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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The Best of Pickin features the band Cadillac Sky who have been hailed as one of the greatest Progressive Bluegrass Bands ever. -
May is Motorcycle Safety Month. The Another View team welcomed two bikers about their love of this mode of transportation. Terry Witherspoon, The President of the Hampton Roads Chapter of the National Association of Buffalo Soldiers and Troopers and Janice Alexander, who at age 79 rides a three wheeler join host Barbara Hamm Lee for this week's program. -
On this week's Acoustic Highway, Foy Vance is features along with Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Logan Vath, and others. -
On this week’s Pickin on WHRV, we have a wide range of featured artists including music from The Three Tenors of Bluegrass-Mac Wiseman, Jim Silvers, and Bobby Osborne. -
Call mom, tell her how much you appreciate her, and tune in for this annual salute to those special ladies in our lives. -
The Best of Pickin’ continues its look at “Bands You Need to Know” with a look at Mountain Heart. -
Brandy Clark spoke with WHRO’s Barry Graham ahead of her Norfolk performance.
