WMNR's 30th Anniversary

During 2012, we at WMNR Fine Arts Radio will mark our 30th anniversary as a classical and fine arts station. Throughout the year we will hold events, including an open house at WMNR, to celebrate this milestone. We  hope our listeners will be a art of these events and we start our anniversary with a brief history of the station on this web site. To read it click here.

Meet Broadcaster Anne Cushman Schwaikert

Anne Cushman Schwaikert is the host of Sunday Evening Songfest on Sundays at 6:00 p.m.  Shortly after moving back to Connecticut from New York in 1989, Anne happened to check the "volunteer" box on her WMNR pledge form, a snap decision that has led to her twenty-plus-year gig as a broadcaster here on Fine Arts Radio.
 
Anne received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.  Though music is not her primary "day job," it has always played a large part in her life; as a performer, teacher and classical music broadcaster.  To fund her "music habit" Anne spent many years producing corporate videos and events in New York and doing voice-over work.  After returning to Connecticut, she worked as a producer and marketing project manager for local marketing companies and as a freelance consultant.  These days she is semi-retired but works part-time as a Registrar of Voters.
 
Anne calls her Sunday evenings at WMNR "play therapy."  A self-confessed "gadgeteer," Anne has enjoyed the evolution of WMNR's broadcast technology along with the opportunity to share her classical favorites with listeners.  "In particular," she says "I've loved hosting Sunday Evening Songfest for so many years.  Classical radio as a whole is not that receptive to vocal music.  Thankfully, WMNR and all my Sunday listeners are great exceptions."


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