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Athens News Matters: February 7, 2020

WUGA | By Chris Shupe,
Alexia Ridley, Martin Matheny
Published February 7, 2020 at 2:20 PM EST

This week on Athens News Matters, hear: 

  • How local businesses and community leaders are trying to bring a national carrier to Ben Epps Airport

  • An interview with the Cedar Shoals High School student journalists who broke the story that recent Board of Education appointee Antwon Stephens didn’t graduate from CSHS

  • The director of the UGA Institute for Disaster Management discuss the coronavirus outbreak

  • UGA researchers on their quest to develop compostable plastics

  • UGA freshmen who ditched the dining hall in favor of their own kitchens

  • Statistician Nicole Lazar on the true significance of statistical significance

  • An introduction to wine with The Expat’s sommelier, Krista Slater
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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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