Chris Shupe was recently promoted to the position of assistant operations director and full-time program host at WUGA. WUGA is the public radio station in Athens and is operated by UGA in partnership with Georgia Public Broadcasting.

“We are indeed fortunate that Chris has joined the WUGA team full-time in this leadership capacity. Certainly, his organizational skills, leadership ability, warmth and charisma as an on-air host will add to our expanding programming and offerings at WUGA,” stated Jimmy Sanders, director of TV and radio at WUGA, in a press release.

Shupe was previously a part-time announcer with WUGA and has co-hosted a television country music show, emceed multiple community events and performed on stage as a Elvis Presley tribute artist. Shupe has been in the field of entertainment for over 30 years.