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Matt Bingay

Executive Director and General Manager

Matt 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.

  • Volunteers will be cleaning up several stretches of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River this weekend; after months of debate, Virginia’s Board of Education adopts new K-through-12 history standards; The challenges of getting into, and sticking with, substance use treatment; and as money pours in for the fall General Assembly campaigns, Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.
  • WMRA is suspending official activity on Twitter today, joining NPR and many public radio stations across the country in standing up for the editorial independence and integrity of our journalism.
  • Governor Youngkin proposes a 160-million-dollar investment in Virginia’s Behavioral Health System; Friday news dumps in 2022 and the practice going forward; and part two of a three-part series that looks closely at the fee structures in place in Virginia prisons…
  • Free remote mental health care services will expand to Charlottesville in January; the first study to test equestrian helmets for their ability to protect riders; and part one of a three-part series that looks closely at the fee structures in place in Virginia prisons…
  • Nursing homes across the commonwealth continue to face staffing shortages; Roben Farzad shares his thoughts on the economic impact of 2022 with an eye to what lies ahead in 2023; and The Virginia Living Museum opened a new exhibit called the Conservation Command Center
  • WMRA is once again partnering with the JMU Forbes Center for an exciting singer-songwriter showcase featuring Diane Cluck, Ash Devine, Corrie Lynn Green, Kipyn Martin, Tara Mills, and Spectator Bird.
  • WMRA’s January 2022 Books & Brews features Kat Maier discussing her book, Energetic Herbalism : A Guide to Sacred Plant Traditions Integrating Elements of Vitalism, Ayurveda, and Chinese Medicine.
  • WMRA’s November 2021 Books & Brews features Joel Salatin discussing his latest book, Polyface Micro: Success With Livestock on a Homestead Scale. 7pm…
  • Appalachian School of Law hosted the first 2021 debate between Virginia gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin on ASL’s campus in…
  • Across the state, and in all of the WMRA region, the community level of transmission of the virus is again high, meaning there are more than 100 new daily…