Legendary Del McCoury on Pickin

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published April 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM EDT

Pickin on WHRV features Bluegrass great Del McCoury on this week's program. McCoury played with Bill Monroe for a time as a member of the famed "Bluegrass Boys." He also played the honky-tonks of Baltimore and helped establish the Northern Virgini/Washington DZC region as a hotbed for Bluegrass fans. He was won countless IBMA awards and honors and also has taken home two Grammy Awards. He has his own festival "Delfest" named after him. Del McCoury is a national treasure. Tune in for a two-hour tribute to one the greats of the genre. Pickin airs Sunday at 7 on WHRV.

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Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.

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