Kelly Batchelor
Program Director/All Things Considered HostKelly Batchelor hails from the small crossroads community of Cabin in Duplin County in Eastern North Carolina. Since 1989 Kelly has been actively employed in radio.
Kelly's first full-time broadcast job was with WAVY/ 99.5 FM. The New Bern start-up station, with an adult contemporary/jazz format, was a great training ground. Working six days a week on six-and-a-half-hour on-air shifts, Kelly was soon quite comfortable behind the microphone. She also served as public service director and assistant music director.
After a couple of years with WAVY Kelly went on to WSFL 106.5 FM where she eventually took a role as a morning show host, producer, and news director for the active rock station.
After many years with WSFL, Kelly moved to Florence, SC, to take a position with Cumulus Broadcasting. Her time away from eastern North Carolina was brief as she discovered after 10 years in commercial radio that she had become disillusioned with the numerous staff, ownership, and format changes in mainstream radio. After a year-long vacation from radio, Kelly found her way to Public Radio East.
In addition to being the Program Director, Kelly plays a pivotal role as All Things Considered's local host. As you listen to Kelly delivering ENC's most in-depth newscasts, it appears that she's made the transition from rock and roll to public radio flawlessly. She says, "I'm certainly enjoying the interaction with our listeners. And I'm very proud to be associated with reliable, intelligent, and informative radio that fulfills its mission of connecting eastern North Carolina to the world".
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The agreement requires Frontier to make payments over four years, including $300,000 in restitution to customers affected by slower speeds.
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North Carolina’s primary election results earlier this month have been made official, with a handful of key incumbents losing and a few U.S. House and statewide nominee races heading to runoffs.
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He said state funds should not go toward “unaccountable and unregulated” private schools until North Carolina’s public schools are fully funded.
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Sovereign Aerospace will invest just over $4 million to manufacture, sell, and service personal aircraft in Elizabethtown.
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First National Bank settled for $13.5 million in a redlining and lending discrimination case affecting residents in Charlotte and Winston-Salem.
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The $14 million extension is for its existing building on North Commons Drive and is funded through the American Rescue Plan Act.
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Expect delays over the few weeks as lanes in both directions will close temporarily in order install a pipe underneath the pipe. Construction on the bypass began in 2019, and is expected to finish later this year.
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation says Jimmy Lee Road near the Duplin-Lenoir county line is closed after a sinkhole formed over a deteriorating drainage pipe.
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At the N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality’s direction, Chemours is expanding sampling for PFAS contamination in private drinking water wells in New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, and Pender counties.