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Andrea joined the WAMU 88.5 individual giving team in July 2005 after working in the museum field for ten years.
Anne Healy joined the staff of WAMU 88.5 in August 1990. She was already an avid listener and a supporter of the station when she saw an intriguing advertisement in The Washington Post for the position of assistant to WAMU 88.5's General Manager and decided to apply. She has never regretted that decision and has been proud to be part of the station as it has experienced tremendous growth over the past 14 years.
Anthony Washington has always had a love for music, good conversation, and helping people. A volunteer for life, Anthony spends much of his free time assisting in the community with the American Red Cross Disaster Assistance Team, Special Olympics, and the Baltimore Ravens.
Bill Redlin is WAMU 88.5's local host of Morning Edition, a post he has held since 1985. Each morning he rises at 3:00 a.m. in order to travel from his home in Reston, Virginia to WAMU 88.5's studios for his 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. shift.
Brendan joined The Kojo Nnamdi Show in the fall of 2004 and has since worked closely with Kojo, Diane, and Tara in producing the show.
Caryn G. Mathes assumed the post of General Manager for WAMU 88.5 on March 1, 2005. Since she began her tenure at WAMU 88.5, the station has seen tremendous growth and progress. WAMU 88.5 ranks third among the nation's public radio stations for total listening.
Producer David Furst has been with WAMU 88.5 since 1997. He began as a reporter, working on local segments for Morning Edition and producing news pieces for Metro Connection, WAMU 88.5 's local news magazine. Now he is the host and producer of Metro Connection, which airs at 1 p.m. Fridays.
Deborah Bolling brings a varied background in journalism, film and television production to her post at WAMU 88.5.
Diane Rehm is a native Washingtonian who began her radio career in 1973 as an assistant producer for talk shows at WAMU 88.5. She became host and producer of two health-oriented programs, and in 1979 was selected to host WAMU 88.5's local morning talk show, Kaleidoscope, which was renamed The Diane Rehm Show in 1984.
Dorie Anisman moved to Washington, D.C., to work at the Center for Applied Linguistics, after teaching English as a Second Language (ESOL) and running a writing lab. After becoming a parent and wife, she again taught some ESOL and also sold Discovery Toys. It was during that time that she discovered WAMU 88.5.
Ed Walker is the host of WAMU 88.5's longest-running program, The Big Broadcast. The show features a collection of vintage radio programs from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, including Gunsmoke, The Jack Benny Show, The Lone Ranger, Suspense, Fibber McGee and Molly and Superman. The Big Broadcast airs Sunday from 7 until 11 p.m. and has been a weekly feature on WAMU 88.5 since 1964.
Fred Fiske is Senior Commentator at WAMU 88.5 and a 50-year veteran of Washington, D.C., area radio. He can be heard every week on WAMU 88.5's news magazine, Metro Connection, which airs on Fridays at 1 p.m.
Jen's passion in life is music of all kinds. She's been singing in choirs since the age of four. At Rice University in Houston, she learned to sing opera and studied classical composition, but since she was in Texas, she balanced school work with performing in a folk duo: playing guitar and singing.
Jessica Golloher joined WAMU 88.5 in June 2006 as producer for the station’s local broadcast of Morning Edition and a reporter in WAMU 88.5's newsroom.
Jim Asendio joined WAMU 88.5 as news director in July of 2006. Prior to joining our news team, Jim served as news director at WLIU/WCWP on Long Island, KFBK in Sacramento and WIND in Chicago. He has also anchored or reported for the CBS Radio Network, KDKA in Pittsburgh, 1010WINS and WCBS Newsradio880 in New York City and KFWB in Los Angeles.
Joelle Costello began her public broadcasting career at WNED-TV-AM-FM in her hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. Then it was on to Cleveland, Ohio, and public radio station WCPN-FM.
John Holt has 34 years experience in the broadcast industry and is the director of engineering and operations at WAMU 88.5. Previously, he was director of engineering for Jefferson Public Radio, serving southern Oregon and northern California with nine stations and 35 translators.
Jonathan is a Broadcast Technician and Assistant Director of Engineering.
Jonathan Smith joined The Diane Rehm Show as a volunteer in May 2001. In September 2002 he was named a producer of the program.
