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Most notable interview: This unpublished talk with David Bazan.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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Jimmy Adler’s new song “Living Upside Down” will make you smile bigger than that time you got the ketchup to flow on the first tap. -
Joey Spehar had the pleasure of sitting down with Irish singer Hozier to talk about his latest album, “Unreal Unearth.” -
Pittsburgh rockers Good Brother Earl just put out "Canary," their first new album in over a decade. -
Pittsburgh Furniture maker and songwriter Ames Harding dropped into WYEP Studios on July 20th, 2023 with his world music-influenced indie rock project Ames Harding and the Mirage to talk with Joey Spehar during WYEP’s celebration of LovePGH Music Month. -
Pittsburgh psychedelic rhythm and blues band The Roof imagine life after death on their song "Headstone." -
Pittsburgh synth-pop duo Sad Girls Aquatics Club make life's hollow, empty feelings sound a lot prettier. -
Pittsburgh's Melt are here to help us process life in an AI world on their new album "Replica of Man." Listen to "Problem Child" here. -
Pittsburgh pop-punks Old Neon got the “Jumpstart” they needed on their brand new album. Listen here. -
Pittsburgh singer, dancer, and actor Oliver Halo wants you to get up and move! Listen to the new song “What’s Poppin’.” -
Bill Toms and Hard Rain return with a hopeful new song inspired by The Rascals. Listen to “Walking On Water."
