Mitch Tanenbaum, WBFO Chief Engineer from 1973 to 1975, who recorded many concerts for broadcast on WBFO. Mitch started at WBFO as a volunteer in 1971, after volunteering at WBAI in New York City. He became WBFO Assistant Chief Engineer a year later. Mitch moved to Los Angeles to be an engineer for Capitol Records; he now works as a maintenance engineer at CBS Television in LA. Mitch writes, "As it must be for most volunteers and staffers at BFO, my time there was both exciting and very rewarding. The skills I learned, both technical and programming, have served me well in my present career." Mitch adds, "My ego would be largely assuaged if at the end it said something like 'and is currently one of the world's great sailors.' This credit could also be applied to the bios of Mark Fruehauf and Cathy Lewis, by the way. They, however, have other, more important stuff written about them. I need all the help I can get."
Mable Tartt Sumpter, WBFO receptionist in the 1980s, is now Manager of Conference Registration Services with the Office of Conferences and Special Events at the University at Buffalo.
Adrian Tate, WBFO blues host in the mid 1990s, later worked for a time at WHTT-FM in Buffalo.
Henry Tenenbaum, WBFO's Music Director and Program Director in the 1960s, is now a television personality at KRON-TV in San Francisco; he was also known as Henry Lawrence while a correspondent on WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo in the early 1970s.
G. Scott Thomas, WBFO News Director in the 1980s, also worked at NPR News in Washington, and public radio stations WEBR in Buffalo and WXXI in Rochester. He is now projects editor at Business First newspaper in Buffalo.
Jennifer Timkey, WBFO staffer in the mid 1990s.
Maria Todd, WBFO local Morning Edition host in the mid 1980s, went on to become a radio host at WMJQ-FM in Buffalo before moving to KRBE-FM in Houston, Texas.
Bill Tourot, "Uncle Bill," WBFO music host in the mid 1980s.
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Thurman Trapp, host of the jazz show Street Life on WBFO in the 1970s and 1980s, was also a novelist and activist in Buffalo's African-American community (died August 18 1995 at age 53).
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Steven T. Truesdale, WBFO news staffer in the late 1980s, is now assistant director of RERC (Rehabillitation Engineering Research Center) Universal Design @ Buffalo
Barry Tuch, WBFO Operations Assistant in the early 1980s.
Mike Uchacz, WBFO intern in the mid 1990s.
Chris Ulanowski, WBFO news staffer in the early 1980s, has been news and public affairs director for many years at NPR member station WRVO, from the State University of New York College at Oswego.
Alex van Oss, WBFO staffer in the 1970s, is now a correspondent for National Public Radio.
James Vetter, WBFO's first Business Manager, when the station began broadcasting January 6th 1959.
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Al Wadowski, WBFO control board operator from the mid 1980s until 1997 (died April 19& 1999 at age 71).
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Kate Waffner, WBFO News intern in the spring of 1998.
Linda Wagner, WBFO producer and Promotion and Development Coordinator from 1976 to 1979, is now with Consumer Reports magazine.
Tim Wagner, WBFO music host in the mid 1990s.
Bill Wahl, WBFO jazz host in the 1970s.
Josh Walker, WBFO News intern in the fall of 1998.
Gary Walters, WBFO staffer in the early 1990s, also served as a television cameraman for WGRZ-TV in Buffalo and for Buffalo Sabres hockey telecasts.
Bill Ward, WBFO News Director in the early 1960s, succeeded Jim Palermo as Station Manager when this "new kid," Bill Siemering, showed up. Bill Ward diverged from radio for about 35 years or so, and now is Security and Safety Manager at National Public Radio (Bill's e-mail at NPR is bward@npr.org, just in case you want to hear more about that era as we transitioned from UB to SUNYAB in 1962).
Vincent Ware, WBFO jazz host in the early 1980s.
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Mike Waters, WBFO news staffer in the 1960s, went on to become an early host of NPR's All Things Considered in Washington (died September 14, 2000 at age 69).
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Jack Waugh, WBFO's first Chief Engineer, when the station began broadcasting January 6th, 1959.
Hillel Weinberg was a news staffer from 1969 through the early 70s and reported on the very beginnings of the campus disturbances of 1970. He eventually served as staff director of the Committee on International Relations of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Jonathon Welch, WBFO reggae host in the 1990s, is a long time underwriter on WBFO as the proprietor of Talking Leaves Books in Buffalo.
Ken Wells, WBFO control board operator in the late 1960s, now works in the telecommunications industry in Naperville, Illinois.
Tim Wenger, WBFO news staffer in the mid 1980s, is currently news director of WBEN-AM in Buffalo.
John Werick, WBFO jazz host from 1979 to 1995 and Music Director from 1986 to 1994, plays bass with the Buffalo jazz bands Nickel City Clippers (headed by Ted Howes, host of At The Jazz Band Ball on WBFO) and Four Point Play. In the early 1980s, John was also a jazz host at the old WEBR in Buffalo.
Paul Wieland, WBFO commentator in the 1980s, produced cable television broadcasts for the NHL's Buffalo Sabres before becoming Executive Director of Fitchburg Access Television in Fitchburg Massachusetts.
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Fred Winters, WBFO Chief Engineer in the early 1970s, is now deceased.
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Howard Wolf, WBFO commentator in the 1980s (under the pseudonym Howard Twichell), is a UB English professor recently back from South Africa.
Dan and Laura Wolfe, WBFO staffers in the early 1980s.
David Wright, WBFO news reporter and intern in 1989, went on to become a public radio correspondent in Boston and California, and a technology correspondent for HotWired columnist; he now reports on politics and social issues for KRON-TV in San Francisco.
Rachel Zach, WBFO music host in the mid 1990s.
Keith Zehr, WBFO bluegrass host in the early 1990s.
Floyd Zgoda, WBFO blues host in the early 1980s.
Stan Zurek, WBFO control board operator in the early 1980s.
