On-Air Hosts
Emma Halsey is an Audio Producer for WITF and helps in other varying roles throughout the company. Including as a Producer and Engineer for WITF’s The Spark, and a fill-in Radio Host for All Things Considered and Morning Edition as well as working events when needed.
Emma’s skills include audio production, audio engineering, hosting, graphic design, script writing, and photography. She has a passion for learning and helping her peers be the best version of themselves they can be, both professionally and personally.
Emma graduated from Shippensburg University with a B.S. in Communications, Journalism and Media with a concentration in Visual Media.
Karen Hendricks is an award-winning, lifelong journalist. Her work, spanning newspapers, radio, television, podcasts and magazines, has garnered more than a dozen journalism awards over the years. She’s a graduate of Lock Haven University and a native of the Philadelphia area.
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Tim Lambert has been with WITF since August 2001. He was promoted to the position of Special Projects Editor in 2022. Lambert also gets up at “0-dark-30” to help listeners start their day as host of Morning Edition and The Morning Agenda podcast.
The Aliquippa native is a graduate of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Tim has been working in broadcast journalism since 1993, with stints in Lewistown and Gettysburg.
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Keira McGuire is a health reporter and multimedia producer for WITF and PA Post. She hosts and produces Transforming Health television programs as well as other shows and documentaries for WITF’s Original Productions. McGuire produced the Emmy Award winning series HealthSmart for the last ten years. Keira previously worked at WBFF in Baltimore and WMDT in Salisbury as a reporter and anchor. She’s a graduate of Towson University.
Randy Parker hosts All Things Considered weekday afternoons and is the news director for WITF.
Before joining WITF in 2022, Randy led newsrooms across central Pennsylvania for more than 30 years. He started his journalism career at the York Daily Record, where he went on to become Executive Editor and Central Pennsylvania Regional Editor for Gannett.
Randy graduated from Dallastown Area High School in York County and Temple University in Philadelphia.
Craig Rhodes has worked in many departments in his more than 25 years at WITF. He is currently the host of Weekend Edition on WITF 89.5 & 93.3.
Craig’s radio broadcasting career has included disc jockey, News Director and Operations Manager positions at several stations throughout the central Pennsylvania region.
His work has been recognized by the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association and the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters.
Craig is a native of Hershey, PA and a graduate of Penn State University.
Asia Tabb is the Host and Producer for WITF’s The Spark.
She began her start in radio when she joined legendary radio/ host producer, Doc Christian. She worked closely with Doc for her role on “The Gospel Express, on WHOV 88.1 FM and was a host for “Unrestricted Praise” at Praise FM.
Previously she was an anchor in Shreveport, Louisiana at KTAL/KMSS. Asia also worked as a Multi-Media Journalist at WHP-TV here in Harrisburg, PA.
Asia got her break into news at KTVO in Ottumwa, Ia. While the 2020 caucuses were gearing up. Asia followed many candidates through their campaign trail from Senator Cory Booker, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and 46th President of the United States Joe Biden.
Asia was born and raised in Norfolk, Va. She graduated from Old Dominion University in 2018 with a major in Communications.
Asia is extremely friendly so don’t be afraid to say hi if you see her out and about.
Joe Ulrich has been interested in audio and music since he was a kid. What started as a fascination with his parents’ vinyl records and cassette tapes turned into a love of both performing and recording. He grew up in Elizabethtown, Pa. and moved to Pittsburgh in 1999 where he majored in Photography at the University of Pittsburgh.
In 2004, he attended the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences in Tempe, AZ.
He returned to Pittsburgh to work at a recording studio.
In 2008, Joe arrived at WITF, where his skills have found a good
home as an on-air host, audio engineer and producer of WITF Music.
In 2016, Joe earned a National Edward R. Murrow award for Best Use of Sound.
Fred Vigeant is WITF’s Vice President & Chief Audience Officer. Fred manages the schedules for our radio and television platforms. He also analyzes audience research and manages the public affairs program The Spark. Previously, Fred was at WRVO in Oswego, NY for 12 years serving in various roles including Program Director and before that Operations Manager. Fred graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego with a B.A. in Mass Communications and Broadcasting.
