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
What’s On Air Now? (and coming up)
Morning Devotions
Triumphant Truth
Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee
What's New From WPAQ?
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Born on this day…..the composer of “That Good Ole Mountain Dew” Bascom Lunsford.
Winners 51st Annual Mount Airy Bluegrass and Old Time Fiddlers Convention!
Adult Dance: 1. Nathan Vargo, 2. Aaron Ratcliffe, 3. Bridgette Rue, 4. Jane Henderson, 5. Brian Ferguson
Bluegrass Band: 1. The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee, 2.Harrison Ridge 3.The Biscuit Eaters 4. New River Line 5. Clay & Lew Etc
Bluegrass Youth Band: North Bound 85
Old Time Bands: 1. Get Down Boys 2. Slate Mountain Ramblers 3.Natha Vargo & Shock Doctrine 4. The Wildcats 5. Green Hill Ramblers
Bluegrass Banjo: 1 Trevor Holder, 2. Aiden Young, 3. David Robinson 4. Travis Watts 5. Frankie Key
Bluegrass Fiddle: 1. Ella Thomas, 2. AJ Srubas, 3.Lake Carver, 4.John Hoffman, 5.Kameron Nunn
Guitar: 1.Chad Harrison, 2.Cody McGrady, 3.Laura Mayfield, 4.Scott Patrick, 5. Elijah Bulman
Bass: 1. John Foggleman, 2. Brian McDowell, 3.Barbara Bowman, 4. Bronwyn Chelette, 5. Nevea Coffey
Autoharp: 1. Penny Kilby, 2. Mason Winfree
Dulcimer: 1. Phylis Gaskins, 2.Gail Webber, 3.Sherri Hill, 4.Lisa Poole
Dobro: 1.Allen Surface, 2.Keith Aiken, 3. Donnie Scott, 4.Charlie Milliron, 5.Freida Penzer
Old Time Banjo: 1.Jared Boyd, 2. Trish Fore, 3.Nancy Sluys, 4. Jacob Holder, 5. Evie Ladin
Old Time Fiddle: 1. Billy Hurt, 2. Andrew Small, 3. Connor Vleistra, 4. Nathaniel Vargo, 5. Raistlin Branson
Mandolin: 1. Alex Merideth, 2. Ricky Ellis, 3. Todd Hiatt, 4. Tom Mindte, 5. Luke Little
Youth Guitar: 1.Tae Childress (*also Most Promising), 2. Immanuel Roberts, 3.Judah Davis, 4. Elijah Smith, 5. Cyrus Gulion
Youth Bass: 1. Coley Palmer, 2. Harvey Baker
Youth Old Time Fiddle: 1. Ola Moucke, 2. Sam Wilkerson, 3.Silas Wilkerson, .4.Hunter Hiatt, 5. Finton McGrath
Youth Bluegrass Fiddle: 1.Hollace Oakes, 2. Benjamin Ferranti, 3.Whitney Thorton, 4. Lucy Smith, 5. Alexander Ferranti
Youth Old Time Banjo: 1.Bayla Davis, 2. Wrenn Hello, 3.Margo McSweeny, 4.William Muckel, 5.Everly Davis
Youth Mandolin: 1. Sarah Roberts, 2.Blaine Young, 3. Emma Davis, 4. Emilyn Rogers
Youth Bluegrass Banjo: 1.Josiah Wilkerson, 2.Malachi Bulman, 3.
Candace Noah, 4.Porter Cornett
Youth Dance: 1. Candace Noah, 2. Pelle Hello, 3. Margo McSweeney, 4.Misha McSweeney, 5.Levi Head
Youth Folk Song: 1. Maggie Wilkerson, 2. Hollace Oakes, 3. Gabriella Rogers, 4.Bayla Davis 5.Levi Head
Congratulations to all! We apologize in advance for any misspelled names.
It was a pleasure to have Evie Ladin as our guest yesterday on the Merry Go Round! Evie is in from California and performing in our area this week. Today (Sunday) she will be performing for The Fiddle & Bow Society at Footnote in Winston Salem, and she’ll be giving a banjo workshop at the The Floyd Country Store on Wednesday followed by a concert! You can find out more about Evie, her music, and scheduled performances at her website www.evieladin.com.Evie Ladin is coming to The Floyd Country Store on Wednesday, June 7 at 5:00 PM!
Banjo player, singer, songwriter, percussive-dancer, choreographer and square-dance caller, Evie Ladin grew up steeped in traditional folk music/dance, and brings a contemporary vision to her compositions and choreography. Evie’s performances, recordings and teaching reconnect Appalachian music/dance with other African-Diaspora traditions, and have been heard from A Prairie Home Companion to Lincoln Center, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass to Celtic Connections, Brazil to Bali.
Learn more here: www.floydcountrystore.com/event/evie-ladin-live-2023-06-07
Tickets available here: aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/3px8p18j1k
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