Jean West Named Local Host For 'All Things Considered' On WFPL/Louisville

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LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WFPL/LOUISVILLE has found its replacement for the retiring SUSAN SWEENEY CRUM, hiring KENTUCKY Cabinet for Health and Family Services Executive Director of Communications and former longtime NBC affiliate WAVE-TV/LOUISVILLE news anchor and medical, health, and science reporter JEAN WEST as local host for NPR's weekday afternoon "ALL THINGS CONSIDERED."  CRUM is retiring on APRIL 16th.

WEST, also owner of FACESWEST PRODUCTIONS, which produced the weekly "JEAN WEST'S MEDICAL DIGEST" for WAVE-TV, said, “I'm thrilled and honored to be part of the LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA Family. NPR and their member stations just reported their highest broadcast ratings of all time, and that is a reflection of the excellent journalists and programs available to all every day.  I plan to continue the tradition that my friend SUSAN SWEENEY CRUM and the 89.3 WFPL staff have so successfully established. I can't wait to get started!"

“Our hosts are the voices you trust -- they deliver the news every day with experience, authority and sensitivity. JEAN WEST brings those characteristics and more to the mic at 89.3 WFPL,” said LPM Interim President STEPHEN GEORGE. “Hers is a voice Louisvillians have long depended on, and I’m thrilled to welcome her to the team.”

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