Marjorie S. "Marty" Moss-Coane (born February 14, 1949) is an American radio personality and executive. She was the host and executive producer of '' Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane'', in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

. Moss-Coane has worked at

WHYY-FM WHYY-FM (90.9 MHz, "91 FM") is a public radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its broadcast tower is located in the city's Roxborough neighborhood at () while its studios and offices are located on Independence Mall in Cen ...

since 1983, when she began working as an associate producer on ''

Fresh Air ''Fresh Air'' is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1985. It is produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The show's host is Terry Gross. , the show was syndicated to 6 ...

''. She became a host when ''Fresh Air'' went national in 1987.

Career

Moss-Coane started her career at WHYY as a newsroom volunteer in 1980 and became a reporter in subsequent years. She joined the radio station after working as a school counselor and mental health professional. She began working on the show ''

'' in the mid-1980s as an editor and assistant producer, but

Terry Gross Terry Gross (born February 14, 1951) is an American journalist who is the host and co-executive producer of ''Fresh Air'', an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR. Since joining NPR i ...

and co-executive producer Danny Miller encouraged her to try interviewing. On October 27, 1987, she started as the host of ''

Radio Times ''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTimes'') is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by J ...

'', and worked in that capacity until the program left the air in 2022. Since then she has hosted the program "The Connection" on WHYY. Moss-Coane is a graduate of

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...

References

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