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Michael Feldman

  • Genre: Marches
  • Active: '90s
  • Instrument: Liner Notes

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National Public Radio personality Michael Feldman was born and raised in Milwaukee, graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1970. While teaching at an alternative high school in Madison in 1977, he volunteered his services at local public radio station WORT, soon landing his own Friday night call-in show, Thanks for Calling. Within months, Feldman graduated to a daily morning program, The Breakfast Special. A series of radio jobs followed before he was tapped by Chicago's WGN to host their afternoon drive-time slot. In 1985, Feldman returned to the Wisconsin Public Radio network to host Whad'ya Know?, a weekly talk show complete with celebrity interviews, call-in quiz contests, and a "Town of the Week" chosen by tossing a dart at a map. By the following decade, the series was a staple of NPR schedules across the nation, and in 1999, spawned its own CD collection, Why Not: The Best of Michael Feldman's Whad'ya Know? ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Why Not: Best of Michael Feldman's Whad'ya Know, Whad'ya Know About...Sousa, Whad'ya Know About...Copland
 
 
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For the Canadian politician, see Mike Feldman

Michael Feldman (born 1949) is the host of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, a radio program distributed by Public Radio International. His announcer, Jim Packard, refers to him as "The Sage of Wisconsin." He has given himself the title of "Producer Internationale," and also refers to Public Radio International on-air as "The International House of Radio."

Raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Feldman graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in English in 1970. He worked as a teacher at Malcolm Shabazz Alternative High School in Madison, Wisconsin, before finding work at radio station WORT. Soon after, he worked as a cab driver before coming back to broadcasting, first at Wisconsin Public Radio, then at WGN. He was fired from WGN in 1984, which sent him back to Public Radio. He started his show, Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, in 1985. He is also the author of several books, some based on the show.

Feldman is married, with two daughters, and lives in the Madison area, where the show is usually staged.

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