Mark Perzel

Producer/Host of Cincinnati Edition

Mark Perzel is the Executive Producer and Host of 91.7 WVXU’s local news magazine Cincinnati Edition, showcasing the wide variety of talented individuals and committed organizations and events that make Cincinnati special.

In addition, he can be heard weekday evenings hosting classical music on 90.9 WGUC.  He is also known throughout the public radio industry for inventive, award-winning holiday programs like Tunes from the Crypt, Tunes from the Crypt Goes to the Movies, Feast for the Ears, andLove Greetings.

Mark has worked in the radio industry for more than thirty years. He began in the business when he was a teenager in Charlotte, North Carolina, volunteering for a public radio station.   He attended the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, majoring in broadcasting and minoring in violin performance.

He has performed speaking parts with performing organizations throughout the tri-state including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Opera Theatre, and the Linton Chamber Music Series, and done voiceover work for numerous commercials and industrial videos.

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City Wide Photography Celebration
1:30 am
Fri October 5, 2012

FotoFocus Happening Now

FotoFocus happens throughout Cincinnati until the end of October.

Mark Perzel welcomes to the studio James Crump, chief curator at the Cincinnati Art Museum and co-chair of the city-wide FotoFocus event, and the director of the FotoFocus organization, Mary Ellen Goeke. They discuss the origins of this festival of photographic arts and some of the many events happening this month.

Biking in Cincinnati
1:30 am
Fri October 5, 2012

Queen City Bike

Biking in Cincinnati is exploding as a way of saving on gas, protecting the environment and getting exercise. Nern Ostendorf, the director of Queen City Bike, a non-profit organization that promotes safe biking for a healthier environment and healthier citizens, discuss his organization and biking in Cincinnati with Mark Perzel.

Every Citizen a Diplomat
1:31 am
Fri September 28, 2012

TedxCincinnati on October 4

TedxCincinnati

“Every Citizen is a Diplomat” is the theme for the October 4 TedxCincinnati at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Presented in conjunction with the Sister Cities International meeting in Cincinnati, the event features speakers Bob Herring from Nativity School, Carlos Reyes from Young Americans for Diplomatic Leadership in Washington, D.C. and others.

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Northside Community Council
1:31 am
Fri September 28, 2012

Northside House Tour 2012

The 2012 Northside House Tour, presented by the Northside Community Council, starts at noon Sunday and includes many homes and businesses that have remodeled and refurbished, showing the possibilities that exist in some of Cincinnati’s older neighborhoods. The tour begins at Churches Active in Northside (4230 Hamilton Avenue)…check the website for all the ticket information.

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Reading, Writing, Self-Expression
1:30 am
Fri September 28, 2012

WordPlay Open in Northside

The Northside neighborhood is now home to WordPlay, a new children’s literacy non-profit, giving neighborhood kids a place to go to ready, write and find new ways to express themselves. Libby Hunter, co-founder and executive director, is in-studio with Mark Perzel to discuss how WordPlay came into being and the organization’s mission and goals.

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