Matt Bingay
Executive Director and General ManagerMatt Bingay is the Executive Director and General Manager for WMRA and WEMC.
Matt began working for WMRA as a student at James Madison University in 1992. Except for a brief year at New Hampshire Public Radio in the mid 90's in Concord, Matt has spent the majority of his public radio career at WMRA. Matt took on the role of Executive Director in February 2017.
Over his 20+ years with the station, Matt has hosted every shift, produced numerous programs, assisted with national productions, hired and trained many producers and announcers, and works closely with every department at WMRA.
Matt is also an amateur guitarist, has played soccer since grade school, is always reading something (fiction and non-fiction), has a few marathons under his belt and loves living in the Shenandoah Valley.
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As part of WMRA’s partnership with StoryCorps in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia, we’re sharing a conversation today between sisters, Amy…
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Recorded on June 5th, 2021 as part of the WMRA StoryCorps in the Valley and Central Virginia partnership, we’re sharing a conversation between Christine…
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WMRA is currently partnering with StoryCorps in the Valley and Central Virginia to gather stories from our communities, and on the first day of recording,…
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Our May 11, 2021 WMRA Books & Brews featured three authors from, When the Center Does Not Hold: Leading in an Age of Polarization. The discussion focused…
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StoryCorps, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of people from all backgrounds and beliefs,…
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Our March 10, 2021 WMRA Books & Brews featured author Connor Towne O’Neill discussing his book, Down Along With That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with…
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Our January 27, 2021 WMRA Books & Brews featured author Mary Lyons, author of The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia,…
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At a time when most organizations were preparing to manage the holidays, WMRA scrambled to address an almost catastrophic failure on the main signal…
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Project Grows and WMRA host a discussion about the growing need for food literacy, with a focus on "Farm to School" programs in Staunton and…
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7pm, WMRA's Books & Brews features author Ed Ayers discussing his book, Southern Journey: The Migrations of the American…