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WTJX NEWSFEED: June 11, 2024

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published June 11, 2024 at 7:03 PM AST

Pictured left to right: Dancers Aminisha Bailey and Ariel Roberts assisted Team WTJX at the King of the Wing competition.

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed:
[00:49] We speak with WAPA’s Communications Director, Shanell Petersen, about the ongoing rotational outages in the St. Thomas/St. John District.
[06:30] The Department of Health is urging residents to vaccinate children against measles. We speak with Commissioner Justa Encarnacion.
[09:51] Governor Albert Bryan Jr. joins the call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
[18:47] We speak with one of the organizers of the King of the Wing contest, Vernon Araujo, who celebrates another successful year.
These stories and more.

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Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Marcellina Ventura-Douglas is the Radio News Reporter for WTJX-FM, 93.1. Born and raised on St. Croix, Ventura-Douglas graduated from the University of the Virgin Islands, where she received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. While at UVI, she worked in the office of Senator Shawn-Michael Malone before beginning her career in radio. Ventura-Douglas fell in love with radio growing up, when she and her father would spend every morning and afternoon listening to local radio news legend, Alvin G. After leaving Senator Malone's office, she became the program director of Vivid Streaming. She then joined WTJX-TV, Channel 12 as a producer. Soon after, she was tapped to switch to WTJX-FM to present an evening news. She is passionate about bringing radio news to the Virgin Islands community through the WTJX NewsFeed, airing every weekday at 5:00pm on 93.1 FM and available online, on demand.<br/>Email: mvdouglas@wtjx.org<br/>Phone: (340) 474-1682

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