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Fresh Air


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Other names Fresh Air Weekend
Genre Talk radio
Running time ca. 50 min.
Country Flag of United States United States
Language(s) English
Home station WHYY-FM
Syndicates NPR
Host(s) Terry Gross
Director(s) Roberta Shorrock
Producer(s) Amy Salit
Phyllis Myers
Executive producer(s) Terry Gross
Danny Miller
Recording studio Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Air dates 1975 – present
Audio format Stereophonic
Opening theme "Fresh Air"
Website freshair.npr.org
Podcast feed Podcast

Fresh Air is a radio show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States each weekday. In 2004, the show was syndicated to 445 stations and claimed 4.4 million listeners. In addition, some stations carry Fresh Air Weekend, a "best-of" highlight show of the past week's interviews. Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... WHYY-FM is a National Public Radio member on 90. ... NPR logo For other meanings of NPR see NPR (disambiguation) National Public Radio (NPR) is a private, not-for-profit corporation that sells programming to member radio stations; together they are a loosely organized public radio network in the United States. ... All I Did Was Ask, by Terry Gross Terry Gross (born 1951) is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by National Public Radio. ... All I Did Was Ask, by Terry Gross Terry Gross (born 1951) is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by National Public Radio. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Stereophonic means having two channels of audio. ... For the US radio show on NPR, see Fresh Air // Fresh Air (Edinburgh) Fresh Air is the student and alternative radio station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Offical NPR logo National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. ...

Contents

Beginnings

The show began in 1975 at NPR affiliate WHYY-FM in Philadelphia with Judy Blank as host; in September of that year Terry Gross took over as presenter and producer; over thirty years later she remains its chief presenter. The main segment of the show is characterized by an interview, usually of persons in the arts and entertainment field, although other newsmakers, cultural figures, and journalists have also been featured. Shorter segments follow the main segment and carry reviews of various cultural and entertainment diversions on a rotating basis. These include such venues as movies, books, stage plays, television programs, as well as recordings of popular music, jazz, and classical music. The program also features commentary from a range of regular contributors. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... WHYY-FM is a National Public Radio member on 90. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Cradle of Liberty, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government... All I Did Was Ask, by Terry Gross Terry Gross (born 1951) is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by National Public Radio. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... [1]#redirect Book ... A stage play is a dramatic work intended for performance before a live audience, or a performance of such a work. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ... Jazz is a style of music which originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century. ... Classical music is a term with three distinct meanings: The European tradition of music which is associated with high culture, as distinct from popular or folk forms (including works in this tradition in non-European countries). ...


Background

Most of the program's interviews are recorded on tape and later edited down. As in the case of many such radio programs, guests are often not in the studio during recording. While nearly all other radio programming now use digital recording, Fresh Air is still recorded, edited, and played on analog reel-to-reel tape. However, the program's website announced in 2006 that the aging tapes were now deteriorating and that they would soon begin transferring the thousands of interviews "to a digital format and indexing them." The show usually uses fiber-optic lines to conduct its interviews leading to a superior sound quality. When pressing news requires, it has gone live as during the Soviet coup attempt of 1991. A Sony TC-630 reel-to-reel recorder, once a common household object. ... During the Soviet Coup of 1991, also known as the August Putsch, Vodka Putsch or August Coup, a group of hardliners within the Soviet Communist party briefly deposed Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and attempted to take control of the country. ...


In 1993 NPR, Fresh Air, and Gross were presented with the George Foster Peabody Award with praise for her "probing questions, revelatory interviews, and unusual insights."[1] 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television within the United States. ...


In February of 2002 Gross interviewed Gene Simmons of KISS in an infamous clash of NPR propriety and rock star flamboyance. Simmons discussed his sexual experimentation with women of all age groups and propositioned Gross in demonstration. According to NPR's web site, Simmons withheld permission to supply transcripts or audio of the interview on their website.[2] Gene Simmons (born August 25, 1949) is a American Hard Rock bass guitarist and vocalist for the rock band KISS. He is best known as The Demon, his blood-spitting, fire-breathing, tongue-wagging and Satanic personality. ... Kiss (sometimes typeset KISS, to fit the official logo) is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ...


Fresh Air interviews are generally first aired on the Monday through Thursday shows. The Friday shows are rebroadcasts of past interviews.


The show's theme, "Fresh Air", was composed for the program by Joel Forrester of The Microscopic Septet. Joel Forrester (May 23, 1946) is a composer and pianist born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, USA. He has been living an imaginary life for as long as he can remember. ...


In 2004 Gross published a book of her favorite interviews from the show under the title All I Did Was Ask.[3]


References

  1. ^ The Peabody Award Winners Archive. The Peabody Award. Retrieved on 2007 March 13.
  2. ^ Gross, Terry; Simmons, Gene. Leader and Bassist of the Band Kiss, Gene Simmons (.MP3) [Audio]. Fresh Air, WHYY; NPR. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
  3. ^ Gross, Terry (2004). All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 1401300103. 

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