Jerry Kenney

Full episode of WYSO Weekend for November 13, 2011 containing the following stories:

-Jerry Kenney reports on a comic book project focused on local veterans.

-Emily McCord interviews Antioch University Chancellor Toni Murdock.  On November 3, 2011 Antioch University announced that Murdock is retiring, effective June of 2012.

A small group of veterans has been getting some extra attention lately.  Their stories have been made into a comic book.  WYSO’s Jerry Kenney reports on how it all started.

Charlie Bath enlisted in the Army in 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor.   For four years, he proudly served as a wire chief in the signal corps.  That job involved running telephone wire all over France and Germany.  Charlie was the guy who could climb, so that’s what he did – climbed poles, often checking for live wires by hitting them with a wrench.

Full episode of WYSO Weekend for November 6, 2011 containing the following stories:

-Jerry Kenney reports on Kettering Fairmont High School's 4th Annual A Cappella Festival

-Jerry Kenney interviews Jay Tieber about the Ohio Liberty Film Festival

-Emily McCord interviews Johnathon Gallienne, a member of Occupy Dayton, about the protests on Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton.

On Saturday November 12th, Kettering Fairmont High will host the 4th annual A Cappella Festival.  These events are springing up around the country but Fairmont believes they are blazing the trail.  Brody McDonald is the Choir Director at Fairmont - a job he's held for 13 years. The job has its challenges.

Full episode of WYSO Weekend for October 30, 2011 containing the following stories:

-Jerry Kenney interviews local lung cancer survivor Sara Jane Whitlock and Suzanne Albers from Free to Breathe Dayton

-Antioch Writers' Workshop Faculty Reading: Matthew Goodman

-In honor of Halloween, 3 scary stories from local horror hosts originally featured on the Halloween episode of Kaleidoscope