Bob Studebaker
Host, We Got The BeatBob was one of the on-air hosts at the beloved 1980s Pittsburgh radio station Double X. He brings his knowledge, his memories, and his personal touch to We Got the Beat every Friday evening from 8 to 10 PM on WYEP. Bob was the Production Director for Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station 90.5 WESA, and is a host and the Operations Manager for JazzWorks. Bob has been working in different areas of the radio industry for 33 years. He thinks “public radio is a forum for ideas and entertainment unavailable on commercial radio and that makes it indispensable.” Bob is a lifelong Pittsburgher who married and also raised both of his children in his home city.
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1984 was the heyday of the mega-album, but college radio and shows on community stations like WYEP were also demonstrating a powerful underground of artists that had both growing fanbases and critical acclaim.
