Athens News Matters: History of Banking

WUGA | By Chris Shupe

Published June 18, 2021 at 2:41 PM EDT

Since its creation in 2019, the website Athens Politics Nerd has been a go-to source for local politics and news.

Now, editor Chris Dowd is taking on an even bigger project – a 20-part history of banking in the US.

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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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