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.
Stories from this Author
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Yes, There's Another Primary In North Carolina On Tuesday
Those campaign placards you've seen along roadsides aren't leftovers from North Carolina's March 15 primary. There's another election today.
Morning Headlines: Thursday, June 2, 2016
Branded A Racist, Lawmaker Scales Back Tuition-Cut Proposal
A North Carolina lawmaker who proposed to slash tuition to just $500 a semester at five public universities says he is scaling back on the idea after running into mistrust and skepticism so fierce that he was called a racist.
Appeals Court Refuses To Rehear Transgender Restroom Case
A federal appeals court won't reconsider a three-judge panel's ruling that a transgender teen must be allowed to use the boys' restroom at school. The case has implications for the fate of North Carolina's controversial House Bill 2.
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, June 1, 2016
NC Insurers Propose Increases Under Affordable Care Act
North Carolina's largest health insurer says it wants to raise rates by an average of almost 19 percent next year on broadly subsidized policies sold to individuals.
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
North Carolina March Primary Results To Be Finalized
North Carolina election officials are ready to finalize March 15 primary election results a week before the next primary election is held.
North Carolina Prisons Moving Away From Solitary Confinement
North Carolina prison officials are reducing the number of inmates kept in solitary confinement. The number has been cut in half over the past year.
