KMFA is delighted to announce the addition of Anthony McSpadden to our staff as Director of Broadcasting & Content. Anthony succeeds John Clare, who has moved to a new position at WBAA at Purdue University.

A multi-faceted programmer and announcer now in his third decade in radio, Anthony McSpadden comes to Austin from Norfolk, Virginia, where he is a classical music host for WHRO-FM, and program director for its sister NPR affiliate WHRV.  He is a native Texan whose career began at WRR in Dallas, where he hosted middays and mornings, also serving as the station’s music director. In 1997, he was chosen to accompany and report on the Dallas Symphony’s ambitious three-week European tour, under then-music director Andrew Litton.

Prior to his move to Norfolk in 2009, McSpadden worked for WorldSpace Corporation, the world’s first satellite radio broadcaster, which recruited him to create and develop a classical music channel – Maestro – for its network platform offerings. He was part of a groundbreaking content team that created unique programming for distribution globally to 134 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, India, and parts of Australia. Maestro was among the most popular channels in the company’s lineup.

McSpadden says, "Since 1991, I’ve been bringing Classical Music to the terrestrial radio audience in Dallas and Virginia, as well as listeners on a global scale all over the world through satellite radio, and I’m delighted to call KMFA home now. I’ve been impressed with the world class staff here, the eager attitude that they display, and our commitment to locally curated and handcrafted programming. I’m excited to be working as part of KMFA’s team and the vibrant arts community we find in our midst, in creating the kind of content that we can all be proud of."