Sabrina Gibbons — WSB-AM/WSBB-FM
Sabrina Gibbons is the midday news anchor for WSB and WSBB and also serves as the stations’ health reporter. Gibbons has been the midday news anchor since 2000. She joined Cox Radio in 1995, anchoring morning news. She has also served as an anchor for CNN Headline News and CNN Airport News. Gibbons began her [...]
Felix Contreras — National Public Radio (NPR)
Felix Contreras is a reporter and producer for NPR’s Arts Information Unit, specializing in coverage of jazz, world music, and Latino arts and culture. He has covered arts and technology issues; reported on the financial challenges facing aging jazz musicians; and profiled a legendary Mexican singer for a series titled “50 Great Voices.” Contreras is [...]
Mike Thomas — CBS Radio, Boston
Mike Thomas is vice president of programming at all five CBS radio stations in Boston. He works with the stations’ program directors on content development and audience acquisition. At WZLX-FM and WBZ-FM, he also oversees programming and strategic planning. Thomas joined WZLX in 2006 as program director. He launched WBZ in 2009. Mike Thomas, VP [...]
Rachel Ward — WXXI-AM
Rachel Ward is the editor of Innovation Trail, a collaboration between five upstate New York public media outlets, designed to help the public gain a better understanding of the connection between technological breakthroughs and the revitalization of upstate New York’s economy. Based at WXXI radio in Rochester, Ward edits the multimedia work of the Innovation [...]
Audrey Bright – ‘Family News in Focus’
Audrey Bright covers political, religious and education stories for the daily broadcast “Family News in Focus,” which presents a Christian perspective on controversial issues affecting the family. For example, she recently wrote a series of reports on legal actions involving abortion provider Planned Parenthood. Audio clips of her reports can be found on the program’s [...]
Brian Papstein — Eureka Broadcasting Company
Brian Papstein and his wife Angela own Eureka Broadcasting in Eureka, Calif., continuing a family ownership that dates back to 1957. The company’s radio stations include KINS-AM, KURY-AM/FM, KEJY-FM, KEKA-FM, and KWSW-AM, with station formats ranging from News/Talk to Country to Adult Standards. Papstein also produces and hosts KINS’s “Talk Shop,” a weekly public affairs [...]
Tommy Cotter — WUTC-FM
Tommy Cotter is host and producer of the weekday program “Evening Music,” which airs from 8 p.m. to midnight on WUTC. He is interested in receiving pitches and news releases about musicians and the creation of music anywhere in the world. “We try to pick music for quality, instead of popularity, as far as commercialism [...]
Laurie Cowan – ‘Health Talk with Dr. Ronald Hoffman’
As the producer of “Health Talk,” Laurie Cowan works with host Dr. Ronald Hoffman to decide which wellness content to include on the nationally syndicated radio program. “His focus is trying to help people remedy whatever their condition is naturally – without pharmaceuticals – if possible,” she says. The program is geared toward listeners of [...]
Peter B. Collins – ‘Peter B. Collins Show’
Peter B. Collins is the host and producer of the “Peter B. Collins Show,” a nationally syndicated political program. The show’s topics range from elections to foreign policy issues. “I do news and politics, and I’m a liberal,” says Collins. “I’m always looking for things that appeal to my listeners.” Although based on the West [...]
J.L. Godwin — WENC-AM
J.L. Godwin is the executive producer and station manager at WENC, which he emphasizes is a small-town radio station. “We mostly do obituaries, church news – things of interest to the community – and we have local talk shows and things of this nature,” he says. “We don’t get into a whole lot of different [...]