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Coming up on Triad Arts Up Close: Piedmont Opera: Valentine's Day Concert \| February 9th \| Piedmont Opera conductor, tenor and educator Jamie Allbritten gives TAUC listeners a sneak peak at the Piedmont Opera's afternoon of love songs and arias. \| Read more
Triad Arts Up Close: UNCSA Drama School: Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Rock Musical \| February 8th \| TAUC host David Ford talks about this hip, modern riff on Shakespeare with UNCSA Drama School alumnus Director Matt Cowart and Music Director Darren Ledbetter. \| Read more
Dave Holland Announces New Album, Band, Internet \| NPR \| New music from Holland is always good news. But today's revelations are great news. Not only is the veteran bassist and composer announcing a new album, Pathways, with a new band, the Dave Holland Octet — he's also launching a new Web site built with the direct-to-fan platform Topspin. Read more
Mahalia Jackson: Voice Of The Civil Rights Movement \| NPR \| The gospel singer was born about 100 years ago in New Orleans, and when she was 16, she traveled the well-worn path up the Mississippi to Chicago. Beginning in the 1940s, she was one of the first singers to take gospel out of the church, drawing white audiences and selling millions of records. In the process, she inspired generations of singers. Windows Media RealAudio

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Warning: Black Ice Weather officials are warning motorists to watch out for black ice this morning. WFDD's LeShea Agnew has more. read more >>
Thousands in the Dark Across the State The remnants of Friday's Winter storm in the Triad is still being felt by thousands. Duke Energy is reporting more than 64,000 outages across our state and one county is in a State of Emergency. read more >>
Iran Takes Next Step In Uranium Enrichment
Iran said Monday it will begin enriching uranium to a higher grade than it has in the past. The U.S. and its partners say they are left with few options than to try to tighten the financial screws over Iran's suspected nuclear weapons ambitions. Enthusiasm For Winter Games Falling In Vancouver Critics Worry About Shanghai Expo's Legacy Iran's Nuclear 'Good-Cop, Bad-Cop' Routine

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The Business Report | Friday, February 5, 2010 | There's a growing disparity in the Triad. The Business Journal's Justin Catanoso explains it to WFDD's Kathryn Mobley.

The Business Report | Friday, January 29, 2010 | In WFDD's Business Report...one Triad hospital wants to grow some more while many developers in our state are leary of a federal stimulus plan. WFDD's Kathryn Mobley and the Business Journal's Steve Ivey have more.

Boeing Engineer Gets 15 Years In Economic Espionage | NPR | A Chinese-born engineer convicted in the United States' first economic espionage trial was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for stealing sensitive information on the U.S. space program with the intent of passing it to China. Read more

Japan Braces For More Recalls From Toyota | NPR | The Japanese press report Toyota is considering even more recalls. This time the recalls would involve 2010 Prius and the Lexus and Sai hybrids — they all share the same brake glitch. The recalls could be announced as early as Tuesday. For decades, Toyota has been one of the main drivers of the Japanese economy but its reputation has been sullied.

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88.5 WFDD, the NPR® news and Triad Arts station broadcasting from Wake Forest University, is the only public radio station of its kind located in the Piedmont Triad. It broadcasts news, information, and public affairs programming covering the arts, people, and institutions in the area from both its Winston-Salem and Greensboro studios.

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