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Athens News Matters: Staff's holiday playlist!

WUGA | By Kate Regan,

Cathy Bradberry, Julianne Akers, Alexia Ridley, Martin Matheny

Published December 9, 2022 at 3:13 PM EST

It’s that time of year again, when thoughts turn to gathering around the tree, lighting the candles, and singing along to the Athens News Matters team’s favorite holiday songs. We’ll share our most-loved festive music to help you deck the halls (or deck your radio, if one of us chooses that barking dog song).

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Kate Regan

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Cathy Bradberry

Cathy joined WUGA in 2017 as Business Manager. She comes from South Carolina Public Radio with over a decade experience, having worked as production manager for multiple national programs, host of a daily program and traffic manager for a statewide radio network.

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Julianne Akers

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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 is 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 is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.

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