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In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

  
  WNYC - Music - Metropolitan Opera Names New Announcer
Juntwait is only the third regular announcer of the long-standing broadcast series, launched in 1931, and is the first woman to hold the position.
Juntwait will continue her stellar work as host of WNYC's Evening Music with Margaret Juntwait, which can be heard on Saturday and Sunday nights on WNYC 93.9 FM.
“Margaret is an extraordinarily gracious, personable and knowledgeable host—qualities well known to her fans at WNYC Radio, where she has been a fixture since 1991.
www.wnyc.org /music/articles/36638   (445 words)

  
 Metropolitan Opera International Radio Broadcast Information Center - News
Juntwait will be only the third regular announcer, and the first woman to take the position, in this landmark broadcast series that dates back to 1931.
Juntwait said, “I am honored and thrilled to become the announcer for what is probably the most revered live classical radio show in the world.
Juntwait holds a degree in voice from the Manhattan School of Music.
www.operainfo.org /news/article_86.shtml   (451 words)

  
 CBC.ca Arts - New voice takes over Met's Saturday opera broadcasts
Margaret Juntwait will take over from Peter Allen as the host of the opera company's Saturday afternoon broadcast.
Juntwait, 47, is only the third regular host — and the first woman – since the series began in 1931.
To prepare for the upcoming season, which runs through May 7, Juntwait says she'll try to watch each opera twice, plus the occasional dress rehearsal, in advance of the broadcast.
www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2004/12/10/metoperaradio041210.html   (1154 words)

  
 WNYC - Evening Music: A Goodbye (September 20, 2006)
After fifteen years on WNYC, Margaret Juntwait is leaving us to be the full-time voice of the Metropolitan Opera.
Tonight, Margaret writes a personal note to her listeners, on this, her last broadcast as the host of weekday "Evening Music."
In which Margaret discusses her beginnings at WNYC; colleague David Garland talks radio fashion; insomniac news host Richard Hake recalls Margaret's very first day on the air and opera legend Roberta Peters, WQXR Host Nimet Habachy and Elena Park from the Metropolitan Opera (but formerly of WNYC!) offer their congratulations.
www.wnyc.org /shows/eveningmusic_s/episodes/2006/09/20   (468 words)

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