Winston-Salem, NC—Triad Arts Up Close with Bradley George, the Piedmont Triad’s only radio program focused entirely on the local arts scene, has hit the 300 mark. 88.5 WFDD will broadcast the 300th show on Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Since taking over the show a little over two years ago, George has featured over 200 local and regional artists and arts organizations, encompassing theatre, music, dance, film, and visual arts.

The program has featured artists and organizations from areas around the Piedmont Triad like Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, Boone, Salisbury, and Martinsville and Danville, VA. Noted guests include musician Jeffrey Dean Foster; musician Martha Bassett; filmmaker Matt Hodges; Robert Moody, conductor of the Winston-Salem Symphony; Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor of the Greensboro Symphony; dancer and choreographer Karola Lüttringhaus, creator of Alban Elved Dance Company; Susan McCullough, Dean of the Dance Department at North Carolina School of the Arts; painter Betty Watson; and artists performing at Eastern Music Festival.

Triad Arts Up Close can be heard Monday through Thursday at 8:50am and 1:50pm. A compilation of the week’s broadcasts, Triad Arts Weekend, airs each Saturday at 1:00pm. Archived versions and podcasts of the program can be found at the station’s website, www.wfdd.org. Online streaming is also available at the website.