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Athens News Matters: 10/23/2020

WUGA | By Chris Shupe,
Alexia Ridley, Martin Matheny
Published October 23, 2020 at 2:40 PM EDT

This week on Athens News Matters:

  • Joan Prittie, Executive Director of Project SAFE joins us for Domestic Violence Awareness Month and to tell us how we can help.
  • We sit down with Dr. Grace Gowda (UGA College of Pharmacy International Biomedical Regulatory Sciences Director) as she gives insight into the development of the COVID-19 vaccine.
  • Our panel discusses this week in news and politics.
  • We are joined by Dr. Benjamin Brainard (Director of Clinical Research at the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine Hospital) and Dr. Denise Weaver as they discuss how veterinary services have changed during the pandemic.
  • WUGA’s Alexia Ridley speaks with local podcaster Cameron Jay about the two-decades-old cold case of Tara Louise Baker.
  • Christina Foard and Mark Mobley join us to talk about the inspiration behind the “Imagination Squared: Pathways to Resilience” exhibit at the Lyndon House.
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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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