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Steve Haruch

Behind the scenes: How ‘This Is Nashville’ will collaborate with the WPLN news desk

Steve Haruch

December 29, 2021

For our upcoming daily show, This Is Nashville, transparency is important. So, we want to take you behind the scenes as we build this show from the ground up.

Filed Under: Behind The Scenes, WPLN News

Documentary Spotlights Japanese Country Singer Who Broke Ground On The Grand Ole Opry 54 Years Ago

Steve Haruch

June 8, 2018

Listen In 1964, a Japanese country singer named Tomi Fujiyama performed on the Grand Ole Opry, right after Johnny Cash. She had no idea that someday there would be a movie about her life and her quest to get back on the Opry stage — or how long it would take to get there. This […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Grand Ole Opry, Japan

The Company That Turned a Small Tennessee Town Into ‘Pencil City’ Still Holds On

Steve Haruch

March 29, 2018

Listen In the 1950s, the small town of Shelbyville, Tenn., was home to a half-dozen pencil manufacturers, prompting then-Gov. Buford Ellington to declare it “Pencil City.” The nickname has stuck, but for the most part, the industry has not. Today, the last business standing is Musgrave Pencil Company, which has found a way to adapt […]

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, shelbyville

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