Steve Aby, WBFO bluegrass host in the 1970s.

Betty Accordino, WBFO development director in the early 1980s.

Ellis Adelstein, WBFO classical music host in the 1970s.

Larry Alexander, WBFO engineer in the early 1970s, went on to be a recording engineer in New York City.

Richie Allen, WBFO sportscaster in the early 1980s.

Marcia Alvar, WBFO program director in the 1970s, is now Executive Director of the Public Radio Program Directors (PRPD) Association.

Dale Anderson, former WBFO music reviewer, is a reporter for the Buffalo News, who still actively participates on the air during WBFO on-air fundraisers.

Howard Arenstein, WBFO news staffer in the 1960s, is now Washington Bureau Chief and correspondent for CBS Radio news in Washington, DC.

Alex Ariemma, WBFO jazz host in the early 1990s.

Ian Aronson, WBFO News and Public Affairs Producer from 1991 to 1995, is a producer of nonfiction media in San Francisco. He is a 1997 graduate of the Stanford University Master's Program in Documentary Film and Video. While at WBFO, Ian produced several award-winning documentaries, including All In The Family, Homicide in Daily Life and The First Year, which was distributed nationally by Public Radio International.



Traci Baars, WBFO jazz host in the early 1980s.

Jonathan "Smokey" Baer, WBFO engineer in the early 1970s, has been an engineer and producer at National Public Radio in Washington for over two decades.

Cameron Baird, head of the UB Music Department, which supplied programming when WBFO began broadcasting January 6th, 1959. (died May 6, 1960 at age 54)

Jim Bala, WBFO News Director in the late 1960s/early 1970s, active in reporting on a lot of the 1970 unrest on the UB campus and in the community during those turbulent times; he served as the Lighting Director for the Mark Russell public television show for a few years.

Babe Barlow, WBFO blues host in the 1970s. Her real name was Lucille Brown, and at age five she was discovered by movie mogul Hal Roach in an orphanage. He cast her as Farina in his Our Gang movie comedies, and she appeared in other movies in the 1930s (died August 21 1992 at age 74).

Christine Bartz, WBFO marketing and development associate and intern in the early 1990s.

Tom Bauerle, WBFO news staffer in the early 1980s, is currently a talk show host on WBEN-AM in Buffalo.

Joel Becktell, WBFO commentator and cellist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in the early 1990s, is now Principal Cellist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra.

David Bell, former telephone wiring technician who brought a new standard of neatness in wiring to WBFO's Master Control Studio in the old Norton Hall studios in the late 1960s.

David Benders is not yet a WBFO alumnus, but he is remembered by many station alumni, so his name is here for easy reference. David is still at WBFO after nearly three decades, and he is currently the station's Program Director and Assistant General Manager.

Pamela Benson, WBFO public affairs volunteer in the 1970s (UB BA 1976), went on to become a news writer and producer for several Buffalo radio and television stations, before becoming a charter staffer at Cable News Network (CNN) in Atlanta in 1980.

Barbara Bernheim, WBFO staffer from 1976 to 1982, including Membership Director and Business Manager 1980-1982, went on to public station WDET in Detroit for two years before settling in Montana, where she is Listener Support and Volunteer Services Manager for Yellowstone Public Radio) in Billings Montana.

Wilma Bertling, WBFO development assistant in the late 1980s. From 1956 to 1961, Wilma was Editor of Catalogues and Director of Publications for the University of Buffalo, before enjoying a long career with the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society until her stint at WBFO. While at the Historical Society, Wilma provided much help to the WBFO News Department for the 1982 Buffalo sesquicentennial series (and subsequent book) News of the Year. She is currently retired in Florida, but coordinated the 50th anniversary reunion for the yearbook staff of Syracuse University's Class of 1951.

Bill Besecker, WBFO jazz host in the 1970s and 1980s.

Doug Bevington, WBFO engineer in the 1980s, is now Senior Satellite Facilities Engineer for National Public Radio in Washington DC.

