Regional: Past Events

WHYY: Celebrating 25 Years of Radio Times

TIME: 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Ruth Auditorium, 125 Nesbitt Hall

Celebrate 25 years of Radio Times
Thursday, February 23 | 6:30 p.m.
Ruth Auditorium, 125 Nesbitt Hall

WHYY’s Radio Times is one of Philadelphia’s most longstanding talk radio programs. Radio Times tackles a wide range of issues pertinent to listeners in the Delaware Valley and beyond. Over the past 25 years, Radio Times host Marty Moss-Coane has interviewed more than twenty thousand guests–everyone from Salman Rushdie to Bobby Mcferrin to Jane Fonda and countless politicians, educators, celebrities and opinion leaders. The Kal & Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies welcomes host and executive producer Marty Moss-Coane for a talk celebrating 25 years on the air. The interview, on Thursday, February 23rd at 6:30 p.m. by Rudman Institute Executive Director Karen Curry, will examine how you put together two hours of compelling talk radio five days a week and about the highs and lows of the past twenty five years of the show. It is free and open to the public in Ruth Auditorium (125 Nesbitt Hall).

Radio Times is one of the region's most respected local, FM interview and call-in programs. For her work Marty Moss-Coane has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists for Excellence in a Talk Show on radio; the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association for Excellence in Public Affairs; the American Women in Radio and Television for Excellence in focusing on the Women's Movement; and by Philadelphia magazine for hosting the Best Radio Program in Philadelphia. Radio Times airs weekday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on WHYY 90.9 FM.