12.18.20 9:28pm
FUV s Program Director Rita Houston, who passed away on December 15, 2020, recorded her final edition of The Whole Wide World with longtime friend and co-host Paul Cavalconte in early December. That show aired on Friday, December 18. Here, you can listen to the show stream on demand. Paul writes:
For over 25 years, Rita Houston has brought countless hours of unforgettable radio to WFUV listeners. Many New Yorkers, and now worldwide web listeners, can mark their life changes by songs and words that Rita shared through this magical, eternal medium of broadcasting.
They say the waves keep going on forever through space, as long as we keep sending them. But everything ends eventually and radio waves carrying Rita s music choices and unmistakable voice aired one last time for The Whole Wide World on December 18, 2020. We had hoped that she could enjoy the pre-recorded show listening at home, in the good company of Laura, Deb, Banjo and Emmylou.