Carl Bishop, WBFO music host and producer in the early 1990s, is now a morning radio host in Houston Texas.

Larry Blasco, WBFO staffer in the late 1980s.

Jo Blatti, WBFO classical music host, and producer of the WBFO series "Buffalo Social History Project" and "The American Dream" in the 1970s.

Helene A. Blieberg, WBFO staffer in the 1970s, is now Vice President for Communications at CBS Radio in New York.

David Bloom, WBFO classical music host in the 1970s.

Marty Boratin, WBFO rock music producer (Rock Box) in the late 1980s, is with New World Record in Buffalo.

Jay Boyar, WBFO staffer in the late 1970s, was also a columnist for the old Buffalo Courier-Express newspaper until its shutdown in September 1982. Now a print journalist in Florida.

Ollie Britton, WBFO music producer in the mid 1980s.

Madeleine Brand, WBFO news staffer in the late 1980s, went on to become a correspondent for NPR affiliate WBGO in Newark, and is now at National Public Radio in Washington.

Steve Brody, WBFO jazz host in the early 1980s.

Pat Brogan, WBFO news staffer in the 1980s, was also a radio and television reporter on Buffalo commercial stations.

Mike Brydalski, WBFO staff engineer in the early 1990s, is a freelance audio engineer who still takes on projects at WBFO from time to time.

"Blues Gal" Kim Buckner, WBFO Blues host from the early 1990s until 2004, was also WBFO's receptionist.

Paul Burke, WBFO news staffer when the station began broadcasting January 6th, 1959, host of the program Kaleidoscope.

Tom Calandra, Buffalo musician and songwriter who featured local musicians on a WBFO program in the late 1970s named for his Buffalo recording studio, Buffalo College of Musical Knowledge (died July 19, 1998 at age 56).

Jim Campbell, WBFO General Manager in the early 1970s, is now living in Maine.

Tito Candelario, co-host of WBFO's Salsa program from 1987 to March 1998.

Eulis Cathey, WBFO jazz host in the early 1980s, was also a jazz host at the old WEBR in Buffalo.

Kitty Catiga, American alley cat found wandering the WBFO studios in 1970 and adopted by Ira Flax.

Chris Caya, WBFO news intern in 2001, is now a reporter at WBEN-AM in Buffalo.

Bob Chapman, host of the WBFO oldies show When Rock Was Young, starting in 1976 (originally with co-hosts Bud Ralabate and Tom Scherer), and continuing through April 1990.

Marc Chodorow, WBFO News Director in the late 1970s, and host of Person to Person; he also worked at the old WEBR in Buffalo in the early 1980s.

Ben Clark, WBFO gospel music host in the early 1980s.

Fred Clifton, WBFO news staffer when the station began broadcasting January 6th, 1959, host of the interview program Symposium.

Bill Coleman, WBFO control board engineer in the late 1960s, now works for IBM in Poughkeepsie.

Dr. Bill Coles, WBFO jazz history features producer in the mid 1990s.

John E. Corthorn, Jr., host of folk music on WBFO in the late 1980s, who also worked as a local performer in Buffalo. In 1991, he moved to New York City and worked as a musician in Irish venues and volunteered at public radio station WFUV at Fordham University. John now lives in Western Pennsylvania, and has produced and recorded a double electric guitar album which he says, "for homemade, turned out rather nicely."

Candi Cowart, Membership Manager, 1999 - 2004

Corey Cranston, WBFO jazz host in the mid 1990s, plays guitar with the Buffalo rock band Excessive Behaviour.

Dennis Crawford, WBFO staffer in the early 1990s, now owns an Internet Company, InterAxess in Syracuse, NY.

Vinnie Curren, WBFO jazz host in the 1970s, is now general manager of public radio station WXPN in Philadelphia. Vinnie was recently elected Chairman of the NPR Station Resource Group Board of Directors.