Author: Dave Mistich

These Two Mountain Stage Performances Encapsulate Nelson Mandela's Rise to Prominence

With the passing of the anti-Aparthied revolutionary and former South African President Nelson Mandela, we wanted to connect you to how West Virginia played a small part in another famous South African’s fight for Mandela’s rise to international prominence.  

Legendary South African musician Hugh Masekela  performed for the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta crowd gathered for Mountain Stage on September 3, 1989. Masekela performed his song “Bring Him Back Home,” an anthem of the movement to free Mandela from prison.

When Masekela returned to play Mountain Stage on May 8, 1994, the battle cry had turned into a celebratory hymn. Two days after that appearance, Masekela performed the song at Mandela’s inauguration as the President of South Africa.
 

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Masekela performs the same song on May 8, 1994 on Mountain Stage.

WVU Moves to Find a New President, A Company Bids to House W.Va. Prisoners Out of State, & More

West Virginia University’s Board of Governors approves two motions to find a replacement for soon-to-be departing President Jim Clements, a private company bids to house the state’s prisoners at an out of state facility, a preview on this weekend’s high school football championship games, and Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott perform “It All Comes Down to Love” on this Mountain Stage song of the week.

Mountain Stage at 30: A Radio Retrospective

For 30 years and with over 800 episodes, Mountain Stage has been a mainstay in public radio and American music.

Like anything that evolves into a lasting endeavor, Mountain Stage’s success is part happenstance mixed with years of dedication and hard work. Truly, though, it all comes down to the people who made the show possible coming together with a shared vision.

In this hour-long radio special, you’ll hear how the show came to be, its rise to a national program, and examine what it is that makes Mountain Stage mean so much to the artists who have performed on the show and the audience it reaches.

PROs help keep schools safe, more on the recent Center for Public Integrity black lung investigation

  Two stories that examine the critical role of Prevention Resource Officers in schools and what they do to keep students safe and a conversation with The Center for Public Integrity’s Chris Hamby, who investigated the handling of cases involving black lung disease.

Marshall football unveils helmet to honor victims of 1970 place crash

Marshall’s football team will wear the number 75 on its helmets at its next game in memory of the victims of the 1970 team’s plane crash. Marshall (6-3, 4-1 Conference USA) plays at Tulsa (2-7, 1-4) on Thursday night. Thursday is the anniversary of the Nov. 14, 1970 crash just short of Tri-State Airport near Huntington. The crash killed 75 people.

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