Marty Moss-Coane

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Marty Moss-Coane
Born (1949-02-14) February 14, 1949 (age 75)
NationalityAmerican
EducationTemple University
OccupationRadio personality
EmployerWHYY
Known forRadio Times with Marty Moss-Coane

Marjorie S. "Marty" Moss-Coane (born February 14, 1949)[1] is an American radio personality and executive.[2] She was the host and executive producer of Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, in Philadelphia. Moss-Coane has worked at WHYY-FM since 1983, when she began working as an associate producer on Fresh Air.[2] She became a host when Fresh Air went national in 1987.[3]

Career[edit]

Moss-Coane started her career at WHYY as a newsroom volunteer in 1980 and became a reporter in subsequent years.[4] She joined the radio station after working as a school counselor and mental health professional.[2][5] She began working on the show Fresh Air in the mid-1980s as an editor and assistant producer, but Terry Gross and co-executive producer Danny Miller encouraged her to try interviewing.[2] On October 27, 1987, she started as the host of Radio Times, and worked in that capacity until the program left the air in 2022.[2] Since then she has hosted the program "The Connection" on WHYY.

Moss-Coane is a graduate of Temple University.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e Timpane, John. "WHYY's Marty Moss-Coane has hosted 30 years of 'Radio Times' (and one distressing segment with Carl Bernstein)". Philly.com. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. ^ "Marty Moss-Coane Bio". Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Melissa (2018-04-01). "Marty Moss-Coane Reflects on Over Three Decades of 'Radio Times'". Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ^ "One of Us: Marty Moss-Coane of WHYY's Radio Times". phillymag.com. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  6. ^ "Marty Moss Coane | Daughters | Distinguished Daughters of PA". distinguisheddaughtersofpa.org. Retrieved 2018-04-30.