Athens News Matters

Athens News Matters: January 31, 2020

WUGA | By Chris Shupe,

Alexia Ridley, Martin Matheny

Published January 31, 2020 at 1:56 PM EST

This week on Athens News Matters, hear:

A report on ACC Animal Services
Former State Representative Deborah Gonzalez talk about her running for District Attorney
WUGA’s panel discuss the week in news and politics
UGA professor Audrey Haynes talk about Georgia’s two upcoming U.S. Senate races
A GPB report on eating disorders in young children
A recent study on breastfeeding in the workplace
How the Oscar-nominated film “Joker” portrays mental illness
WUGA’s Chris Shupe discuss Elvis’s “Heartbreak Hotel,” which was released 64 years ago this week

Athens News Matters

Chris Shupe

Chris Shupe was the Program Director of WUGA from 2014-2022. Shupe may be best known as The Athens King, a tribute to Elvis Presley, which often included an 8 piece show band! After two years as a part-time announcer, Chris Shupe joined WUGA full time as the station’s Morning Edition Host and Assistant Operations Director. He was later promoted to PD in 2014.

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Alexia Ridley

Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!

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Martin Matheny

Martin Matheny was formerly WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which was heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He is now the Morning Edition Host for Delaware First Media.

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