Kara Nichols joined the staff of WAMU 88.5 in 2007 as traffic manager.
Karen is daytime engineer for WAMU 88.5 and has been with the station since 1994. Her duties include engineering the various talk shows as well as running the duplication room where we create our tapes for sale to the public.
Hosting a show on BluegrassCountry.org is like coming home for Katy, who started her broadcasting career on WAMU 88.5.
Kavitha joined the WAMU 88.5 local news team in April 2008 after working for almost six years as a reporter/anchor at the public radio stations of the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Kay Summers began work as WAMU 88.5's Director of Public Information in June 2006. She is the spokesperson for the station and the official point of contact for listeners, community representatives, and the media.
Kojo Nnamdi is host of The Kojo Nnamdi Show, a live talk show produced by WAMU 88.5 that airs weekdays at noon. On Fridays at noon, Nnamdi hosts The Politics Hour on WAMU 88.5. Nnamdi is also seen on WHUT-TV at 8:00 p.m., Fridays and at 7:30 p.m., Sundays, as the host of Evening Exchange with Kojo.
Lettie Holman has been program manager at WAMU 88.5 since 1993. Previously, she was the client services director for Alan Burns and Associates, a commercial radio consulting firm specializing in competitive strategies for top 40 and adult contemporary music stations.
Loie joined WAMU 88.5 in 2006 as the Grants and Foundation Relations Manager because she was impressed by the station’s devotion to the community.
Margo is a WAMU 88.5 Broadcast Technician.
Mark McDonald studied to be an economist and accountant, but began his career as the morning newscaster on a commercial radio station in Liverpool, England, 23 years ago. It was quite a shock to his mom and dad - only news and The Beatles mattered at the station.
Matt McCleskey is the mid-day local host and newscaster at WAMU 88.5, running the soundboard and welcoming listeners weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. He joined the WAMU 88.5 staff in 2004.
Nanci joined WAMU 88.5 in April 2005, arriving from Jazz89, KUVO Public Radio in Denver, Colo.
Nancy Robertson joined The Diane Rehm Show as a producer in June 1998 after volunteering for the program for two years.
A native of Michigan, Pat joined WAMU 88.5 in February 2007 as a Gifts Specialist on the Individual Giving Team.
Patrick Madden is the Community Affairs reporter at WAMU 88.5. He joined the WAMU 88.5 local news team full-time in November 2007 after working at the station as a part-time reporter.
Peter Donaghue has been an Account Manager in the Corporate Marketing Department for more than three years.
Dick Cassidy has been a broadcaster since he was a teenager following in the footsteps of his father, who was a classical music host in Los Angeles for 45 years.
Rob Bamberger is creator, producer, and host of WAMU 88.5's vintage jazz show, Hot Jazz Saturday Night, which began airing in 1980.
Sandra Pinkard is the managing producer for The Diane Rehm Show and is responsible for selecting topics and booking guests for the program.
Shannon joined WAMU 88.5 in 2006 as an account manager in the Corporate Marketing Department.
Stephanie Kaye reports for and produces the weekly Washington, D.C., region news and arts radio magazine, Metro Connection, reads station identification and promos on-air, and broadcasts local news on Fridays.
Tamara came to WAMU 88.5 from the world of professional sports - specifically the Washington Wizards and Mystics.
Tanya Weinberg joined The Diane Rehm Show in 2005 after completing a congressional fellowship for journalists awarded by the American Political Science Association.
Tobey has performed a variety of tasks at WAMU 88.5, from engineering the talk shows to producing The Big Broadcast. Occasionally, fans of bluegrass might even hear him behind the microphone weekdays picking up a shift of Bluegrass Country.
Trevor first joined the WAMU 88.5 staff as a part-time computer technician while a student at American University.
Virendra Silva is WAMU 88.5's Network Systems Administrator. He works closely with the Director of Content Operations to maintain the computer networks, manage the workstations, servers, and provide systems support for WAMU 88.5 staff at the station and at remote locations.
In October 2002, Walt became the Director of Individual Giving for WAMU 88.5, one of the top five public radio stations nationwide. Last year, individual giving accounted for 70% of the station's cost to make the programs possible.
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