JAZZ FM - Erie's Jazz Station

6pm - Midnight Weekdays - Tony Mowod

JAZZ FM HostTony Mowod is on JAZZ FM every weekday night. Tony is also the President and Founder of the Pittsburgh Jazz Society, and has been one of Pennsylvania's most enduring champions of jazz for over four decades.

Even as a teenager, Tony dazzled by the tremendous number of ja...zz greats from this area, responded to them not only as a fan does, but as a young musician himself. (The vibraphone was his instrument of choice after studying classical piano as a youngster.)

While attending Duquesne University, Tony embarked on his broadcasting career.

Achievements include:

* Pittsburgh Jazz Festival honored him for his continuing effort to promote jazz music.
* California University of Pennsylvania awarded Tony the "Excellence in Jazz Promotion Award".
* Presented with a plaque by the River City Brass Band for "Outstanding Contribution to the Growth and Development of Jazz".
* Selected by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette as one of the Top 50 Cultural Power Brokers.
* Received the Harry Schwalb-Excellence in the Arts Award for Jazz.

Mowod also serves on the board of the American Federation of Jazz Societies.

Tony's ongoing love affair with jazz music is rekindled each night as he reminds listeners to "...keep a bit of love in your heart, and a taste of jazz in your soul." More than words to Tony Mowod, they are the man's philosophy.Read More

Saturday - Scott Hanley

Scott Hanley has experience in most aspects of broadcasting, especially public radio, in a twenty-plus year career. A former reporter, arts producer, music director, news director and program director, he is active with a number of influential public broadcasting organizations and is a regular le...ader or panelist at national conferences. In a recent addition to his busy schedule, he has been appointed to an advisory committee for future internet activities of National Public Radio.

Scott has a special affinity for jazz-oriented radio. He has been a session leader or panelist for many national conferences specifically related to jazz music and has experience as a concert and festival producer/promoter. Mr. Hanley also serves as volunteer coordinator of the Jazz Radio Consortium, an ongoing collaboration between public radio stations intent on improving jazz programming nationwide.

A trained musician, Hanley had an active performing career in years past, including vocal work in choral, operatic, musical theater and jazz combo settings, plus instrumental work as a trombonist. Although he performs infrequently, he is most likely to be heard these days singing jazz in a small group setting.Read More

Sunday - Bob Studebaker

JAZZ FM HostBob Studebaker is from Pittsburgh. In addition to his independent work in audio production, he has worked since 1980 with various radio stations in this area including WNUF, WWCL, WXXP, WORD, WQKB, WMXP, and WJJJ.

With an avid interest in history, Bob has taught the "History of Jazz" a...t Carnegie Mellon University's Academy for Lifelong Learning, tracing the roots of jazz from 17th century West Africa to the many influences and experiences that have contributed to the evolution of "America's classical music."

As Production Director, Bob has hosted local high school students in the Professional Experience Program at Penn Hills High School, teaching them and giving them hands-on experience with recording and editing for radio.Read More

6am - 10am Weekdays - Bonnie Grice

JAZZ FM HostsFor over 20 years, Bonnie Grice has programmed some of the most listened-to music on public radio. Her wealth of radio experience, producing/hosting and interviewing, add up to a standard of professionalism that she has spent a lifetime developing.

She hosted her first live... talk show at WMUB in Oxford, Ohio, while pursuing a Master's Degree in Mass Communication at Miami University. She was the fine arts editor and daily music host at WKSU in Kent and then the morning drive host and producer/host of a weekly arts magazine for KUSC in Los Angeles.

Bonnie leads a busy life outside of radio. She is a librettist and author. In July 1993, the two-act chamber opera, Mrs. Dalloway, for which Bonnie wrote the libretto based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, had its critically-acclaimed world premiere by Lyric Opera Cleveland (music by Libby Larsen). And in the fall of 1994, Bonnie wrote the book From Z to A - A Classical Lover's Alternative, a unique, somewhat quirky, yet inclusive guide to the great composers, from Zappa to John Adams. Bonnie is also a flutist and an aspiring singer. She's spent some time in the theatre as both actor and producer. Plus, she's an avid fan of football and fast cars.Read More