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WYSO Weekend: August 13, 2017

Welcome to your weekly radio magazine, WYSO Weekend.  In this program - an excerpt from a spectacular edition of A Country Ramble. Last Sunday night, August 6, 2017, long time music hosts on WYSO, Tom Duffy and Fred Bartenstein, spent two hours reminiscing and reflecting back 90 years to the birth of commercial country music. It all happened when the Carter Family and Jimmie Rogers got together for a series of recording sessions in Bristol, Virginia, now known as the Bristol sessions.

This summer, we’re bringing you stories of Ohioans living with disabilities. Today, we meet Darrell Dean, who works at a disability services organization in Dayton. As WYSO’s April Laissle explains, at first, Darrell struggled to find a job after he graduated from high school.

In WYSO Curious, we tackle a question asked by Talis Gage, who wanted to know why there aren't more African-American police officers in Dayton. WYSO Curious looked into the numbers and found that Dayton has a disproportionately small number of African-American officers. The city is 43% black, but only 8% of law enforcement is black. According to a USA Today investigation into 2010 census data, Dayton had the biggest racial gap in the country. Community Voices producer Jason Reynolds has found that the gap hasn’t changed.

Last Sunday evening on A Country Ramble, longtime WYSO music hosts, Tom Duffy and Fred Bartenstein spent two hours remembering an historic occasion 90 years ago: considered by most to mark the birth of commercial country music. It all happened when the Carter Family and Jimmie Rogers got together for a series of recording sessions in Bristol, Virginia. They are known as the Bristol sessions and we’re going to dedicate the rest of today’s program to a portion of the WYSO original broadcast from last Sunday.  From A Country Ramble here’s Tom Duffy, Fred Bartenstein and the Bristol Sessions. You can hear more old-time country music tonight with Tom Duffy at 6pm on WYSO.

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Jerry Kenney was introduced to WYSO by a friend and within a year of first tuning in became an avid listener and supporter. He began volunteering at the station in 1991 and began hosting Alpha Rhythms in February of 1992. Jerry joined the WYSO staff in 2007 as a host of All Things Considered and soon transitioned into hosting Morning Edition. In addition to now hosting All Things Considered, Jerry is the host and producer of WYSO Weekend, WYSO's weekly news and arts magazine. He has also produced several radio dramas for WYSO in collaboration with local theater companies. Jerry has won several Ohio AP awards as well as an award from PRINDI for his work with the WYSO news department. Jerry says that the best part of his job is being able to talk to people in the community and share their experiences with WYSO listeners.