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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) – Last week at the SOAR Summit in Pikeville, 11 projects across the region received grants totaling nearly $25 million. One project that received a share of those funds was Country Music Highway 23′s (CMH 23) new radio and television broadcasting studio at the Mountain Arts Center.
CMH 23, the MAC, and Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC) have partnered to bring more educational opportunities for those interested in entering the broadcasting industry. The $1 million grant will help equip the studio with state-of-the-art equipment for hands-on learning.
“It’s allowing people of all ages to get hands-on learning experience to learn what it is to help write and produce a show or radio programming,” said CMH 23 content creator and producer Jill Hamlin.
Hamlin is also the Associate Director of Fine…
