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Barbara received a master's degree in Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan.  She began her association with WEMU in 2003 as an intern with Washtenaw County, assisting with the weekly "Issues of

the Environment" show.  In...

Host: All Things Considered

Bob Eccles :: All Things Considered

Bob Eccles has followed an interesting path to - and through - the radio business. After graduating from Howe Military School in Howe, Indiana in 1980, Bob went to Michigan State University for one...

Host: 89.1 Jazz

Jazz vocalist Brad McNett brings professionalism, experience to WEMU host position

 

by Emily Vontom, Published June 27, 2012

Host: Morning Edition & News Director

Host: Evening Sounds

Evelynn Hawkins :: Host Evening Sounds

Evelynn Hawkins is a broadcasting veteran, who has worked at both commercial and public radio stations in New York State, Ohio and...

Host: The Groove Yard

George Klein :: The Groove Yard

George Klein has been a jazz fan since first hearing it on WHAT FM while a high school student in Philadelphia during a previous millennium. The essence of George’s entry point into the music -- 50’s and...

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Gregg McVicar : Host, “Undercurrents”

Gregg McVicar is former host of Earthsongs and producer of numerous other national projects. Among his loves are cycling, swimming, hiking, camping and...

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Ira Glass Host and Executive Producer

Ira Glass started working in public radio in 1978, when he was 19, as an intern at NPR's headquarters in DC. Over the next 17 years, he worked on...

Composer/pianist/bandleader

Promoting Peace through the Universal Language of Music
 

 

Growing up in Detroit in the '60s, composer and pianist Jeff Haas' home was a very musical one—albeit...

Host: The Roots Music Project

Jeremy Baldwin :: The Roots Music Project

Hometown: Oak Park, IL

Education: Loyola University-Chicago

After stints at WHFR and WSDS Jeremy joined the WEMU...

Host: 89.1 Jazz

Jessica Webster :: 89.1 Jazz

Jessica Webster came by her jazz obsessions at a very early age after hearing Fats Waller and the Manhattan Transfer when she was nine years old. In high school, while her friends were mooning over the...

Host: The Big City Blues Cruise

Joe Tiboni :: The Big City Blues Cruise

Joe Tiboni’ s love affair with the blues began while he was a student at University High School in Ann Arbor in the 1960’ s,...

Host: 89.1 Jazz

Kevin Dorn ::89.1 Jazz

 

Jazz is diversity-the language of life itself. This diversity is the common thread of my experience that lead me to WEMU. I was born in Detroit, brought up in Birmingham, and matured in Ann Arbor. It...

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Larry GroceHost, Mountain Stage
Sandra Groce text size A A AJuly 10, 2008

Larry Groce has been host and artistic director of West Virginia Public Radio's Mountain...

Music Director, Host: 89.1 Jazz

Linda Yohn :: 89.1 Jazz

Linda Yohn simply cannot remember a day in her life that was not filled with music. Her early life was full of changes as the daughter of a well-respected cancer research scientist who moved his family about, but...

Co-host of First Friday Focus on the Environment

Lisa Wozniak is Executive Director of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters.

Host: Cuban Fantasy

Marc Taras :: 89.1 Jazz & Cuban Fantasy and Co-owner of PJ's New & Used Records in Ann Arbor.

How It Happened

My parents enjoyed music. Mom used to sing to us...

Host: Brazilian Sol

Mary Catherine Smith :: Brazilian Sol

Mary Catherine grew up in Petoskey at a time when jazz and music from other cultures could not be readily found in northern Michigan...

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Michael G. Nastos is best known for his career as a radio broadcaster in Southeastern Michigan from the early '70s to the present. His primary outlet has been at NPR affiliate WEMU, 89.1 FM, where he is emeritus-senior announcer and producer,...

Host: 89.1 Jazz

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Michael Jewett :: 89.1 Jazz

Michael Jewett is the...

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