Steve Post
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Steve Post is an American
freeform radio artist, author of Playing in the FM Band (Viking Press
, 1974).
In 2006 he celebrated his 25th anniversary as program host on WNYC
, New York City
's principal NPR
affiliate station. For 20 years he was host of WNYC
93.9's Morning Music program. Presently, he is host, Sunday evenings at 6PM, of The No Show, an irreverent and eclectic mix of music and conversation, distinguished, like all of Post's programs, by his mordant sense of humor. According to the WNYC link posted at the bottom of this page, as of October 23, 2010, the No Show is not longer airing.
In the 1960s and early 1970s he was host of The Outside
on WBAI
, weekends at midnight. WBAI
99.5FM is a listener sponsored non-commercial radio station which was and still is politically oriented. From 1973 through 1980 he hosted the morning show Room 101
also on WBAI
.
Post was born in The Bronx and attended DeWitt Clinton High School
. He lives with his wife, Laura Rosenberg, on Manhattan's Upper West Side
.
United States
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freeform radio artist, author of Playing in the FM Band (Viking Press
Viking Press
Viking Press is an American publishing company owned by the Penguin Group, which has owned the company since 1975. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim...
, 1974).
In 2006 he celebrated his 25th anniversary as program host on WNYC
WNYC
WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs...
, New York City
New York City
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's principal NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
affiliate station. For 20 years he was host of WNYC
WNYC
WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs...
93.9's Morning Music program. Presently, he is host, Sunday evenings at 6PM, of The No Show, an irreverent and eclectic mix of music and conversation, distinguished, like all of Post's programs, by his mordant sense of humor. According to the WNYC link posted at the bottom of this page, as of October 23, 2010, the No Show is not longer airing.
In the 1960s and early 1970s he was host of The Outside
The Outside
The Outside is the shortest and least written about plays by Susan Glaspell. She uses symbolism to convey the emptiness of Mrs. Patrick’s life on the outside. Glaspell uses the imagery of the station and the areas beyond to show that Mrs. Patrick is keeping herself away from the things she once...
on WBAI
WBAI
WBAI, a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station, broadcasting at 99.5 FM in New York City.Its programming is leftist/progressive, and a mixture of political news and opinion from a leftist perspective, tinged with aspects of its complex and varied...
, weekends at midnight. WBAI
WBAI
WBAI, a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station, broadcasting at 99.5 FM in New York City.Its programming is leftist/progressive, and a mixture of political news and opinion from a leftist perspective, tinged with aspects of its complex and varied...
99.5FM is a listener sponsored non-commercial radio station which was and still is politically oriented. From 1973 through 1980 he hosted the morning show Room 101
Room 101
Room 101 is a place introduced in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. It is a torture chamber in the Ministry of Love in which the Party attempts to subject a prisoner to his or her own worst nightmare, fear or phobia....
also on WBAI
WBAI
WBAI, a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station, broadcasting at 99.5 FM in New York City.Its programming is leftist/progressive, and a mixture of political news and opinion from a leftist perspective, tinged with aspects of its complex and varied...
.
Post was born in The Bronx and attended DeWitt Clinton High School
DeWitt Clinton High School
DeWitt Clinton High School is an American high school located in the Bronx, New York City, New York.-History:Clinton opened in 1897 at 60 West 13th Street at the northern end of Greenwich Village under the name of Boys High School, although this Boys High School was not related to the one in Brooklyn...
. He lives with his wife, Laura Rosenberg, on Manhattan's Upper West Side
Upper West Side
The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River and between West 59th Street and West 125th Street...
.