Series: The Local Option - Features

Produced by WMPG

WMPG's The Local Option is like a mix tape for Portland. It's the greatest radio from PRX with a local twist. Every week, Kerry Seed curates an exciting mix of the best English language radio from around the world, focusing the stories on what is happening in Portland, Maine.

These features were produced at WMPG in Portland, Maine.


4 pieces

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The Local Option - Sounds of Beirut
Series: The Local Option - Features
From WMPG
Rayya Haddad talks about life in Beirut during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and CKMO


  • Added: Jul 27, 2006
  • Length: 00:07:00
  • Licenses: 2
Juvenile Sentencing
Series: The Local Option - Features
From WMPG
The day juvenile offenders are committed to the care of the state is a day none of them will ever forget.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 00:05:10
The Silver Leaf Gospel Singers
Series: The Local Option - Features
From WMPG
Hear the Silver Leaf Gospel Singers perform "It's in My Mind, Lord I'll Overcome Someday" at NAACP Portland's 2006 MLK Jr. Gospel Concert. The perf...

Bought by KFAI and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jan 28, 2006
  • Length: 00:09:21
  • Licenses: 2
Poverty On Trial
Series: The Local Option - Features
From WMPG
WMPG producer Jessica Lockhart reports back from Portland's first ever Economic Human Rights Truth Commission, sponsored by Portland Organizing to ...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2006
  • Length: 00:08:07