90.1 FM San Luis Obispo | 91.7 FM Paso Robles | 91.1 FM Cayucos | 95.1 FM Lompoc | 90.9 FM Avila
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Ray Brown “Talkin’ Birds” host -- a frequent contributor to NPR’s Weekend Edition

Talkin' Birds radio show host Ray Brown at Grand Canyon
Talkin' Birds radio show

Ray Brown host of “Talkin’ Birds” is a frequent contributor to NPR’s Weekend Edition is the creator of Talkin’ Birds radio show, heard on sixteen stations in New England, New York, Maryland, and internationally via iTunes and talkinbirds.com. Brown is also a regular bird-topics contributor to National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition Saturday. Join Correspondent Tom Wilmer in Michigan for a chat with Ray Brown.

Sandhill Cranes over Platte River, Nebraska
Credit Thomas Wilmer
Sandhill Cranes over Platte River, Nebraska

Away from the bird world, Ray serves as a music host for Classical 99.5 WCRB in Boston--part of the WGBH family.

Among his broadcast achievements, Ray’s been a Top 5 national finalist in Air Personality of the Year competitions from Billboard Magazine and the National Association of Broadcasters.

A resident of Boston, Brown has performed on stage as narrator in live performances with the Boston Pops, the Boston Classical Orchestra, the Boston Ballet Orchestra, and the Boston Landmarks Orchestra.

He is also an active member of several conservation organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club, Mass Audubon, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Charles River Watershed Association, Boston Harbor Island Alliance, and Trustees of Reservations.  

Sandhill Cranes migrating through Nebraska
Credit Thomas Wilmer
Sandhill Cranes migrating through Nebraska

You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR Podcast travel show Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer via: 

Follow Tom on Social Media
Twitter: TomCWilmer

Instagram: Thomas.Wilmer

Facebook

Linkedin

Credit SATW Foundation

Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.