Mississippi Roads
Mississippi Roads is a show on Mississippi Public Broadcasting.[1] Episodes are 26 minutes and 46 seconds long.[2] Some episodes have aired on Create (TV network) as well.[3]
The program originally aired from 1983-1994 and was brought back in 1999, when Walt Grayson was selected as the host.[4][2] Grayson was born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi.[5] He graduated high school there and then studied at Mississippi College and began his career as a preacher, but switched to broadcasting and became a weather anchor and feature presenter at WLBT-TV. He now works for WJTV and has authored four books.[6]
The show has filmed footage of old pipe organs as part of the story of the state's musical history.[7]
Episodes[edit]
- Museums, February 19, 2023 features Hattiesburg Pocket, MS Aviation Heritage, Ground Zero Hurricane Museum, and Margaret’s Grocery
- Back to the Blues #2 February 12. 2023 featuring Terry "Harmonica" Bean, 100 Men Hall, Central Miss. Blues Society, Gateway to the Blues
- Places to Go, Things to See March 20, 2022 featuring Mississippi River Museum, Biking on the Natchez Trace, Beauvoir, and "Walt’s favorite places"
- Being of Service February 24, 2022 featuring therapy dogs, "shower power", and French Camp Academy Baker
- Towns and Things February 20, 2022 featuring Carrollton, front porches, Jacinto Courthouse, and Brookhaven
- Wise, Wilfull, Women, February 13, 2022 featuring Women’s Professional Football, the Belmont Hotel, and Foot Print Farms
- What the Rivers Leave Behind, February 6, 2022 featuring Red Bluff, The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and "ancient glacier rocks"
- Cars, November 15, 2020 featuring the Model T Club, Scraping the Coast, Interstate Digital Signs, and The Room Car Collection[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mississippi Roads | MPB" – via video.mpbonline.org.
- ^ a b c "Mississippi Roads". MPB — Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
- ^ "CreateTV.com". createtv.com.
- ^ Threadgill, Jacob. "Walt Grayson sees a different side of Mississippi". Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ Ramsey, Marshall (September 12, 2021). "Mississippi Stories: Walt Grayson". Mississippi Today.
- ^ "MC Christian Studies Leaders Select Longtime Broadcaster for Alumnus Award". Mississippi College.
- ^ Griffey, Jan (2023-03-05). "PIPE DREAMS: Burnley Cook and his restored Baker Grand pipe organ to be featured on PBS' Mississippi Roads". Retrieved 2023-12-10.