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Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard - Dec. 19th, 2024

By Tom Martin

Published December 19, 2024 at 10:55 AM EST

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Why Misdee Wrigley Miller is investing in Kentucky film production and talent - and her call on Frankfort to get organized as the best film production incentives in the country attract interest. Also this week: eastern Kentucky storyteller Katherine Stringfield; and a monologue about the story of the Pikeville “Cut Through” project as the city celebrates its bicentennial.

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Tom Martin

Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.

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