Bob Leweke
News Director / Morning Edition HostBob Leweke is WMRA's News Director and Morning Edition host.
Before coming to public radio in 2003, Bob had worked for The Roanoke Times as a circulation manager and writer. He later became a member of the communication faculty at Pikeville College in Kentucky, and at Bridgewater College in Virginia, where he taught public speaking, mass media law, communication theory and other courses. Bob holds degrees in communication and political science from Virginia Tech, and a doctorate in mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2015 and 2016, the readers of the Daily News-Record voted him “Best Radio Personality.”
In his hours away from WMRA, Bob enjoys music, cycling, reading and movie-watching, and spending time with his family doing all of the above.
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The murder conviction of Anthony Eugene Robinson is upheld, and sentencing is set for December...Albemarle County debates how to manage the growth of data centers...In addition to squashing them, we might also fight spotted lanternflies with dogs that sniff out their eggs.... -
Virginia’s superintendent of public instruction joins the right-wing effort to silence people who comment on the murder of Charlie Kirk...Democrat Abigail Spanberger has more than twice as much cash as her opponent in the governor’s race...Senator Tim Kaine leads an effort to end some of President Trump's tariffs....
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Many of the Mennonites arrested for protesting the war in Gaza on Capitol Hill last week are from Harrisonburg...The candidates for governor spar over the effects of massive federal spending cuts on health care for Virginians...Early voting begins Friday....
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Virginia legislators face a dilemma in paying for SNAP food benefits…Virginia spends significantly more than average for Medicaid than other states, driven largely by drug prices…A former Harrisonburg registrar will serve as interim director of elections for Albemarle County, where the former registrar is under investigation….
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Some Virginians say despite new state guidance, it’s still hard to get a COVID vaccine...Virginia legislators discuss signs of trouble from federal budget cuts...Jeff Schapiro talks about statewide reaction to the murder of far right activist Charlie Kirk, and the week in Virginia politics....
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A judge agrees with students in Shenandoah County who say their civil rights were violated when the school board renamed the high school after Stonewall Jackson…Dozens of Mennonite activists from the Harrisonburg area and beyond are arrested during a protest for Gaza outside Senator Mark Warner's office…Drug overdose-related deaths finally decrease across Virginia….
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Mary Baldwin University faculty vote no confidence in the board of trustees over the resignation of Jeff Stein as president…Two anti-Trump protesters arrested for a bridge demonstration in Shenandoah County share their story…Three musicians create a digital map of the history of clawhammer banjo players in Southwest Virginia….
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Much of our area is experiencing abnormally dry conditions, one step below moderate drought…Augusta Medical Group closes three facilities, partly in anticipation of looming federal health funding cuts…Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares tries to remove news media from a public campaign stop near Charlottesville….
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Tuesday is Hunger Action Day, and research shows a growing number of Virginians must choose between feeding their families or paying bills…Some students around Virginia stage a walkout to protest gun violence…Our September Books & Brews guests discovered unexpected adventures and surprising moments of beauty when they bought an old farm….
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While some for-profit health clinics consolidate in the face of federal spending cuts, one Valley nonprofit is expanding its mental health services…Democrats and Republicans – candidates and voters – face off in Buena Vista in a storied Labor Day tradition…Jeff Schapiro discusses the role that national issues are playing in this year’s Virginia elections….
