WMMT: Like a Car Sittin' on Blocks-Broadband in Appalachia by Mimi Pickering published on 2012-11-14T00:38:20Z The Federal Communications Commission’s Eighth Broadband Progress Report finds approx. 19 million Americans, mostly rural, lack access to high-speed Internet. In Central Appalachia the digital divide is stark: in West Virginia’s McDowell and Mingo Counties, upwards of three-quarters of the population do not have access; in East Kentucky over 50% in Leslie and Breathitt Counties are without it. So why is it so hard to get a good connection in the mountains? What will this mean for the future of our communities? And what can we do to change this situation? WMMT's Sylvia Ryerson reports. Genre Documentary Radio