Marc Steiner

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Marc Steiner
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Marc Steiner in the WEAA 88.9FM studio in 2015
OccupationRadio personality
AwardsPeabody

Marc Steiner is an American radio talk show and podcast host.

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He currently hosts The Marc Steiner Show. [1] [2] He previously worked for WYPR (and its predecessor, WJHU [3] ) from 1993 until parting with the organization on February 1, 2008, and on WEAA 88.9FM, an NPR affiliate station, [4] in Baltimore, Maryland, from 2008 to 2017. [5] [6] [7] In 2018 he started The Marc Steiner Show on The Real News Network [8] where he also works as a host and an author.

As a teenager, Steiner was active in the civil rights movement, joining protests organized by both the Congress of Racial Equality, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Civil Interest Group in Maryland. [9]

He also operates his own production company, the Center for Emerging Media. CEM produced the Peabody award-winning [10] series Just Words, which featured the voices and stories of working people in Baltimore often relegated to statistics.

Personal life

Steiner lives with his wife, Valerie, and resides in Sparks, Maryland. He has three daughters, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

References

  1. "The Marc Steiner Show". The Marc Steiner Show. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  2. Daily Record Staff (January 8, 2018). "New Steiner Show Annapolis Summit podcast: Bail reform". Maryland Daily Record. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  3. Black, Jay (December 2, 2013). Mixed News: The Public/civic/communitarian Journalism Debate. Routledge. ISBN   9781136685170.
  4. "Find Stations and Donate : NPR". NPR. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  5. Zurawik, David. "Radio host Marc Steiner leaving WEAA". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  6. Zurawik, David. "Marc Steiner on signing off Baltimore radio after 24 years". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  7. Gordon, Joshua. "Radio talk show host Marc Steiner leaving WEAA". Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  8. The Marc Steiner Show, The Real News Network. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  9. "Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- Marc Steiner". www.crmvet.org. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
  10. "Just Words". peabodyawards.com. Retrieved January 22, 2016.