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WGXC Morning Show: Gali Greenspan, Kathy Sheehan, Peter Cook (Audio)

Apr 06, 2021

In the first hour, hear Rensselaer County Historian, Kathy Sheehan, speaks with WOOC's Melissa Bromley, about how her work at the Hart Cluett Museum has changed during the pandemic. And The Rev. Peter Cook, the Executive Director of the NYS Council of Churches, discusses the status of key issues such as raise taxes on the wealthy and the excluded workers fund in the NYS budget with WOOC's Mark Dunlea. In the second hour of the broadcast, host Tom Roe will speak with artist Gali Greenspan. Greenspan's solo show at HiLo gallery on Main Street in Catskill, showcases a body of work produced since relocating to Alfred in Allegany County, two years ago. "Vector and Waves in Owego" will be on view at HiLo through May 31. Plus, hear the weekly local COVID-19 news roundup from The River Newsroom.

The WGXC Morning Show is a radio magazine show featuring local news, interviews with community leaders and personalities, reports on cultural issues, a rundown of public meetings and local and regional events, with weather updates, and more about and for the community, made mostly through volunteers in the community through WGXC. The Catskill Makers Syndicate produce the "Better Weather" for the show. Rob Gelles produces the Columbia County history segment "Rob Around The County" and "This Month in History" for the show. Julia Joern produced the "Hudson Valley Word of Mouth" interview segment each week. The "WGXC Congressional Report" also airs here. Some reports come from our partner station, WOOC-LP in Troy, out of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Tom Roe also cuts up local and national news with songs and sounds for the show. At 9 a.m. "The WGXC Daily," with local headlines, weather, and previews of community events, airs. At 10 a.m., national headlines from Public News Service are on WGXC. Sometimes national, state, or local press conferences, meetings, or events are broadcast live here.