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  • WPAQ to celebrate 75 years with free concert in Mt Airy

    January 25, 2023 | by John Lawless

    WPAQ radio in Mt Airy, NC is celebrating 75 years on the air, broadcasting old time, roots, gospel, and bluegrass music in north central North Carolina, with a free concert on February 4 at the Earle Theatre in downtown Mount

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  • WPAQ radio celebrates 74 years in Mt Airy, NC

    February 7, 2022 | by Laura Ridge

    Goodfellers at the WPAQ 74th anniversary celebration - photo by Laura Tate Photography This past Saturday, February 5, WPAQ 740 AM radio in Mt. Airy, NC celebrated its 74th anniversary on the air, broadcasting bluegrass, old time, and Gospel music in

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  • South Carolina Broadcasters sign with John Boy & Billy

    August 17, 2015 | by John Lawless

    The South Carolina Broadcasters are bringing their unique style of primitive bluegrass and old time music to the John Boy & Billy record label. The group, which interestingly is from North Carolina, consists of David Sheppard, Andy Edmonds, and Ivy Sheppard

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  • Behind The Mic with Tim Frye

    July 11, 2014 | by John Curtis Goad

    In the 1940s and 50s, bluegrass music could be heard on radio stations all over the country, with many offering live performances and playing host to regular shows by Flatt and Scruggs, The Stanley Brothers, Jim and Jesse, and the

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