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    Community Archiving Profile: Hazard County, KY area photos archived by radio station WSGS

    By Ariel Fugate, Mountain Association for Community and Economic Development (MACED) This article appeared in the Volume 1, Issue 2 Fall 2019 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. Radio station WSGS, based in Perry County, Kentucky, is working to preserve memories of the Hazard, Kentucky, area through a developing a photo archive. Shane Sparkman, one of the owners of the radio station, WSGS, started the “Flashback” program on the radio because he has an interest in Hazard history.  “Flashback” references something that happened on a particular day in history in East Kentucky. Shane also began developing an archive of historical photos…

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