The Reader’s Notebook: Merle Travis

November 29, 2017 — Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His song’s…

By Greg Jenkins

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November 29, 2017

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November 29, 2017 — Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His song’s lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners.

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Greg Jenkins

Operations Director

Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.

The Reader’s Notebook: Merle Travis

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