Mike Sauter
Vice President, Broadcasting & Host of Slacker RewindMike Sauter became a radio addict as a young child in Rochester, NY. He’s worked on multiple ends of the music world, including a job at a “High Fidelity”-style record shop, a gig spinning records at a bar, a brief stint sorting mail for A&M Records, and an even shorter attempt to be a music performer.
However, the majority of his life has involved playing music on the radio, starting in 1984 at his college radio station in Ithaca, NY. He was a long-time DJ at one of the pioneering alternative rock stations, WHTG/Asbury Park in New Jersey. Sauter started at WYEP in 2004 and held various positions, including Midday Mix host, music director, program director, and station manager.
Fanboy of: The Beatles
Memorable Interviews I’ve Done Over the Years: Joe Strummer, Beck, Suzanne Vega, Dave Grohl, Noel Gallagher, Jorma Kaukonen, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Nicole Atkins, Billy Bragg, Paul Shaffer, Jewel, Peter Murphy, Violent Femmes, Richard Thompson, Guster, and Andrew Bird.
First Time I Ever Introduced a Band on Stage: Red Hot Chili Peppers/Faith No More in 1987 at a bar show!
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Welsh musician Karl Wallinger has died at age 66. He was the key creative force behind the band World Party, releasing six well-received albums of new material from 1987 through 2000. He was also a member of the band The Waterboys, before leaving to form World Party. -
Anyone responsible for any public radio station is always looking for the next dollar to pay the bills. The pressure to raise money was, at times, particularly dire in WYEP’s first decade. -
Look back at early WYEP hosts: DJ 'Mad' Mike, 'Buck' Brice, 'Harry the Wire' Wagner & 'Big' Al SmithAs we celebrate our 50th anniversary, we look back at four early WYEP hosts and the shows they aired. -
For Women’s History Month, as we celebrate our 50th anniversary year, WYEP has chosen a list representing “50 Years of Women in Music.” -
Getting WYEP on the air for the first time back in April of 1974 was a challenge in dozens of ways. -
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting, WYEP's parent organization, was founded in 1972. But it took nearly two years to put the station on the air. -
Sixty years ago, on Feb. 9, 1964, The Beatles came to the United States for the first time and appeared on the CBS television program, The Ed Sullivan Show. Their performance was a watershed moment in music and pop culture history. -
Former WYEP hosts talk about the early days of the station. -
For Black History Month, WYEP has chosen a list of “50 Black Artists Who Changed Music.” -
WYEP began broadcasting on April 30, 1974, so we are celebrating our 50th anniversary. We will be sharing aspects of the station’s past throughout the year.
