Kojo Nnamdi

Kojo Nnamdi is a Guyanan-American radio host. He is the popular host of The Kojo Nnamdi Show, which airs on WAMU-FM 88.5, and the Evening Exchange, which is broadcast by WHUT-TV. The Washington Post called him, "maybe the best interviewer in town". In 1993, Nnamdi received the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Excellence in Broadcasting Award. His show casts a global perspective to front page headlines and explores emerging stories before they are news.

Related Topics:
Guyana - American - Radio - WAMU - WHUT - Washington Post - 1993 - National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

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Born in Guyana, Nnamdi immigrated to the United States in 1968 to attend college and explore the civil rights movement. He began his broadcast career in 1973 at WHUR-FM, as news editor. He has hosted WHUT-TV's public affairs show Evening Exchange since 1985, and he worked as a news editor and director before that.

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1968 - Civil rights - 1973 - WHUR - 1985

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The Kojo Nnamdi Show debuted in 1991 as The Derek McGinty Show and was renamed Public Interest when McGinty left the program in January 1998. Nnamdi became host of the show in August 1998 and the name changed to The Kojo Nnamdi Show in September 2002.

Related Topics:
1991 - Derek McGinty - 1998 - 2002

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Kojo's on-air style encourages guests and callers to discover new points of view, embrace controversy and spark new ideas. Listeners are encouraged to call into the show, offering everyone a chance to be part of the dialogue.

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He was honored in 2005 as a keynote speaker at the 26th Washington Writers Conference (May 14, 2005). During the summer of 2005 he provided a summer reading list that is posted on his web page at wamu.org.

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2005 - May 14

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