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Voices of Hope said their appearance on Eastern Standard helped draw record crowds to an Overdose Awareness rally in Lexington’s Jacobson Park.
From Left- Eastern Standard Host: John Hingsbergen Guests: Michael Randolph, Lisa Day, Yi Zhang
Brian Burkhart (left), Zach Redding (center) and Emily Hutchison (right) are student interns for WEKU’s interactive public affairs program Eastern Standard.
Noah Day worked as a student intern on Eastern Standard for three years. He is now a coproducer of Hey Kentucky on WLEX.
EASTERN STANDARD BY THE NUMBERS
5,600 THE ESTIMATED TOTAL AUDIENCE EACH WEEK. (SPRING 2017, ARBITRON, INC.)
35,000 estimated listeners HEAR PROMOTIONAL MESSAGES ABOUT EACH WEEK’S EASTERN STANDARD SHOW. (SPRING 2017, ARBITRON, INC.)
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IN MEMORIAM John Hingsbergen died unexpectedly after contributing to this article, approving the story not long before his passing. The students he taught through Eastern Standard will continue to be his living legacy.
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