WPAQ: Your Home For Bluegrass & Old-Time String Music!
Tune in online, or at 106.7 FM / 740 AM- On Groundhog Day, 1948 people living around Mount Airy, North Carolina tuned their radios to 740 on the AM dial. After months of anticipation and excitement, they heard the first radio station their area could call its own.
- WPAQ presents a combination of bluegrass, old time and gospel music, plus religious programs not too removed from the original 1948 offerings.
- Live music by local musicians is presented each Saturday on WPAQ’s Merry-Go-Round program.
Merry-Go-Round
Schedule
Live Radio Broadcast
Every Saturday from 11 am to 1:30 pm at the Historic Earle Theatre, Downtown Mount Airy, NC
Robert Tilley & the Hardtimes Band and Johnny Johnson & the Hardtimes Band
What’s On Air Now? (and coming up)
Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee
Northside Baptist Church WS Broadcast
The Old Trailblazer Broadcast
What's New From WPAQ?
Looking forward to a fun Saturday! Gap Civil plays 11am on the Merry Go Round and Saturday night at the Alleghany Jubilee...hope to see you on the dance floor!
December officially starts tomorrow! Check out some of our big holiday events - we have everything from ornament making, classic and original Christmas plays, and of course meeting Santa at Open House!
On Sunday, we are kicking off the holidays with our free Christmas Open House and Christmas Pysanky Egg Workshop on December 3rd.
December 8th and 9th, a one of a kind original production, Christmas with The Browns is performed.
Finally, the classic 'It's A Wonderful Life' is brought to life on stage from December 15th - 17th. Make sure you don't miss out on any of the amazing fun!
🎅 Our Christmas Open House is FREE to the public and takes place December 3rd from 1 pm to 4 pm! Santa will be here for photos, and there is a station for kids to make letters to Santa to hand to him personally! Families can also come out to explore the museum, enjoy cookies and cider, hear live music, make ornaments and crafts in our craft area, and there will even be a winter wonderland themed play area for the kids.
🎀 Our Christmas Pysanky Egg Workshop is also on December 3rd from 1 pm to 4 pm. This class is for any skill level, and you will enjoy using traditional dying methods, tools, and even wax to make stunning holiday patterns onto eggs! Then your instructor will walk you through turning them into an ornament that can be passed down for generations.
The class is limited so please reserve your spot in advance! Tickets are only $20 for members and $35 for nonmembers, and this includes up to two ornaments you can take home, all of the dyes and materials needed, and even patterns and more information on the craft you can keep.
🎼 December 8th and 9th at 7 PM don't miss out on seeing Holiday with The Browns! This is a locally produced show from J.J. Brown Productions, where Jennifer and Mark Brown along with a group of friends help spread some Christmas cheer! This fun and quirky 1950s-style musical review is set in the tropical home of Jennifer and Mark Brown, and they have their work cut out for them as they try to get cranky Mark into the holiday spirit. Tickets are $15 for ages 14+, $10 for ages 4-13, and free for children 3 and under. No live show is complete without your popcorn and a cold drink - our concessions stand will be open before the show!
❄️Finally, This Christmas here at the museum we are having a live radio play of It's A Wonderful Life! This show will run December 15th - 17th, Friday and Saturday evening at 7 PM, and a Sunday matinee will be performed at 2 PM. Enjoy kicking back with your popcorn and having this classic movie brought to life in our historic museum decorated with holiday style! This show begins our winter series of Cherry Orchard Theater at The Museum plays where we partner with the local The Cherry Orchard Theatre as well as several wonderful local actors, writers, and others to create one of a kind shows. Tickets are available now for only $20, and of course we will have concessions for sale!
To purchase tickets for museum workshops and shows, please contact the us at 336-786-4478 or you can book online through our website, www.northcarolinamuseum.org (Book Upcoming Special Event).
This Friday night the Bears travel to take on #1 seed Robbinsville for the 1A West title. Listen live Friday, 7pm, the John L. Gravitte, DDS, PA pregame show starts at 7, 106.7fm, 740am, www.wpaq740.com
Join us for the Merry Go Round this Saturday with Gap Civil and Rain Check Bluegrass Band, live at The Historic Earle Theatre & Old-Time Music Heritage Hall, in Downtown Mount Airy, or listen locally at 740am, 106.7fm, and www.wpaq740.com
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10,000 Watts of AM Coverage – Listening tests indicate a receivable signal throughout area shown. Reports from many parts of North Carolina and Virginia, as well as from West Virginia and Tennessee, confirm the vast coverage of the WPAQ Clear Channel Signal. Station operates with one thousand Watts for approximately 1 ½ hours after sunrise and before sunset. (FM operates at full power 24 hours per day)
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