Piero Hadjikakou

Fred Haier, WBFO blues host in the mid 1980s, also worked at WSPQ-AM in Springville.

Dave Haney, WBFO bluegrass host in the early 1980s.

Greg Haney, WBFO host in the 1980s, also worked at WGKT-AM and WUFO-AM in Buffalo.

Walt Hankin, WBFO news/sports staffer in the late 1980s

Misty Harris, WBFO traffic director from 2002-2004, went on to public station WFUV at Fordham University in New York in November 2004.

Dr. Lincoln Harter, Director of the UB Office of Information Services, faculty advisor to the station when WBFO began broadcasting January 6th 1959.

Behi Henderson, WBFO producer, host of Womenspeak in the mid 1980s.

Beth Hoppel, WBFO business manager from 1986 to 1991 (died March 1995 at age 29).

John Hunt, WBFO jazz host and music director from the mid 1970s until his passing in September 1985 at age 33.

Fred Jacobowitz, WBFO engineer and DJ in the early 1970s and UB alumnus (BSEE 1975), currently runs a software consulting company (Oakleigh Software Services, Inc.), and still maintains his Amateur Radio license (KE2QR). Fred was at WBFO "alongside Dave Simon, Mitch Tanenbaum, Sandy Kimmel and Dave Benders. Fondly remember the chief engineer Fred Winters and the original hippie Bernie Fromm. We (Simon) met Bernie during our summer orientation and knew at once that this was the place for us." Fred and Dave Simon helped start UB's Carrier Current AM station WIRR: "We crawled through the underground passages connecting Norton Hall, Tower Hall, Goodyear and Clement dormitories stringing cable."

Audrey Jarosz, WBFO jazz host in the early 1980s.

Rick Jenkins, host of WBFO's Comedy Tonight in the early 1980s.

Bob Jesselson, WBFO classical music programmer in the 1960s and 1970s, now teaches music at the University of South Carolina and plays in The American Arts Trio in Columbia South Carolina.



Aren Kagen, WBFO intern and volunteer in the late 1990s.

Alex Kaliszczak, WBFO Continuity Director when the station began broadcasting January 6th 1959.

John Karavolias, WBFO work-study assistant in the late 1990s, moved to Germany to finish a Masters Degree in Environmental Studies at the College of Applied Sciences in Stuttgart. John writes: "After that it is the hard and heavy reality of the job market. I am of course planning on coming back to the States to make the world unsafe for Environmental Violaters and other riff-raff."

Dave Karpoff, WBFO Program Director in the early 1970s.

Eli and Madeline Kaufman, WBFO staffers in the late 1960s (Madeline says theirs is a made at WBFO marriage).

Jefferson Kaye, WBFO folk music host in the mid 1960s, also served in various on-air and managerial positions in Buffalo at WKBW and WBEN radio. He became a freelance voiceover talent who also narrated for NFL Films, and was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2002.

Rick Kaye, WBFO jazz host in the late 1980s.

Craig Kellas, WBFO bluegrass host in the 1980s.

Sandy Kimmel, WBFO staffer in the early 1970s.

Steve Kirsch, WBFO Assistant Chief Engineer in the mid 1970s, went on to work at CBS, and then became an independent radio producer.

Linda Grace-Kobas, WBFO General Manager in the mid 1980s, became director of the Cornell University News Service.

Dick Kohles, WBFO Chief Engineer in the 1970s and 1980s, is now Deputy Director of Engineering with National Public Radio's Distribution Division in Washington DC.

Bruce Allen Kolesnick, WBFO News Director and Interim General Manager in the 1980s, is now Associate Director for Marketing and Programs and Campus Catering with the Office of Conferences and Special Events at the University at Buffalo.

Karen Kosman, WBFO classical music host in the 1970s, and producer of WBFO's nationally syndicated Sound of Swing in the 1980s.

Tom Krehbiel, former WBFO volunteer jazz host, is a teacher, and audio/electronics columnist for the Buffalo News.

Barbara Krug, WBFO Director of Corporate Relations from October 1995 until December 2000, later served at Western New York Public Broadcasting (Channel 17 and WNED radio) in Buffalo, and is now Marketing Director for World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara.

Lydia Kulbida, news staffer, music host and WBFO Music Director from 1992 to 1995, is now a television news anchor at WNYT Channel 13 in Albany, after serving as a news anchor post at WWLP-TV22 in Springfield Massachusetts.

Francesca Kurnik, WBFO administrative assistant in the early 1980s, is now a psychologist in the Buffalo Public School District.



Ingrid Lakey, a WBFO programming assistant in the early 1990s, also worked at NPR member station WXXI in Rochester, and is now in program marketing at National Public Radio in Washington.

Peter Lawley, WBFO staffer in the mid 1990s, is now a Buffalo area journalist.

