Clark Atlanta University’s 91.9 WCLK has added a new show to the Jazz Station’s Sunday lineup with the addition of “Favorite Things with Pat Prescott” on Sunday afternoon from 4 to 7 pm. It’s syndicated by Newark Public Radio’s Jazz outlet WBGO.
Prescott has had a stellar 50-year career, including stops in New York radio at WRVR and WBLS and seven years in mornings at Smooth Jazz CD 101.9/WQCD, where she worked with former 94Q/Atlanta personalities Fleetwood Gruver and Russ Davis. (If you ask them about Pat, they will both immediately tell you that she is “Great,” “A class act,” and “very talented.”) Prescott then joined 94.7 The Wave/KTWV Los Angeles, where she hosted mornings from 2001 until August 2022, with artists Dave Koz and Brian McKnight co-hosting during her tenure.
WCLK Program Director David Linton commented, “’Favorite Things’ is in line with the 50-year tradition of WCLK bringing quality jazz programming to Atlanta and now via our app & WCLK.com our global audience. Pat is a longtime friend and legendary broadcaster I’ve known since her days at New York’s WBLS & CD 101. I was a fan before we became friends. I’ve seen her win in the two biggest radio markets, New York & Los Angeles, and I’m confident our audience in Atlanta will embrace her too as she mixes great music and storytelling for 3 hours of great radio.”
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