Announcer Letter

When WBGO Membership Director Roslyn Turner asked me to write a letter to our listeners, I told her immediately that I'd be glad to do it. Funny thing is,…

Before I moved from my hometown of Washington, D.C., I would constantly spot New Jersey license plates almost daily as I rode in my car. This went on for…

For 33 years I have been a member of WBGO.I recall the Saturday morning in February 1987 when I arrived at 54 Park Place to answer phones during The…

Twenty-three years ago, I went out on my first reporting assignment and ended up in Amiri Baraka’s laundry room.I was 20, learning the ropes as a jazz…

Wow.I’ve woken up many nights and mornings with that one word on my mind.These past couple of months have truly been difficult for us all. I try not to…

Those lyrics that Eddie DeLange wrote for Duke Ellington’s classic melody, “(In My) Solitude,” have taken on so much more meaning for all of us these…

Hiya —It is quite possible that you’re like me at the moment. We’re older. Some of us have health twists. Many of us are stuck at home during the current…

It’s another early weekday, which begins with a good night to Jazz After Hours host Greg Bryant, and a good morning to news anchor Doug Doyle. Just the…

This week I begin my 42nd year at WBGO; I’m the last of the original announcers. For those of you who weren’t around in 1979 (and even those who were), I…

If you are like me, music has always played a leading role in your life. In times of joy, fear and uncertainty, it has always been by my side like a…