Shadow Politics, September 29, 2019
Shadow Politics with Senator Michael Brown and Maria Sanchez
Guest, Derek McGinty
Headlined Show, Shadow Politics September 29, 2019
This Sunday - DEREK MCGINTY, DC Politics, Statehood and the Legacy of MARK PLOTKIN. Mark Plotkin and Derek McGinty were political commentators on a Friday public affairs program on WAMU 88.5 FM, the District's public radio station. Few people have done more to advance the cause of DC statehood than Mark - locally and nationally. Our friend Mark passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2019. He will be sorely missed. Tune in to discuss the future of DC statehood. We welcome you to call in with your Plotkin stories and tributes!
Guest, Derek McGinty
Derek McGinty is a journalist, an award-winning interviewer and a commentator. He got his first job on the air back in 1984 at WHUR radio in Washington DC. From there he went to WAMU-FM where he launched a nationally syndicated daytime talk show on NPR. By the end of the century he’d been a correspondent on the CBS broadcast Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel and HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
After two years in New York as anchor of ABC’s World News Now and World News This Morning, It was back to his hometown of Washington DC to anchor WUSA’s fledgling 7pm local newscast.
At WAMU 88.5 FM, Derek launched a nationally syndicated daytime talk show on National Public Radio. By the end of the century he’d been a correspondent on the CBS broadcast Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel and HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
After two years in New York as anchor of ABC’s World News Now and World News This Morning, it was back to his hometown of Washington, DC to anchor WUSA*9’s fledgling 7:00 pm local newscast.
In all those incarnations Derek has believed that ideas matter more than ideology, so after leaving WUSA in 2015, he launched a website in hopes of keeping the conversation going.
Shadow Politics
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