Mississippi Roads Explained

Mississippi Roads is a show on Mississippi Public Broadcasting.^[1] Episodes are 26 minutes and 46 seconds long. Some episodes have aired on Create (TV network) as well.^[2]

The program originally aired from 1983-1994 and was brought back in 1999, when Walt Grayson was selected as the host.^{[3] [4]} Grayson was born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi.^[5] He graduated high school there and then studied at Mississippi College and began his career as a preacher, but switched to broadcasting and became a weather anchor and feature presenter at WLBT-TV. He now works for WJTV and has authored four books.^[6]

The show has filmed footage of old pipe organs as part of the story of the state's musical history.^[7]

Episodes

• Museums, February 19, 2023 features Hattiesburg Pocket, MS Aviation Heritage, Ground Zero Hurricane Museum, and Margaret’s Grocery
• Back to the Blues #2 February 12. 2023 featuring Terry "Harmonica" Bean, 100 Men Hall, Central Miss. Blues Society, Gateway to the Blues
• Places to Go, Things to See March 20, 2022 featuring Mississippi River Museum, Biking on the Natchez Trace, Beauvoir, and "Walt’s favorite places"
• Being of Service February 24, 2022 featuring therapy dogs, "shower power", and French Camp Academy Baker
• Towns and Things February 20, 2022 featuring Carrollton, front porches, Jacinto Courthouse, and Brookhaven
• Wise, Wilfull, Women, February 13, 2022 featuring Women’s Professional Football, the Belmont Hotel, and Foot Print Farms
• What the Rivers Leave Behind, February 6, 2022 featuring Red Bluff, The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and "ancient glacier rocks"
• Cars, November 15, 2020 featuring the Model T Club, Scraping the Coast, Interstate Digital Signs, and The Room Car Collection^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mississippi Roads | MPB. video.mpbonline.org.
2. Web site: CreateTV.com. createtv.com.
3. News: Threadgill . Jacob . Walt Grayson sees a different side of Mississippi . en-US . 2023-12-10.
4. Web site: Mississippi Roads. MPB — Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
5. Web site: Mississippi Stories: Walt Grayson. Marshall. Ramsey. September 12, 2021. Mississippi Today.
6. Web site: MC Christian Studies Leaders Select Longtime Broadcaster for Alumnus Award. Mississippi College.
7. News: Griffey . Jan . 2023-03-05 . PIPE DREAMS: Burnley Cook and his restored Baker Grand pipe organ to be featured on PBS’ Mississippi Roads . en . 2023-12-10.