WGTE to recognize Ann Anderson Stranahan for her decades of service to public media in the Toledo area TOLEDO, OHIO – April 4, 2025 – WGTE Public Media will dedicate the large studio to Ann Anderson Stranahan at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14, on the lawn of 1270 S. Detroit Ave Toledo, OH 43614. The community is invited to celebrate Ann Stranahan’s contributions to WGTE Public Media. Read More
By Fritz ByersFritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday. Read More
Tune in all month long for Black History Month programming on WGTE HD, FM 91 and streaming. Read More
Toledo, Ohio (January 9, 2025) — Telling It Our Way, a WGTE Public Media podcast, is honored to receive the 2025 Media Award from the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). Podcast creators Ally Day and Becca Monteleone and executive producer Chris Peiffer were recognized for Telling It Our Way. Chris Peiffer, Voices Around Us® Podcast Manager and Senior Producer, works with hosts Ally Day and Becca Monteleone on the AAIDD 2025 winner. Read More
By Fritz ByersI just finished James Kaplan’s recent book, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and the Lost Empire of Cool. Read More
By Fritz ByersFritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday. Dear Aly, Yesterday while enjoying the ritualized mid-day traffic gridlock in old Maumee, I took respite in pondering the implications of the bumper sticker immediately before me: “Big Foot doesn’t believe in you either.” Fair point, really. And it set me to a-pondering’ about the ways the phrase “magical thinking” has radiated from Joan Didion’s book title through the culture in ways both banal and profound. Read More
TOLEDO, OHIO – November 26, 2024 – WGTE Public Media (WGTE) today announced that its fourth and longest serving station executive, President and CEO Marlon P. Kiser, has informed the Board of Directors and WGTE staff of his intention to retire from the organization effective March 28, 2025. Kiser and WGTE’s Board of Directors have communicated the plan for the hiring of his successor. Read More
