The Reader’s Notebook

The Reader’s Notebook: John Billington

Morehead State Public Radio | By Greg Jenkins

Published September 30, 2020 at 10:24 AM EDT

September 30, 2020 -- John Billington was an Englishman who travelled to the New World on the Mayflower and was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. Billington's place in history was truly cemented in 1630 when he shot and killed a fellow colonist - a deed which would make him forever known as America's first murderer.

The Reader’s Notebook

Greg Jenkins

Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.

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