Liam O'Donoghue is currently programming the Jazz Masters program. Little is known of his past, and most of it is lies. Some claim to have seen him slinking around WRCT sometime in the early 80's, although there is little evidence of it. One person is on record as seeing him at Nathan Davis' Jazz history class. Another sighting was in the darkrooms at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Possibly the most apocryphal stories have him operating the sound and lights at Allegheny Brass Band concerts. The most credible evidence has him haunting record and CD stores looking for the most obscure and eclectic music, and he can still be found roaming the racks at Paul's or Stedeford's. That is when he is not at Manchester Craftsman's Guild concerts or haranguing Kenny Blake about all that 'smooth jazz' he records.

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Editor's Note: Liam has no long list of radio or media credentials, and he would never get a job at Clear Channel, Infinity or AOL Time Warner (except maybe in the Info Systems Dept. or mail room).  He's just a guy who loves and collects lots of music, of all different genres and styles, and likes to share it with people.  Imagine that!

P.S. People like that once worked at or owned record companies or radio stations, now they work other jobs (most seem to program computers)  and visit small record stores and listen to music on the internet.  Times have changed.

Scott Ericson