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Bill Withers: Just As He Is

Monday, April 13, 2020 at 9 PM

WVPE remembers Bill Withers, who died in early April at age 81, with a 2006 special produced by Joyride Media. "Bill Withers: Just As He Is" walks with Withers through his early music career and the production of his debut album, "Just As I Am."

Tony became WVPE's program director in 2022, after working as operations manager since 2014. He also produces Michiana Chronicles and works on other special programming and digital projects. He joined the station as All Things Considered host in 1997, hosted Morning Edition in 2000 and 2001, then returned to the ATC host chair from 2007 to 2016. One of his Morning Edition newscasts earned WVPE a Best Radio Newscast Award from the Associated Press in 2002. An Iowa native, Tony got his start in radio as a student at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), Harrisonburg, Va., and managed the radio station there for three years after graduating. He also worked in commercial and Christian radio prior to his time at WVPE. Tony lives in Goshen.