Ron and Debbie Moore

History in the Media Award & Award of Distinction

History in the Media Awards--Listeners from across the country tune in weekly to the Old Town Cleveland radio show to hear  Ron and Debbie Moore’s interviews with a variety of fascinating authors, researchers, farmers, quilters, snake handlers, beekeepers, historians, musicians, and more. The show debuted in 2009 and attracts a steadily growing audience.

Award of Distinction--The video documentary, It’s Home: Memories of the Ducktown Basin, is a glimpse of the town’s history and everyday life, as told through the stories of its people. Interviews, dozens of pictures, two original songs, and even home movies illustrate the resiliency of its people through moments of peace, political unrest, poverty, prosperity, strikes, and mine tragedies.