BRADEN, PAUL F.

Founder and long-time owner of radio station WPFB in Middletown, Paul Braden always had a place for bluegrass and traditional country music on his station, both live and recorded. The station’s call letters were his initials, although Paul Mullins jokingly said that they stood for “We Play For Briars” (regionally common slang for Appalachian migrants, a contraction for “briarhoppers”).