Neil Hever
Operations DirectorNeil began his radio career as a student disc jockey at Muhlenberg college radio station WMUH in 1978. After earning a B.A. degree from the college, he spent the next 13 years in commercial radio and sound production at WSAN, Creative Sound studios and later at WAEB.
In 1981, while attending Muhlenberg College, he and another community member joined together to form the first organized group of community radio volunteers in the Lehigh Valley. The group began incorporation meetings in 1984 and spent the next decade building support for a new community based station.
WDIY 88.1 FM began broadcasting in 1995. Neil joined the staff in August of 1997 as Program Director and was promoted to Operations Director in February 2008. His duties include training volunteers, maintaining the broadcast facility and schedule, organizing the production studio and music library maintenance.
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Neil Hever talks with Lehigh Valley blues singer Bev Conklin as she prepares to perform with BC Blue at the 2023 Blast Furnace Blues Festival. Bev discusses what makes the festival so special to her. -
WDIY's Neil Hever talks with Civic Theatre of Allentown's artistic director William Sanders about his work bringing Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical to Civic's stage in honor of its 50th anniversary.
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Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye, creator of the seminal 1960s garage/psychedelic rock compilation 'Nuggets,' stops by WDIY along with Lehigh Valley blues rock mainstay Craig Thatcher to talk with Neil Hever about the compilation's 50th anniversary and the pair's upcoming Musikfest Café concert.
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WDIY's Neil Hever talks with John Ernesto, Boscov's Berks Jazz Fest general manager and artistic director, about what's in store for the 2023 festival, coming to Reading, PA for ten days starting March 24.
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The annual award show spotlighting significant artistic achievements in Allentown returns this year for the first time since 2019. WDIY's Neil Hever talks with Allentown Arts Commission chair Jane Heft for more details.
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Paul Salerni, conductor for the Lehigh University Philharmonic, talks with WDIY's Neil Hever about his upcoming concert, 'Wu Fei: Hello Gold Mountain,' on February 11, 2023 with renowned master guzheng player Wu Fei.
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WDIY's Neil Hever speaks with Lehigh University Philharmonic director and conductor Paul Salerni about the group's concert titled Reflections & Celebrations, taking place on Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3, 2022, at Zoellner Arts Center.
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English singer-songwriter John Waite talks with WDIY's Neil Hever about his career in music — from "Isn't It Time", to his work with the Babys and Bad English, to his upcoming performance at the the Musikfest Café on Sunday, November 13th.
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"Lil' Ed" Williams of Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials talks with WDIY's Neil Hever about his unlikely job cleaning cars during the pandemic lockdown, and his return to headlining festivals — including the the Blast Furnace Blues Festival in Bethlehem on Sunday, July 24, 2022.
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Blues musician Tinsley Ellis talks with WDIY's Neil Hever about getting his start playing music after sitting front row at a B.B. King show; plus his upcoming concert at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks in Bethlehem.
