“If You Ever Want To Gauge What Is Valuable in a Community, Tune In to Tradio."

WSKV's Tradio ("trade radio") program allows listeners to buy, sell, trade and barter—all while feeling a little less lonely.

“Ethan! Did you know they’re saying it’s National Hot Dog Month right now? I just wish I’d be National Soup Bean Month already,” Angela Osborne, program director at WSKV-FM in Stanton, laugh-hollers to her coworker as she shows me around their diminutive log cabin studio.

Tucked down a blink-and-you-miss-it alley, the familial atmosphere at this “listen…