Eli Polonsky

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  • Username: Eli_Polonsky
  • Program Producer/Host, On-Air Studio Engineer
  • Role: Host: Station-Based
  • Address: Somerville, Massachusetts

About Me

I'm in my 27th year as a host of the "Lost & Found" show on WMBR 88.1 FM Cambridge MA, the community and college station serving Greater Boston from M.I.T.

"Lost & Found" is a weekday program of music and occasional artist interviews focusing on music of the 1960s and '70s no longer heard (and some perhaps never originally heard) on commercial radio.

I currently host Tuesdays 12 noon - 2 PM (ET), recreating the 1960's "FM underground radio" era featuring album rock, folk-rock, country-rock, blues and psychedelia of mainly the mid-1960s to mid-1970s.

Since 1999, I've also been working as a part-time announcer and on-air engineer at WBUR 90.9 FM, Boston's NPR News Station based at Boston University.

From 1986 to 1995, I was one of the hosts of the former weekly 1960s/'70s music show "Psychedelic Regressions" on WZBC 90.3 FM Newton MA, the Boston College radio station.

In 2005, I worked as a substitute host at WUMB 91.9 FM at U. Mass. Boston, a Public Radio music station formerly known as "Folk Radio". Fill-ins included their weekend 1960's/70's folk-rock program "Highway 61 Revisited" and their weekday folk-based music format. I also produced a musical documentary aired on WUMB in 2005 and 2007 titled "A Folk Radio Special Tribute to Jerry Garcia", looking at the folk and traditional influences in his 30+ year musical career.

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Availability

Eli is currently available for new projects, has a car, and is available to travel In state/province.

Skills

  • Voice Talent
  • Hosting Music Programs
  • Editing
  • More to be added when I acquire appropriate equipment

Available For

  • Interviewing
  • Voiceover
  • Music Programming
  • More to be added when I acquire appropriate equipment

Equipment

  • Pro Tools
  • More to be added soon

Languages I Speak

  • English

Work Experience

Part-time announcer, on-air engineer at WBUR NPR News at Boston University,  July 1999 - Present
Part-time announcer for local breaks during BBC World Service overnights, and occasional announcing and/or on-air board engineering during other programs.

Program producer/on-air host at WMBR at M.I.T. (all-volunteer non-profit),  June 1982 - Present
One of the hosts of the "Lost & Found" program for most of 27 years (see "About Me" above). Also was last non-M.I.T. student Program Director of WMBR (1983-1985), and was WMBR Promotions Director (1987-1995), still on Promotions staff.

More past experience to be added at a later date

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Other Web sites: http://lostwmbr.blogspot.com http://folkradiojerrytribute.blogspot.com