Press Room

Contact:  Barbara Hamm Lee, WHRO Corporate Communications, 757.889.9107

• MEDIA PARTNERS JOIN WHRO TO ADDRESS DROP OUT CRISIS AS PART OF AMERICAN GRADUATE: LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN
  Coordinated Activities Culminate in March 28th Teacher Town Hall (March 19, 2012)

• WHRO TO AIR DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HAMPTON ROADS' DROPOUT ISSUE
  Challenging Circumstances: The Dropout Epidemic to air on March 26th as part of American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen, a national effort to help students stay in school. (March 19, 2012)

• PBS AND WHRO ARTS SUMMER FESTIVAL 2012 KICKS OFF JUNE 29 (January 4, 2012)

• WHRO NAMES CRITIC TO REPRISE THEATRE, CONCERT, OPERA REVIEWS
  Segments to be available on WHRO 90.3FM and podcasts on whro.org (November 22, 2011)

• WHRO DOCUMENTARY HONORED BY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
  Code Switching earns Salute to Excellence Award from NABJ (August 8, 2011)

• National Survey Finds 69 Percent of Voters Oppose Congressional Elimination of Government Funding for Public Broadcasting (March 1, 2011)

• WHRO Receives RADM Ben Hacker Literacy Award from The Literacy Partnership (February 28, 2011)

• DOUG WEISS JOINS WHRO AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (January 18, 2011)

• WHRV ANNOUNCER WINS JOHN T. HANNA AWARD
  Sondra Woodward honored for morning drive time traffic reports (November 19, 2010)

• SUSAN DeSHAZO JOINS WHRO/WHRV TEAM
  Will produce WHRV's award winning HearSay with Cathy Lewis (September 17, 2010)

• WHRO HONORED BY VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS
  Television and Radio Documentaries Receive Top Awards (June 30, 2010)

• WHRO PRESENTS GEDDY AWARDS TO AREA SCHOOLS
  Schools Honored for Integration of Technology into Classrooms (June 8, 2010)

• WHRO RECEIVES 4-STAR RATING FROM CHARITY NAVIGATOR
  Recognition comes from leading charity evaluator in America (June 4, 2010)
  

• WHRO HR DIRECTOR ELECTED TO NATIONAL BOARD
  Sherby Wilks to join board of Public Broadcasting Management Association (March 15, 2010)

• WHRO RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD FOR EDUCATION INNOVATION
  National Educational Telecommunications Association presents Education Center Enterprise Innovation Award (January 20, 2010)

• WHRO, AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE AREA EDUCATION GRANT
  Public Broadcaster and partners to develop online high school (January 15, 2010)

• WHRO PRODUCTIONS CHOSEN FOR NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
  What Matters program about Doumar's to be offered by National Educational Telecommunications Association (January 11, 2010)

• AWARD-WINNING NASA TV SHOW TO AIR ON WHRO PUBLIC TELEVISION  (January 7, 2010)

• WHRO/WHRV RADIO COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN SHATTERS FUNDRAISING RECORD
  Contributions resulted in an unprecedented $522,000 (November 2, 2009)

• WHRO TO OPEN SATELLITE OFFICE, STUDIO IN WILLIAMSBURG
  Public Broadcaster to expand radio signal, presence in Middle Peninsula (June 17, 2009)

• WHRO TO PRESENT GEDDY AWARD TO AREA SCHOOLS ON JUNE 9, 2009
  Schools Honored for Integration of Technology into Classrooms (June 1, 2009)

• WHRV HD-3 TO OFFER LIVE VIDEO STREAM
  OF A LOCAL RADIO PROGRAM
  June 7th Webcast is first of its kind offered to Hampton Roads listeners (June 1, 2009)

• ANTHONY McSPADDEN JOINS WHRO 90.3FM STAFF
  Broadcast veteran to produce, host Afternoon Delights classical music program (April 3, 2009)

• THIS AMERICAN LIFE  RETURNS TO HAMPTON ROADS’ THEATERS
  ON APRIL 23RD AT 8PM
  Popular WHRV Public Radio Program Features Host Ira Glass (March 23, 2009)

• Hunter at Sunrise Returns March 1!
  Will be available on radioNtenna (WHRV 89.5FM HD3) and online (February 18, 2009)

• DANNY EPPERSON JOINS WHRO STAFF
  Local broadcast veteran to produce HearSay, What Matters (February 4, 2009)

• WHRO RECEIVES GRANT FROM ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
  Public Broadcaster one of twenty-one recipients awarded grants from a new initiative (January 29, 2009)

• WHRO NAMES COLLEEN INGRAHAM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
  Controller to take over financial leadership role (January 29, 2009)

• WHRO TV TO BROADCAST NORFOLK 17: THEIR STORY
  ON FEBRUARY 2ND AT 9PM
  Documentary will air on the 50th anniversary of desegregation (January 20, 2009)

• WHRO TV TO PREMIERE ANOTHER VIEW ON FEBRUARY 5TH
  Weekly Program addresses issues specific to African American community (January 20, 2009)