Due to illness, “Fresh Air” host Terry Gross was not be able to fulfill her previously scheduled commitments at MTSU. Her appearance has been rescheduled for September 19.
Marc J. Barr, Electronic Media Communication professor, says new tickets will not be printed, and persons with the original April 17 tickets are encouraged to keep them for the September event.
“Fresh Air with Terry Gross” won the Peabody Award in 1994 for what the Peabody Board called its “probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insight. It also captured the Ohio State Award in 1987 and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Award for “Best Live Radio Program” in 1981.
Gross embarked on her radio career in 1973 at WBFO, a public station in Buffalo, N.Y., where she hosted several programs. In 1975, she was hired at Philadelphia’s WHYY-FM as producer and host of “Fresh Air.” The daily interview and music program went national with a half-hour edition in 1985 and expanded to a one-hour edition in 1987. “Fresh Air” now air on 160 stations.
For more information, contact Barr at 615-898-5118 or at mjbarr@mtsu.edu.
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