Fred Kasten

Announcer & Producer

Fred is an independent contributing radio producer/host at WWNO. After working at WWNO for over 20 years as an on-air talent, producer and program director, Fred retired from full-time work in May of 2007. Fred is a native of Mobile, Alabama, a graduate of the University of Alabama, and a long-time resident of New Orleans.

In addition to his work at WWNO, Fred develops independent audio projects from a home studio, producing radio features, commercials and podcasts. Fred also does marketing and media consulting for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Arts & Culture
12:58 pm
Tue October 30, 2012

New Orleans Artist Jacqueline Bishop Opens "Against the Tide" Saturday at Arthur Roger Gallery

An interview with artist Jacqueline Bishop

Jacqueline Bishop is one of New Orleans' most respected — and collected — artists, with work in important private and public collections around the country; the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, for instance, which recently acquired several of her paintings.

Bishop opens an exhibition of new work called "Against the Tide" Saturday, November 3, 2012 at the Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia Street. WWNO's Fred Kasten has more...

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Arts & Culture
5:58 pm
Sun October 28, 2012

Solid Harmony Reigns When Topsy Chapman and Her Daughters Sing

Topsy Chapman

An interview with singer Topsy Chapman.

Topsy Chapman is one of New Orleans' finest singers, adept at gospel, blues, rhythm and blues and jazz.  Her trio Solid Harmony — with daughters Yolanda Windsay and Jolynda Phillips — is one of the best, most soulful vocal harmony groups working today. It all started for Topsy Chapman on a farm in Kentwood, Louisiana — a farm where gospel music was raised right along with the cotton. WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story...

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The Sound of Books
3:48 pm
Sun October 14, 2012

Critically Acclaimed Debut Novel Set in 1943 Berlin: "City of Women"

Today on The Sound of Books with Fred Kasten, the critically-acclaimed debut novel by David R. Gillham:  City of Women.

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The Sound of Books
7:08 pm
Sun October 7, 2012

Critically Acclaimed New Mystery from Edgar Award-Winning Author Tana French

Today on The Sound of Books with Fred Kasten, the critically acclaimed new mystery from New York Times-bestselling, Edgar Award-winning writer Tana French: Broken Harbor.

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Music
8:46 pm
Sun September 30, 2012

Universal Music Releases Important Louis Armstrong Recording Session to Honor Satchmo SummerFest

This year's Satchmo SummerFest — New Orleans' annual celebration of the life, legacy and music of Louis Armstrong — was again the occasion, for the second year in a row, for an important release of Armstrong material from Universal Music's vast archive.

The Sound of Books
4:56 pm
Thu September 27, 2012

Critically Acclaimed New Collection of Short Stories from Pulitzer Prize-Winning Fiction Writer

Today on The Sound of Books with Fred Kasten: the widely praised new collection of connected short stories from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz, This Is How You Lose Her.

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The Sound of Books
4:46 pm
Fri September 21, 2012

Widely Praised New Biography of Iconic American Novelist David Foster Wallace

Today on The Sound of Books with Fred Kasten: the widely praised new biography from journalist and author D. T. Max, Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace.

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The Sound of Books
4:29 pm
Fri September 21, 2012

Award-winning American Journalist Explores French Parenting Techniques

Today on The Sound of Books with Fred Kasten — the new memoir from international affairs journalist Pamela Druckerman, Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting.

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The Sound of Books
2:44 pm
Wed September 5, 2012

Century-Old Louisiana Kidnapping Mystery Solved in New History: "A Case for Solomon"

Today on The Sound of Books with Fred Kasten, the new non-fiction investigation of a century-old Louisiana mystery: A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation, by co-authors Tal McThenia and Margaret Dunbar Cutright.

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WWNO
3:35 pm
Wed July 18, 2012

Award-Winning WWNO Producer Diane Mack to Host New Half-Hour Version of "Inside the Arts"

Starting Tuesday, July 24 at 1:00 p.m. 89.9 WWNO's long-running, multi-award-winning feature series Inside the Arts will debut in a new half-hour version hosted by Diane Mack. WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story.

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