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 Classical
95.9 WCRI and News Radio 1180
WCNX are owned by Judson Group, Inc.,
a company that includes the son and grandsons
of broadcasting pioneer Ted Jones, founder
of Charles River Broadcasting Company and
Boston's legendary classica l music station, WCRB.
Judson Group acquired Classical 95.9
WCRI and News
Radio 1180 WCNX from
Charles River Broadcasting in 2006 and
is committed to carrying on the Ted Jones
tradition of radio excellence.
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Kris
Pierce
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Kris
has spent over half her life in front of a microphone.
She has enjoyed a career spanning all formats.
Highlights include being News Director for many
radio stations, Program Director for a non-commercial
News/Classical station, and even a short lived
stint as a traffic reporter under the moniker “U-Turn
Laverne.” Kris enjoys shuttling her 4 children
around, playing golf, attending symphony concerts
and practicing yoga. Her favorite piece of music
is the “Flower Duet,” by Leo Delibes
and her favorite symphony is Prokofiev’s
5th.
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Don
Spencer |
Don
was born and raised in New England. His favorite
place is the top of Mt. Washington, “Home
of the World’s Worst Weather.” Don’s
favorite selections from classical music
are Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Rossini’s
William Tell Overture, and any symphony by
Mozart, Beethoven or Brahms. Between programs
on the Classical Station I love to play golf,
hike and bike. Recently I’ve started
to re-learn everything I forgot about playing
the piano and trombone. I’m also a
big fan of Count Basie-style swing music,
Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. |
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Larry
King |
Larry
King, sometimes known as The Real
Larry King since that is his real name, grew
up outside of New York City where he was inspired
by the radio stations and on-air
personalities he heard as a child. Larry was
also interested in music, especially classical
and jazz. He was first trumpet in his high
school band, played in his
town’s concert band and symphony orchestra,
and won a prestigious student music award from
Lincoln Center in
New York. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University,
majring in both Music and Speech/Communication
and sang in the college’s glee club that
toured both in the United States and South America.
It was during his
junior year that Larry became involved with the
college radio station. His professional broadcasting
experience
has been at radio stations on Cape Cod and Boston.
His favorite classical composer is Beethoven
and his favorite
orchestra is the Boston Symphony. Larry’s
high school aged son David is first ‘cellist
in his award-winning high school string ensemble
that performed at Carnegie Hall in
New York City in April, 2006. |
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Gary
Arruda, Morning News, Weather & Sports |
Born
and raised in Rhode Island, Gary has been
working in radio for over 4 years. His career
started at WHUS, the student radio station
at the University of Connecticut in Storrs,
CT. After graduating from UConn, Gary attended
the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in
Pawcatuck, CT.
Gary has been working at Classical 95.9
WCRI
since 2005 and lives in Westerly, RI. |
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Mike
Maino, Afternoon News, Weather, Sports, & Host
of Conducting Conversations, Sundays
from 7pm to 8pm
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Mike
Maino has spent over 45 years of his life immersed
in the world of singing, speaking and entertaining.
He joined the Barbershop Harmony Society at the
age of 10, and has sung in many popular championship
groups. As an MC, his experiences include hundreds
of live stage shows, that have taken him from California
to Newfoundland, Seattle to Bermuda, and just about
every major performance venue in between. His voice
over work at Aviti Productions, in Providence,
led to TV commercial work for Comcast, in the Boston
area, and now to the Judson Group, at WCRI and
WCNX.
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Dr.
Mark P. Malkovich, III - Host of My Music Sundays
from 8pm to 9pm |
Dr.
Mark Malkovich has been the general director of
the Newport
Music Festival for over thirty years and has
brought the Festival to international prominence.
He is
considered an expert in the field of chamber music
and is himself a pianist of note, having studied
with Dorothy Crost Bourgin of the Chicago
Musical
College, William Beller, Chairman of the Piano
Department of Columbia University, and Adele Marcus
of the Juilliard School. Malkovich’s personal
record collection of more than 15,000 discs contains
many rarities, especially of pianists, gathered
from his travels around the world. He is listed
in Who's Who in America, Celebrities in International
Music, and Leading Personalities of the World.
He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music
from Salve Regina University, an Honorary Doctorate
of Fine Arts from the University of Rhode Island,
and he has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in
Music from The Catholic University of America in
Washington, DC. He was invited as the sole American
adjudicator to the First Tbilisi International
Piano Competition in Georgia. He has also been
inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of
Fame, one of only 390 illustrious Rhode Islanders
in the history of the State, from Roger Williams
to the present. |
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