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Terry Gross

Biography

Terry Gross

Terry Gross
started out in public radio in 1973 at WBFO in Buffalo. Soon after,
she became producer and host of Fresh Air, then a live,
daily show broadcast locally, at WHYY in Philadelphia in 1975. A
weekly, half-hour edition of the show premiered nationally in 1985
and soon won an International Radio Festival of New York Gold Medal
and a prestigious Ohio State Award. Fresh Air debuted
nationally in its current hour-long version in 1987, and won the
Peabody Award in 1994 for its "probing questions, revelatory
interviews and unusual insights." Terry Gross is a graduate of the
State University of Buffalo and she lives in
Philadelphia.

Terry Gross