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Laura Carlo

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    Laura Carlo
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Laura Carlo has been WCRB’s Morning Program Host for almost 19 years. She has written, produced and hosted numerous programs for WCRB including "ArtsAlive!" "Laura's Book Nook" "CEO Spotlight" and "Baroque in Boston." Under the station's original ownership she also hosted the morning show for the World Classical Network, syndicated in 16 US cities, making her the most listened to stand-alone female music announcer in America, according to Arbitron. She has been both a part-time Music Host and News Anchor on New York's WQXR. Here in Boston, Weekend News Anchor on WBZ Radio and Weekend News Writer/News Producer for WCVB-TV 5; Afternoon News Anchor for Channel 27 (Worcester); and News Director/Morning Anchor on Fall River's WALE Radio. Under her leadership, WALE and WCRB won numerous “Best News” awards from UPI and other prestigious journalism competitions. Ms. Carlo is the female voice for AT&T's national voice recognition system, as well as for entities as diverse as the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department (Arizona) and Macy's of Southern California. She is a pianist and channels Chopin daily.

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Doing It by the Book

By • Nov 18, 2020
photo by Brandi Redd / Unsplash

“Reading is an act of civilization … it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.”– Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author

October Home

By • Oct 13, 2020
Stroudwater Sunrise
Corey Templeton / via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

“Home is the place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to go back to.” - John Ed Pearce

For the Teachers

By • Sep 21, 2020
excerpt of music by Carl Czerny

For years we’ve seen the bumper stickers: “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” When it comes to music, that bumper sticker might say “If you are hearing this, thank a teacher.”

Songs of Summer 2020

By • Aug 3, 2020
A Cape Cod rocky shoreline, with a lighthouse in the background and a small sailboat on the water
Wikimedia Commons

In 1963 Nat King Cole sang, “Roll out those lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer…Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer.” We’re singing a different summer tune in 2020.

Fanfare for the New Normal

By • Jul 2, 2020
A view of the Hatch Memorial Shell with the Boston Pops at the Esplanade on July 4, 2010
Boston Pops

The Pandemic of 2020 has given a new meaning to words like “essential,” “heroes,” and “the new normal.” Though this Independence Day will be different from years past, the need to honor these heroes with musical fanfare remains.

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