Lee Hay

Announcer & Producer

Lee Hay has worked at all three Cincinnati Public Radio stations: WGUC in the mid-70's, WMUB in the late 70's, and WVXU since 1984. She is currently executive producer/host of the award-winning arts program Around Cincinnati Sunday evenings and The Blues on Saturday evenings. Her radio work has been awarded numerous awards including one from the Ohio Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, numerous Communicator Awards, Society of Professional Journalists and the Ohio Associated Broadcasters Association. Most recently she has received a Certificate of Merit from the Gabriel Awards for The Journey from Within; and recognition from the Ohio Associated Broadcasters Association for Cincinnati Baseball: Crosley Field (2011) and The Who Concert: 30 Years Later and Baseball: A Little Known Chapter (2010). Hay is also WVXU's music director and with her jazz background was the Cincinnati correspondent for downbeat magazine.

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WVXU's Holiday Tradition
12:32 am
Fri December 21, 2012

Around Cincinnati Christmas Special

This year marks the 8th year for WVXU’s Around Cincinnati Christmas Special, this year airing on Sunday, December 23 from 7:00-9:00 pm. As in years past, producer Lee Hay fills this show will plenty of music and storytelling, just in time for that last day of shopping or preparing for your family’s celebration.

  • Part 1 of the Around Cincinnati Christmas Special

  • Part 2 of the Around Cincinnati Christmas Special

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Moment of Silence
10:43 am
Thu December 20, 2012

Nationwide Musicians' Moment of Silence

As the nation continues to mourn the senseless violence that claimed so many innocent lives in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday, musicians around the country are organizing to send a message of sympathy and unity.

All musicians are asked to observe a moment of silence at every musical performance in the USA on Saturday, December 22nd, 2012 at 10:00 PM in whatever time zone they are performing.

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Benefits the Ruth Lyons' Children's Fund
12:32 am
Fri December 14, 2012

Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television DVD

Ruth Lyons

Last year’s acclaimed documentary, Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television, is back out on DVD for the holiday season. The proceeds from the sales of the DVD all benefit the Ruth Lyon’s Children's Fund.

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Supporting Local Adoption Efforts
12:32 am
Fri December 7, 2012

A Cincinnati Night Before Christmas

Author Nadine Huffman and artist Marilyn Lebhar are the creative talents behind the book A Cincinnati Night Before Christmas, a beautiful book all about Cincinnati and with all proceeds going to support adoption efforts happening here in the tri-state. They are in-studio with Lee Hay to talk about the genesis of the book and how they hope to sell out this year’s supply of the book, the same as they did last year.


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Poetry Reading
12:32 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Dr. Herbert Woodward Martin

A poem from Dr. Herbert Woodward Martin, distinguished Paul Laurence Dunbar scholar from Dayton, Ohio.


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