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WGXC Morning Show: Jen Benson (Audio)
In the second hour of the broadcast, a conversation with Riverkeeper Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator Jen Benson about the 10th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep scheduled for Sat., May 1. The Sweep is Riverkeeper's annual day of service for the Hudson River and its tributaries. Volunteers are invited to participate by joining a shoreline cleanup, invasive species removal, tree-planting projects, and more.
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.