Signal Slugfest: WPVM charts a new course

Volume
22
/ Issue
15

Cover Design Credit:

Elizabeth Bates
Local-led, volunteer-run radio station WPVM, 103.7 FM, has changed ownership from the Mountain Area Information Network to a new group, Friends of WPVM. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. Xpress explores the station’s troubled history and how it’s charting a new course.

arts

food

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    -by Liisa Andreassen
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    -by Jonathan Ammons
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    -by Jesse Farthing
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    -by Kat McReynolds
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living

movies

  • Screen scene: Local film news

    -by Edwin Arnaudin
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