LONGTIME LISTENERS of WMWV 93.5-FM may have thought they were in a time warp this week when they hard the dulcet tones of George “Mountain Mouth” Cleveland booming over the airwaves, reading the news.
No time warp — it’s a radio version of “Back to the Future,” WMWV style.
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