Benjamin Roe, WDAV-FM general manager. (WDAV photo)

Benjamin K. Roe has been general manager at Davidson College-based WDAV-FM since summer 2008. An award-winning producer and public radio executive, he has been working to transform the classical public radio station, even while managing through tough economic times. He recently talked to DavidsonNews.net‘s David Boraks about the station’s shift toward more locally produced programming, the growing importance of the Web, and about WDAV’s new Spanish-English program “Concierto.” He also talked about making the station a “voice and mirror” for the region, by producing programs from such regional music festivals as Spoleto, in Charleston, and Brevard in the N.C. mountains, and about gaining a national presence through the station’s first national syndication deal, “A Carolina Christmas,” airing on public stations nationwide this holiday.
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RELATED LINKS

WDAV website, WDAV.org

WDAV’s program website for the Spanish language program “Concierto,” www.concierto.org

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Aug. 7, 2009, “WDAV adds multimedia expertise.”

May 20, 2009, “WDAV goes to Spoleto Festival; listen on the air or online.”

Feb. 23, 2009, “People: New program for WDAV’s Stewart”

Dec. 11, 2008, “WDAV announces job cuts, adds corporate fund-raisers”

Nov. 7, 2008, “WDAV to resume pledge drive Nov. 13″

Oct. 8, 2008, “WDAV halts on-air campaign, cites economic worry”

June 27, 2008, “4-min. interview: Ben Roe, new head of WDAV-FM.”

June 24, 2008, “Public radio veteran to run WDAV.”