B. J. Leiderman
Bernard Jay LeidermanNational Public Radio's Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Science Friday, and American Public Media's Marketplace.[3][4]
Leiderman attended Virginia Tech, but dropped out and became a stage actor, then a cameraman at WTAR-TV (now WTKR) in Norfolk, Virginia.[2] He later studied broadcast journalism at American University in Washington, D.C.[2] Leiderman's Morning Edition theme music was used for 40 years, from the show's first broadcast on November 5, 1979 until May 3, 2019.[5]
As of 2013, Leiderman lived in
References
- ^ David, Menconi (June 15, 2017). "Is NPR's BJ Leiderman for real?". The News & Observer.
- ^ a b c Ragusea, Adam (January 20, 2017). "BJ Leiderman: the manic-depressive minstrel of public media". Current.
- YouTube
- ^ a b Weaver, Laurie (September 5, 2013). "The Story of BJ Leiderman". Our State.
- ^ Chokshi, Niraj (May 5, 2019). "NPR's 'Morning Edition' Changes Its Tune After 40 Years". The New York Times.
- ^ "BJ [Explicit] by BJ Leiderman". Amazon Music. May 6, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "BJ Leiderman". BJ Leiderman. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- "Composing For National Public Radio: A Conversation With BJ Leiderman" - KPBS, March 29, 2011 by Angela Carone, Jocelyn Maggard, Maureen Cavanaugh
