April 23, 2021 | 8:20 AM

Battling the opioid pandemic

Fred Vigeant

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Fred Vigeant is WITF's Director of Programming and Promotions for TV and Radio. Fred manages the schedules for our radio and television platforms. He also analyzes audience research and manages the public affairs program Smart Talk. Previously, Fred was at WRVO in Oswego, NY for 12 years serving in various roles including Program Director and before that Operations Manager. Fred graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego with a B.A. in Mass Communications and Broadcasting.

WITF in collaboration with the other PBS stations in the commonwealth continue examination on the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania.

Battling Opioids part 8 takes a retrospective look at progress made in the past year.

We’ll hear personal stories about veterans, the underserved, and people in recovery who were affected by the pandemic.

Watch Battling Opioids on WITF Thursday April 29 at 8pm.

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