Carrie Smith writes: “When the COVID-19 pandemic led to school closings and a shift to remote learning, Sarah Evans, assistant professor at University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton, and Lance Simpson, research and instructional services librarian at University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, knew that more needed to be done to reach rural residents. ‘A lot of folks in rural areas were being cut off or cut out of this setup,’ Simpson notes. So they turned to a medium they knew was effective for connecting with these communities: radio.”