Both people who switched from the anarchic atmosphere of Pacifica to more mainstream public radio...
Margot Adler was a national correspondent for NPR for 30 years who covered everything from the death penalty to the first U.S. interview with J.K. Rowling when nobody knew what "Harry Potter" was--she died at 68 last Monday after a three-year bout with cancer: http://www.current.org/2014/07/margot-adler-veteran-npr-correspondent-dies-at-68/ WNYC NY morning classical music host Steve Post was probably the most irreverent classical music announcer in radio history, known for his acerbic news commentary in between Beethoven and Brahms--he did the morning show for 25 years after over a decade as one of the voices that really radicalized Pacifica's WBAI, when WNYC dropped daytime music programming after 9/11, he wrapped up his career with a Saturday post-Garrison Kellior program called "The No Show," which probably described his on-air persona more than anything else--he died yesterday at 70--a remembrance from fellow BAIer Larry Josephson, the morning man who supposedly was a big influence on Howard Stern: http://www.wnyc.org/story/longtime-wnyc-radio-personaility-steve-post-has-died/ -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
