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Athens News Matters: Possibility of Coronavirus Case Spikes Post-Memorial Day, Protests

It's been a tumultuous past couple of weeks, but an unfortunate constant has been the coronavirus pandemic. We check in with UGA College of Public Health professor Grace Bagwell Adams on how safe it is to protest, the state of our local healthcare infrastructure and whether we’re about to see a post-Memorial Day spike.

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.