Voice of the Blue Ridge carries round the world

Thanks to Art Menius of the IBMA for the news that the historic radio station WPAQ of Mount Airy, NC, the 'Voice of the Blue Ridge', began broadcasting on the World Wide Web last Thursday, 5 April. The station first went on air in 1948, testing its equipment by getting local bands to play. The great old-time fiddler Benton Flippen, now 86, was one of those original musicians; and on 5 April he launched the internet version of WPAQ with 'Bile 'em cabbage down', backed by Kevin Fore (banjo) and Trish Fore (guitar).

For more details and audio/visual material, see the article by Sherry Youngquist in the online edition of the Winston-Salem Journal at this link.