People

Senior Producer/Program Manager; Host, Morning Edition; Classical Music Programmer

Bob Workmon began his public radio career at the University of South Florida as an undergraduate and has worked in almost every area of public radio from his days in Tampa to Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and on to Wake Forest...

Operations Manager; Host, Midday Café, Smooth Landings, Soup to Nuts, All Things Considered

George Scheibner is WHQR's Production Manager. You hear his voice on-air a lot because he works extensively on the AudioVault hard-drive automation system which programs WHQR in the nighttime hours and on weekends. (No, he is not really at the...

Host, Classical Music and Midday Interviews

It took Jemila a long time to decide what she wanted to be when she grew up. She is now primarily an actress and storyteller who fell into Public Radio announcing and discovered she loved it.  She has worked for WHQR off and on for thirteen...

Station Operations Information Tech. On-air Staff Producer & Host: Front Street Blues

A Port City resident since 1993, Lan began his duties as on-air host for WHQR’s Front Street Blues in 2003.  He's studied computer science at NCSU, attended Duke University’s Non-Profit Management program and is now an honors graduate of Cape...

Music Director; Host, Classical Music

Pat got started in public radio in 1960, becoming General Manager for his university station. And public radio stays in the blood. He worked in radio on and off during his long career as a GE executive. A California native, Pat commuted to...

Interim WHQR News Director; Backup Host: Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Classical Music

Rachel Lewis Hilburn moved to Wilmington in 2003 from Los Angeles, where she worked as a financial advisor for Morgan Stanley. After joining the local ABC affiliate in Wilmington, she wrote and produced local TV newscasts, a 30-minute special...

Host, Sundays

A native Hoosier, Todd and his wife Heather moved from Indiana to Wilmington in 1999. While making coffee and attending UNCW, Todd had the good fortune of obtaining an internship with WHQR in 2002. Receiving a BA in Communications in 2003, Todd...

Jazz with Willard Fields

Willard began his radio career at San Diego City College in 1976. After working his way through a variety of NPR, rock, urban contemporary and adult contemporary radio stations in a variety of markets, Willard found himself in his “dream job”...

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