Regan McCarthy wvasfm.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wvasfm.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Thanks for visiting my page. My career has been quite the journey and it's a long road before I arrived to WAER. As a kid, I was always intrigued by microphones, singers and music. My parents bought me a tape recorder at 5 1/2 (if you can still relate) and I began telling stories and singing like I was Bobby Vinton. I'm Polish, so I like Polkas too! Anyhow, I'd play myself back and keep practicing. I grew up with a severely handicapped brother, Shawn. He caught Spinal Meningitis at three and a half weeks old and it left him with severe brain damage and he was permanently bedridden. So, I had some downtime while my parents took care of him. When I reached 11 years-old I also took up ventriloquism and entertained my bro. It was all of the conversations I couldn't have with him. Shawn couldn't speak, he could only make sounds and had a beautiful smile. Eventually, I took my act to kids shows on WSTM Channel 3; The Saturday Showboat and the STM Club and continued p
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Regan McCarthy is the Assignment Editor and Senior News Producer for WFSU News/ Florida Public Radio. Before coming to Tallahassee, Regan graduated with honors from Indiana University’s Ernie Pyle School of Journalism. She worked for several years for NPR member station WFIU in Bloomington, Ind., where she covered local and state government and produced feature and community stories. She has also worked for the London Business Matters Magazine and the Rochester Sentinel, a daily local newspaper. She is the recipient of six professional broadcast awards including first-place Best Radio Feature from the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. When she isn’t tracking leading newsmakers she spends her time knitting, reading, strolling through the woods and brunching at new restaurants.