Joey Spehar
HostJoey Spehar is a Pittsburgh native who started as a volunteer D.J. fresh out of college in 2006. He took on any job they’d let him do like editing audio, engineering remote broadcasts, and shoveling snow.
By fall, he was hosting a weekly show on Friday nights from midnight to 4 a.m. and started doing freelance production work for The Allegheny Front – Pittsburgh’s best environmental radio show – and eventually served as the show’s Production Director.
In 2012, Joey was hired full-time at WYEP as a co-host of the morning mix and started broadcasting solo in July 2017. In the midst of a global pandemic in 2020, he also became the host of WYEP’s virtual music quiz show, Drive Time.
Favorite Band: Grateful Dead
Most notable interview: This unpublished talk with David Bazan.
Read all about him:
My Favorite Pittsburgh Thing To Do With Kids, KidsBurgh.org
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WYEP looks at the best Pittsburgh musicians and bands of 2023. -
The legendary jazz drummer and bandleader was born and raised in the Hill District at the beginning of the 20th century. -
Alan Getto is a crafty and creative Pittsburgh songwriter who captures the best of indie folk and Americana in his music. -
Paging Doctor Moon is a project from singer and guitarist Kirsten Heibert that has expanded over the last couple years, culminating in a full sound that takes elements from each of the members’ musical backgrounds. -
Fronted by saxophonist f3ralcat, this band’s music is adventurous, heavy, and intentional, breaking barriers, melting faces, and stirring those who experience it to dance. -
Pittsburgh singer-songwriter Julia Norah steps outside of her comfort zone with her latest release, “Step Outside.” -
The Commonheart stopped by WYEP on Friday, Oct. 27 for a Live & Direct session. The beloved Pittsburgh band talked with Joey Spehar about their plans for the fall and debuted a brand new song live on the radio. -
Hard rockin' funk and soul band NASH.V.ILL get personal on the new song "Sister." -
Pittsburgh psych-rockers Chariot Fade blur traditional musical boundaries on their latest song "Time So Thin." -
It sure is fun to pretend to be someone or something else for a little while. Sometimes all it takes is some imaginative makeup, a fun wig, or an outlandish outfit to take us out of our comfort zone and into a world of mystery, imagination, and wonder. That’s why people have been celebrating Halloween for thousands of years.