Talkradio 850AM WTAR
| "First Light" with Dirk Van, Weekdays 5am-5:30am. |
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Contact the show:
1-800-736-3666
Ease into the morning with pleasant conversation. Host Dirk Van updates his audience on the latest news, weather, sports, business and entertainment. Listen in as Dirk chats with top celebrities and newsmakers. Join in on the conversation as we open up the phone lines for listener comments on the hot topics of the day. And on FIRST LIGHT you can rest assured you will be treated fairly: unlike some shows on the air today, all points of view are welcome to FIRST LIGHT.
Van broke into radio in 1977 while doing graduate work in Anthropology at New York University. He became News Director of WGCH, Greenwich, Connecticut, general assignment reporter for all-news WCBS, New York, and News Director of WHN, New York during the following three years, staying at WHN until he moved to the network in 1988.
Van has won numerous awards--Ohio State, New York Press Club, Clarion, Edward R Murrow, Angel, and, was named "Personality of the Year" by the Radio Festival of New York. His magazine show, First Light, is a two-time gold medal winner at the Festival.
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