News Talk 95.3 Adds "Generations" To Sunday Morning Programming

Friday, August 27, 2010

Local radio station, News Talk 95.3 WPLZ Radio announced the addition of “Generations” to its Sunday morning programming. “The Sunday Morning Meeting Place for Active People with Interesting Minds” airs Sundays from 8-10:30 a.m.

Officials said, "Generations features ways for energetic mature adults to stay active, live exciting lives, and stay healthy. Generations’ host Maurice Lewis is an award winning writer, researcher and developer, who has an extensive background in hosting and moderating. Mr. Lewis had traveled around the world and has reported from Ethiopia, Mali, Israel, Spain, Morocco, the Sudan, England and the Philippines."

News Talk 95.3 WPLZ is a recent 2010 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award Winner of Excellence in News Reporting by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and recipient of Honorable Mention from the Associated Press (AP). RTDNA is the world’s largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism, and the AP is considered one of the world’s foremost information systems, serving thousands of daily newspaper, radio, television, and online customers with coverage in text, photos, graphics, audio and video.

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