Cindy Lawson, WBFO control board operator who was at the controls when WBFO began broadcasting January 6th 1959.

Bruce Leader, WBFO staffer in the early 1990s, is now a teacher at Starpoint Academy.

Stu Leger, WBFO engineer in the 1970s.

Malcolm Leigh, WBFO jazz host in the 1980s, became a sales associate at a Western New York auto dealership.

Rick Lesniak, WBFO classical music host in the 1970s, and occasional panelist on WBFO's Trivia programs in the early 1980s.

Steve Levinthal, WBFO classical music host and producer (The Esoteric Phonograph, along with Mike Horwood and Jerry Fink) from 1965 to 1970, and 1972 to 1977, was a high school English teacher for a couple of years, and now works for GM's Delphi Harrison plant in Lockport. Steve continues to pursue his love of broadcasting, serving as a part-time music announcer on WNED Buffalo/WNJA Jamestown, since they started airing classical music in 1977.

Doug Levy, WBFO staffer in the 1960s, is now a freelance writer in Buffalo, and a part-time music announcer on WNED Buffalo/WNJA Jamestown, and is a longtime supporter of WBFO.

Cathy Lewis, WBFO staffer in the early 1970s, has been a producer at "CBS Sunday Morning" since the mid 1980s.

Jack Lockhart (father of John), WBFO jazz host in the 1980s, was also a jazz host at the old WEBR in Buffalo.

John Lockhart (son of Jack), WBFO jazz host in the 1980s, was also a jazz host at the old WEBR in Buffalo.

Kristen Lord, WBFO News intern in the fall of 1998.



Helen Macdonald, WBFO receptionist in the late 1980s.

Rich Malawista, WBFO classical music programmer in the 1960s and 1970s, is now Director of Broadcasting at public radio station WFCR-FM in Amherst Massachusetts.

Steve Mann, WBFO folk music host in the 1970s.

Lamont Maracle, WBFO jazz host in the 1980s.

Bill Maraschiello, WBFO folk music music host in the 1970s, is now a member of the Folk Singers Hall of Fame.

Tom Mardirosian

Gerry Matalan, WBFO news intern in the early 1980s, becamew a producer at ESPN Sports.

Todd McDermott, WBFO jazz host in the early 1980s, who also did a lot of data entry for our old computerized record library inventory, is now a news anchor/reporter at WUSA-TV in Washington DC. McDermott previously worked at WCBS-TV in New York, WMAR-TV in Baltimore, and KSNW-TV, the NBC affiliate in Wichita KS, where in 1997 he received the Edward R. Murrow Award for "A Common Thread," a thirty minute special on AIDS. He also worked at KSNF-TV, the NBC affiliate in Joplin MO after graduating from Canisius College.

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

John Merino, host and producer of American Blues Hour on WBFO from 1976 to 1980, went on to Connecticut Public Radio and WWUH at the University of Hartford, where he won the New England Advocate Newspaper chain's first Honor Roll Award for his contribution to the arts through radio production. Since 1987, John has served as Executive Director of NHS Inc. in Niagara Falls, NY, an Urban Development Corporation. He is the host and producer of the "Legends of the Falls" series on Adelphia Cable television, since 1996.

Jack Mettauer, WBFO's first Program Director, when the station began broadcasting January 6th 1959.

Joseph Mianowany, WBFO sports reporter in the mid 1970s, UB Class of 1977, went on to become a correspondent for UPI (United Press International). He covered the Buffalo Sabres appearance in the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals for WBFO.

Larry Mietus, WBFO staffer in the early 1980s, is now a public speaking coach who owns and operates Speak Eazy Seminars in Buffalo.

John Miller, WBFO engineer in the mid 1970s, is now a DirectBand Network Engineer for Smart Personal Objects Technology with Microsoft.

Bob Mink, WBFO overnight classical music host in the early 1980s.

Sara Mirabito, WBFO jazz host and news correspondent in the late 1980s. After graduating from UB, she moved to Alaska and worked as a reporter for KSKA Public Radio. She later did stints for the Alaska Public Radio Network as well as public and commercial TV stations. During the mid-90's she moved to Seattle, and now runs a web site for MSN/Microsoft.

Darryl Mitchell, WBFO engineer in the 1980s.

Edie Moore, WBFO news staffer, and alternate host of the Broadway/Hollywood program Soundstage on WBFO in the mid 1980s.

Tiffany Morrison, WBFO Underwriting Manager in the early 1990s, went on to NPR in Washington for a time.

Sally Anne Mosey, WBFO news staffer in the mid 1980s, went on to do television weather reports on WGRZ-TV Channel 2 in Buffalo, before moving out of town.

Maureen Muncaster, local WBFO Morning Edition host in the early 1980s.

Abdullah Muharram, WBFO jazz host in the 1980s.

Next Page

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z