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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Phillip Reese, founder and host of the podcast Your Next Favorite Band talks about the upcoming No Planet B Jamboree, an event that showcases the importance of sustainability. Also featuring Drew West of Drew & The Blue. -
Neil Hever welcomes Ray Bridgeman to talk about the 3rd annual Do It for Dom - Focus Foundation Music Festival, which raises awareness and money for cancer. -
Brittney Ciardi from the Lehigh Valley Chamber joins WDIY's Neil Hever to preview everything that's in store for the 16th annual Blues, Brews, and Barbecue festival in Allentown on Saturday, June 22, 2024. -
WDIY's Neil Hever talks with Lehigh Valley blues harmonica player and singer James Supra as his band with Sarah Ayers prepares to play WDIY's Family Fun Day — Groovin' in the Grove on May 18, 2024. -
Neil Hever talks with three-time Grammy nominee Peter Case about his performance at Godfrey Daniels on March 21. -
Neil Hever speaks with Gabe Moses, director and choreographer for Civic Theater of Allentown's production of Ain't Misbehavin': The Fats Waller Musical Show, running February 23 to March 10. -
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. -
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. -
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.
