping the new processing in Erwin and explains why she became an activist in nuclear issues.
Mar 9, 2023
26 min
MORE ABOUT UNITED MINE WORKERS. JAMES GIBBS, PART II
In the continuation of my conversation with James Gibbs, International Vice President of the United Mine Workers, Gibbs talks about his career in the mines, UMWA representation of workers who are not miners, and the union's relationship with government representatives.
Feb 28, 2023
28 min
MINE WORKER ISSUES and the 2023 State of the Union, PART I
James Gibbs has worked in mining for 40 years and knows a thing or two about mine worker issues. IN fact, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine invited Gibbs to be his guest at President Biden's 2023 State of the Union address. Gibbs used the opportunity to plead his case for continued support in protections for miners -- and for assistance in good paying jobs with benefits for replacing lost mining jobs. Gibbs has plenty to say about politics and how miners have been treated by everyone from major political parties and coal companies to specific lawmakers.In fact, he had so much to say in this episode that we're continuing the conversation in an upcoming Part II.
Feb 21, 2023
27 min
MOVING ON FROM TV -- Olivia Bailey
Olivia Bailey, former news anchor at WCYB-TV talks about moving on from television into marketing for Friends of Southwest Virginia. She also talks about her recent appearance at the 2023 Rotary Frolics.
Feb 21, 2023
28 min
AIR FORCE'S FIRST FEMALE COMMANDER of FIGHTER JET DEMO TEAM
MAJOR KRISTIN BEO WOLFEMajor Wolfe has ties to Southwest Virginia and is a history-making fighter jet pilot in the U.S. Air Force.She was the first woman to command an Air Force demo team and currently commands the 13-person F-35A Team that tours the country and the world letting people see on the world's most sophisticated stealth jet. In this interview, she shares details about her career, about the capabilities of the plane, and a bit o information about her times in the Abingdon/Bristol area. You could have seen her fly over the Superbowl in 2021. And you can see her phenomenal performance in the cockpit at air shows through a simple Google search -- or by clicking the link below.https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=AwrFcDhrpOVjsTIA2SFXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3BpdnM-?p=kristin+beo+wolfe&fr2=piv-web&type=E211US105G0&fr=mcafee#id=10&vid=6d607f2773fad0741e86ea2daaafaef1&action=view
Feb 9, 2023
27 min
MILITARY EXERCISES IN KOREA
In this episode, we talk with Vernon Miles who is headed to Korea to direct joint military exercises. We trace his career and hear about the challenges and threats on and around the Korean peninsula.
Jan 29, 2023
27 min
TRUCKS ON TRAINS
Rail Solution director David Foster reviews efforts to move trucks onto trains to move through the I-81 corridor.
Jan 29, 2023
27 min
Careers in the Coast Guard
Marketing specialist in Coast Guard Recruiting Command Zach Hupp believes that young people should examine career options in the Coast Guard. His experience has taken him on international adventures and into special public affairs training where he traveled as the official photographer for the Secretary of Homeland Security. He says there is a serious need for military recruits and points to the Coast Guard's focus on reaching out to women and minorities. The signing bonuses he talks about are impressive for positions from cook to law enforcement. You don't even have to be a strong swimmer to join. For young people who are looking for a direction and purpose, Zach says you can find @gocoastguard on social media. He'll get the message and would love to talk to you.
Jan 11, 2023
28 min
Why celebrate Martin Luther King
Retired educator Jerry Hill grew up in Washington County, Va. and was inspired by Martin Luther King's commitment to nonviolence and to peace. Hear why he says people should attend special programs on Jan. 12 and join in the annual march and program in Abingdon on Jan. 14, 2022. in order to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Jan 3, 2023
27 min
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