Coalition on WV Public Radio Thursday (Feb. 8)!
West Virginia Public Radio devoted more than seven minutes of news air time today to a report on TrAIL and the Capon Valley Coalition opposition to it.
That link to the WV Public Radio news room will probably disappear soon, so we have copied the entire entry below. (Click on the speaker icon to hear the report.)
Hampshire County group protests power line - 2/08
By Cecelia Mason
Allegheny Power, and Dominion Power in VA, want to run a high-voltage power line through parts of PA, VA, MD, and WV. The companies say that significant growth in VA is straining the power grid that serves the region. The line would begin south of Pittsburgh and continue west of Morgantown through Preston, Grant, Hardy, and Hampshire counties. The line has already generated a lot of controversy in VA. Now, opposition is building in WV. (7:09)
MORNING UPDATE: Early reports from CVC members who heard the broadcast say it went very well. We are encouraging WV Public Radio to post the interview on its Web site.
ORIGINAL REPORT (Written Wednesday night, Feb. 7): West Virginia Public Radio will broadcast an interview with ten of your fellow CVC members on Thursday, Feb. 8, between 7:30 and 8 a.m. The interview was conducted Monday in the home of Bill and Lynn Golemon of Yellow Spring, WV. (Sorry for the late notice. One more reason to check the Web site every night before you go to bed.)Listeners to our statewide network will gain insight into Allegheny Power’s short-sighted plans for an unnecessary power line that will bring harm to the state and region’s economy and severely impact our environment AND our health for generations to come. Thank you, Bill & Lynn Golemon, Eddie & Ginnie Brill of Capon Springs & Farm, Jim Mathison, Tami & Rob Pohle, County Commissioner Steve Slonaker, Bob Flanagan and retired County Commissioner Grady Bradfield. Our own Tami & Rob Pohle simultaneously videotaped the interview so there is a possibility that West Virginia Public Television will air a segment with their footage.
TUNE IN and also call or email West Virginia Public Radio to thank them for this important radio coverage – ESPECIALLY, if you miss the show you can still call to thank them. If WVPR hears from everyone of us about this radio segment they will realize that a TV segment is needed. We will try to have a link on our website soon to allow you to hear the interview as broadcast.
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TOGETHER WE’RE GETTING THE WORD OUT, FOLKS!!
Every call you make, every letter you write, every friend or neighbor you share your views with will help you and CVC keep our valley and our way of life intact for future generations.
Please keep those petitions coming in.
Find the WV Public Radio station nearest you at www.wvpubcast.org.
