Lisa Ledin
Host / Voice of UnderwritingLisa Ledin joined KAZU in 2009, bringing with her a treasure trove of knowledge and expertise in local arts and culture. She is a voice of KAZU's underwriting announcements and also hosts Morning Edition every Friday, and Weekend Edition Saturdays.
With over thirty years of radio experience, Lisa has specialized as a classical music announcer and producer. After receiving her bachelor's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley, she worked at KSNO in Aspen, Colorado; WGUC in Cincinnati, Ohio; and KBach in Monterey.
Highlights of her career include two black history radio documentaries that culminated in the book, Nelson Burton, My Life in Jazz. She also created a weekly children's show on KBach called, Cabbages and Kings, that exposed kids to classical music through original radio theater. She has interviewed such artists as Stan Getz, Julie Harris, Leonard Nimoy and Jean Pierre Rampal.
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John Wineglass talks with KAZU's Lisa Ledin about his new compositions that focus on Steinbeck and California. -
The Western Flyer is the fishing boat John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took on their famous expedition in 1940 to the Sea of Cortez. Now, after nearly a decade of restoration, the Western Flyer is back home in Monterey. -
Melissa Come Back: A Gritty Dual Narrative Memoir was co-written by Patrice Keet and her former foster daughter Melissa Lahommedieu, both residents of Santa Cruz. The book sheds light on the cycles of poverty and abuse that complicate the foster care system -
KAZU's Lisa Ledin speaks with Adam Skerritt and Suzanne Mudge. Both are involved in the production of “The Hidden Forest.” The performance will be at Carmel’s Sunset Center on July 22. -
Newly appointed Sierra Club executive director Ben Jealous is returning to his hometown of Pacific Grove to sign his new book, "Never Forget Our People Were Always Free." -
Osama Esber – a journalist and father came to KAZU's studios to read his poem "On the Fault Lines, On War Lines." -
Singer, songwriter, Sharon Van Etten is known for her Indie, rock and folk style music that evokes open landscapes and lonely expanses. She was originally… -
The gang violence in Salinas is felt by nearly everyone from families to teachers to clergy and law enforcement. They are the inspiration for local…
