Bob Studebaker
Host, JazzWorksBob is a host 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 raised both of his children in his home city.
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Opioid overdose deaths in western Pennsylvania dropped 43 percent in 2018 after several years of steady increases. Officials in the FBI-Pittsburgh field… -
Former school superintendent Joe Lagana was walking out of a homeless shelter 20 years ago when he saw a young man writing on the hood of his car. He… -
It isn’t exactly jazz, but has its roots in jazz – and in West Africa.That’s the fast take on the new album Songs of Lake Volta: Ghanaian Traditional… -
Brush and Pounce is the name of a modern business steeped in the aesthetics of another century. One local artist is embracing traditional methods to… -
These days, jazz studies programs are common at American universities and colleges. In 1969, there were only two at major universities. That’s the year… -
Pittsburgh is known globally for its jazz musicians, and for more than a century the city’s African-American community has provided a unique environment… -
After struggling to make a living in Portland, Ore., artists Drew and Alyssa Kail moved back to Pittsburgh and found the area to be friendly to creators… -
Jimmy Beaumont, then an 18 year old from Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood, took some lyrics written by his friend Joe Rock, and set them to music in… -
A new Pittsburgh stage production is rooted in the exploration of Parkinson's disease. In the Company of Ghosts looks at how challenges like disease… -
Shortly before she passed away, late last year, holocaust survivor Elfi Rook was interviewed by her daughter Jill…
