Bargar Joins WBFO Radio as Southern Tier Representative

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Nancy Bargar has been named Southern Tier representative by WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo that has repeater stations WUBJ 88.1 FM in Jamestown and WOLN 91.3 FM in Olean.

The newly created position is funded by grants from the Carnahan-Jackson Foundation of Jamestown and The Baird Foundation of Buffalo.

WBFO, a major public service of UB, last May completed a project to expand and improve the signal of WUBJ 88.1 FM, its repeater station serving residents of Jamestown and Chautauqua County.

Support for the project was provided by the Gebbie, Sheldon, Johnson and Hultquist foundations of Jamestown.

Jennifer Roth, WBFO's general manager, said that as the station's service area has expanded with the addition of new equipment in Chautauqua County, so has the need for a stronger staff connection to the region.

As WBFO's Southern Tier representative, Bargar, who will be based in Jamestown, will develop story ideas and coordinate community relations. She may be reached at 716-664-5094

Stephen E. Sellstrom, the foundation's executive secretary, noted that "the Carnahan-Jackson Foundation is pleased to assist WBFO/WUBJ in its efforts to provide Chautauqua County-oriented radio programming to our community."

Bargar, who served 10 years in the Chautauqua County Legislature and was director of major gifts for Chautauqua Institution, will continue as president of Fluvanna Realty, a property management company.

She has served on the boards of many non-profit organizations and has reported for The Post-Journal, WJTN and News Election Service. A former editor for the New York State Assembly and former member of Chautauqua Institution's Programming Committee, for years she has presented programs for the Jamestown A.M. Rotary Club. For several years she was national marketing director for of a bond insurance firm in New York City.

Bargar was a correspondent for Swedish public radio and is co-author of a book on Sweden's health-care system. She studied at the Stockholm Journalism School as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.