Welcome to WYSO Weekend - our weekly radio magazine. On today’s program, two stories about local radio. We’ll also hear Dayton Youth Radio and climate commentary from Bob Brecha with the University of Dayton. See full program details below.
- Now living in exile, Turkish newspaper executive, Abdülhamit Bilici is will be in Dayton as part of the Dayton Council on World Affairs Speakers Series. Bilici's talk, entitled Freedom of Press and Democracy, will outline recent political turmoil and government oppression of the media in Turkey. In this interview with WYSO, he provides some details on what has happened to media outlets in Turkey and how he's dealing with his exile.
- On Rediscovered Radio we meet a legendary Yellow Springs disc jockey. Music programs have been a mainstay on WYSO since it began broadcasting nearly sixty years ago. Community Voices producer Jocelyn Robinson takes us back now…to the 1960s.
- WBZI in Xenia is a classic country radio station with a large, loyal listening base - so large that they have 3 AM and 2 FM signals broadcasting across Southwest Ohio. They play old school bluegrass, country, and gospel. But they also keep their listeners up-to-date with news, stock, and farm reports. Their brand of classic country radio is both timeless and current. And it's been gaining popularity. Community Voices producer Jason Reynolds has the story.
- Today on Dayton Youth Radio, we have a story from the Miami Valley School about a teenager looking for stable ground in relationships and in life.
- After World War II, American industry grew rapidly, leading to not only unprecedented wealth and a growing middle class, but also to serious negative effects on the environment. As industry and population expanded, we learned through poisoned rivers and unbreathable air that there are limits to the capacity of the environment to absorb our waste. The Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970 with strong bipartisan support for efforts to remediate heavily polluted urban air and waterways across the country. The EPA is now facing severe cuts under the Trump administration's proposed budget.
