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On the other end of the state, the people who run Whitesburg Community radio station WMT found their studio devastated by the flooding in July of 2022.

Wmt is part of the story of media group.

Apple Shop Run by an eclectic group of volunteer deejays.

The radio station didn't let the lack of a studio KET them from broadcasting.

Thanks to the support of their community and the creative use of an RV.

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>> But I looked at some of those photos where they where the water was halfway to the first floor that was shot.

And it was really sad.

>> And I when we come back, how do we were going to be that he was just a matter of time because we're too much of a >> too much of a voice not to come back.

And it's a boys to the whole world.

Not just a Appalachia or anything like that.

You know, we're doing great things on the beat him in K. >> Wmt started I think in 1985, and it's always been a community.

Radio station were not public radio were not in PR affiliated, but we've always had mostly volunteer deejays who playing all public, mostly played music and all different formats, all different kinds.

We >> suffered pretty devastating impact of the flood of July.

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And so we're not in our our building further down the street.

And so we are move in and setting up new spaces.

And this is the new studio space.

There was a good idea.

Brought up between development and T. >> The general manager to get an RV for the station and that way in case it does flood again.

We just put the keys and started up basically close up.

The entire are vey and then we drop it off to somewhere, you know, safe.

We've done that a number of times that the Winnebago aspect, 2005, it's not meant to have a radio station in it, but we made it work, you know, and the called the Possum been got to pass something in here and everything.

And the you know, it's kind of magical.

>> It's a very limited kind of set up.

We're very grateful to have had.

It was very grateful that it's gotten us through the last 2 years.

We are sitting in the upcoming new studios for wnt.

We were pretty lucky and getting the space in the summer.

It was finally Apple shopped board voted and allowed us to retrofit the space and build this new studio.

This studio states that we've built is actually an entirely enclosed self-sufficient space inside of another building space.

>> And the goal is that the whole states outside of the studio will be used for.

>> Community film screenings and other kinds of community events.

It's set up in the back for for that purpose.

>> So we're looking forward to being able to have our deejays and hear more often.

We're looking forward to having the community and hear more often.

And I think just having a community presence is so important with the work that we do want to tell the rest of the world what it's like to be an Appalachian.

>> And how proud we are of our newsy.

And it's it's an education within itself.

When you listen to that music and beautiful thing about community radio is that, you know, it's supposed to reflect the character and the attitude of the people that it serves, the people that, >> you know, are in the community of the community radio station.

So I think that's one thing that you can say about Appalachian people in eastern Kentucky, people and general is that we're very this.

This front comes up.

A lot of that's come up a lot, especially in regards to the 5 that just resiliency.

And so I think that as a station, we had to reflect that.

>> Resilient, indeed.

While the doors of W m M T's new studio will be opening and a few weeks.

The Possum, Dan RV will still be used to take