Barry Graham
Host, Pickin' and Acoustic HighwayBarry 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.
After retiring from teaching in 2016, Barry came on board full time as the mid-day host and producer of the Educationally Speaking and Writer's Block podcasts. He also crafts the Sunday evening folk music programming and hosts both Pickin' on WHRV and Acoustic Highway. When not at the station, Barry enjoys experiencing city life by kicking around his Ghent neighborhood.
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Pundits weigh in on The National Guard Deployment, The Virginia Governor's Race, the availability of the Covid-19 vaccine, and other current issues -
How to have a conversation about protection and processing emotions with kids in an era of school shootings -
Burns has a new release out entitled "Southern Sky" -
Parr has a new release entitled "Anti- Everything" -
Dr. Elias Zerhouni and Dr. Keith Newby are guests -
The Lost Notebooks release features tracks by Rodney Crowell, Jack White, Bob Dylan and others -
Also, actor and two-time Oscar Nominee Djimon Hounsou discusses the commemoration of the 1619 landing of the first African Americans at Port Comfort -
Bluegrass jam bands helped to redefine the genre -
Roger Chesley, Wil Laveist, Bill Thomas, and Eric Claville join Barbara Hamm Lee in a look at the latest news headlines -
Legendary Quartet released three albums between 1985 and 1995
