{"id":65315,"date":"2026-02-12T07:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65315"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:22:36","slug":"world-radio-day-kentuckys-real-people-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/world-radio-day-kentuckys-real-people-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"World Radio Day: Kentucky\u2019s Real People Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A new documentary from the BBC, produced by SWLing Post<\/em> friend and contributor David Goren and presented by Maria Margaronis, is now available to listen to online.<\/p>\n

Kentucky\u2019s Real People Radio<\/em><\/a>, from The Documentary<\/strong> Podcast<\/strong>, visits WMMT in Whitesburg, Kentucky, a small community radio station known locally as \u201cPossum Radio,\u201d which serves coalfield communities in Appalachia and now faces an uncertain future amid potential cuts to public funding. The programme explores why community stations like WMMT matter more than ever, providing trusted local information, emergency alerts, and a rare platform for voices often unheard in national media.<\/p>\n

You can listen to the full documentary, with embedded audio, on BBC Sounds here:
\nhttps:\/\/www.bbc.com\/audio\/play\/p0n0g9f2<\/a><\/p>\n

Update: If you don’t have a BBC account and can’t access the recording above, they also make the recording available via this link<\/a>, which I’ll also embed below:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/open.live.bbc.co.uk\/mediaselector\/6\/redir\/version\/2.0\/mediaset\/audio-nondrm-download\/proto\/https\/vpid\/p0n0fwgg.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new documentary from the BBC, produced by SWLing Post friend and contributor David Goren and presented by Maria Margaronis, is now available to listen to online. Kentucky\u2019s Real People Radio, from The Documentary Podcast, visits WMMT in Whitesburg, Kentucky, a small community radio station known locally as \u201cPossum Radio,\u201d which serves coalfield communities in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3781,3],"tags":[104,3854,174,1384,11035],"class_list":["post-65315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-news","tag-bbc","tag-community-radio","tag-david-goren","tag-fm-radio","tag-wmmt"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gZt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55677,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/bbc-world-service-documentary-world-wide-waves-23-the-sounds-of-community-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":65315,"position":0},"title":"BBC World Service Documentary: \u201cWorld Wide Waves ’23: The sounds of community radio\u201d","author":"Thomas","date":"February 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"In celebration of the upcoming World Radio Day 2023, our friend David Goren has produced another amazing World Wide Waves episode with Maria Margaronis presenting. 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