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Gig Brown - Interim Program Director, Manager of WUSF 89.7² and Jazz Host on 89.7
Gig Brown manages the station's second broadcast stream, WUSF 89.7². Gig has worked at jazz stations in the greater Philadelphia, New York and Las Vegas markets. Gig's association with WUSF 89.7 started at Hillsborough High School. More.
 
Susan Giles Wantuck - All Things Considered Host and Interim News Director
Susan Giles Wantuck hosts All Things Considered, NPR's afternoon news magazine. She is a former classical music host at WUSF. Susan is a second-generation radio broadcaster, native Floridian and a graduate of the University of South Florida.
 
Russell Gant - Classical Music Director (Mornings)
Russell Gant hosts Classical Music daily, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and is the station's classical music director. He started as a part time production assistant while studying music at the University of South Florida, and became a full-time on-air music host in 1987.
 
Bobbie O'Brien - News Reporter
Bobbie O'Brien is an Ohio native who has lived in Florida since 1978. She attended Kent State University and graduated from the University of South Florida. She came to WUSF 89.7 in 1990 after more than a decade as a journalist in newspapers and television in the Tampa Bay area.
 
Bethany Cagle - Classical Music Host (Afternoons)
Classical Music Host Bethany Cagle can be heard weekday afternoons. Bethany began her career as a stage and film actress. She is a graduate of the University of South Florida.
 
Steve Newborn - News Reporter
Steve Newborn joined the WUSF 89.7 staff in March 2001. He was formerly a reporter at the Tampa Tribune, where he covered a variety of beats, including environmental and various governmental agencies since 1984. More.
 
Coleen Cook - Classical Music Host (Evenings)
Coleen Cook is a native of Butler, Pennsylvania, where her music education began at age 12 as a trained singer. She began her college career as a music major but later moved into communications. More.

 
Carson Cooper - Morning Edition Host
Carson Cooper hosts Morning Edition and 89.7's weekly public affairs program, Florida Matters. Carson began his radio career in the 1970s in Knoxville.
 
Bob Seymour - Jazz Music Director and Host
Bob Seymour has been jazz director since 1981. He has produced broadcasts from the Sarasota Music Festival and La Musica International Chamber Music Festival, and has interviewed many prominent jazz performers. He's active in the local music community and lives in Tampa with his wife Marian.