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Athens News Matters for January 7, 2022

WUGA | By Chris Shupe,

Published January 7, 2022 at 2:25 PM EST

This week on Athens News Matters, public health expert Grace Bagwell Adams joins Martin Matheny to discuss the surge of the Omicron Variant in the United States and our community. ACC District 3 Commissioner Melissa Link joins the team to talk about how the county is responding to the COVID surge as well as the year ahead as we approach the third year of the pandemic. GPB's Ellen Eldridge has a story on a positive impact of COVID-19. A story on a new historical tour in Savannah that would be worth the trip, and our panel breaks down this week in news and politics.

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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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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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