Neal Charnoff
Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014.
Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio.
After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins.
Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm.
Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other.
Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.
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The Correspondent tells the story of a divorced woman in her 70s through her letters to friends, family and real-life authors. It's Evans' debut novel. -
With high temperatures in the extended forecast, Guilford County officials have offered some tips for staying safe. -
Greensboro's annual drinking water quality report is out, and city officials say the water continues to meet or exceed state and federal standards. -
Forsyth Technical Community College is one of ten finalists vying for the prize awarded by the Aspen Institute. -
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will allocate the funding to 39 local EMS agencies through the NC Rural Health Transformation Program. -
The grant application period for the program will launch on July 15. It will initially open to residents ages 65 or older and will expand to all eligible applicants on August 16. -
For the latest edition of the WFDD Culture Club, Neal Charnoff sits down with Juliette Bianco, director of the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro. -
Officials with the National Park Service point to the Bluffs at Doughton Park as one of the first developed areas of the parkway. -
Officials with the organization say there has been an alarming drop in scheduled donations, which account for 90 percent of all blood donations. -
The holiday marks the opening of many campgrounds, picnic areas and visitor centers along the Parkway. But there are still a number of maintenance and road projects underway, many related to Hurricane Helene repairs.
