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Mitch Podolak (21 September 1947 – 25 August 2019) [1] was a prominent figure of the Canadian folk music community. He began his career at the Bohemian Embassy Coffee House in Toronto in the early 1960s, where he rose from busboy to booking shows. In the late 1960s, Mitch Podolak began a dynamic relationship with CBC Radio as a freelance ...
Other WPR-originated programming on the weekends include: University of the Air, the folk music focused Simply Folk, and PRX Remix. The flagship station of the WPR News is WHA 970 AM in Madison, one of the oldest existing radio stations in the world, and WERN 88.7 FM in Madison.
The Folk Sampler was a nationally syndicated show, produced and hosted by Mike Flynn, that showcased folk, blues, and bluegrass music both modern and old. [ 1 ] History
The Midnight Special is a syndicated radio show broadcast on Chicago, Illinois radio station, WFMT-FM (98.7 MHz) since 1953. [1] It is a showcase for folk and roots music from historical and contemporary artists. The show also features comedy sketches and show tunes. The official description is: "folk music & farce, show tunes & satire, madness ...
After selling out 50 shows in a row, the broadcast was moved in 2000 to the Kentucky Theatre, [5] where it stayed until January 2013 when it moved to the 540-seat Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center. [6] By 2005 WoodSongs was being aired on 320 radio stations, and on 509 radio stations across North America and Internationally by 2013.
Robert Sherman (July 23, 1932 – June 27, 2023) was an American radio broadcaster, author, music critic, and educator. He achieved success as a host of such radio programs as the folk music show Woody's Children, which started on WQXR and was later broadcast by WFUV, and classical music shows The Listening Room and Young Artists Showcase, which were broadcast by WQXR in New York City.
Gene Shay (born Ivan Shaner; March 4, 1935 – April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality. [1] Shay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a Jewish family and was a representative of the city's folk music scene. [2] Beginning in 1962, he produced a weekly folk radio shows on WXPN, which was last
Richard Anthony Cerri, known as Dick Cerri (June 1, 1936 – October 3, 2013) was a well known American folk music disc jockey in Washington, D.C. between 1960 and 1995. [ 1 ] Cerri was born in Utica, New York on June 1, 1936, the younger of two children of Dominick J. Cerri and his wife Mildred May Isaac.