William Eric Alexander

Infobox Person
name = Bill Alexander

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imagesize = 180px
birth_name = William Eric Alexander
birth_date = birth date|1966|6|23|mf=y,
birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
occupation = Radio/Podcasting personality/host, Talk radio host
spouse =

William Eric “Bill” Alexander (born June 23, 1966, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a radio and internet talk show host.

Biography

Alexander [http://www.440int.com/namesa.html#_balexa] is a radio [http://search.post-gazette.com/redir.asp?path=/regionstate/20001203fabian4.asp&date=12%2F3%2F2000+5%3A23%3A35+AM] and internet [http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/web/2008/0310web2.html] talk show host who hosts a weekly live interactive internet talk show through Talkshoe from Southwestern, Pennsylvania.

Radio

Bill's career began in September of 1984 when he did his first radio show on 91.9 FM, WVCS (Now WCAL FM) [http://www.cup.edu] . After graduating college, he joined the staff of WLSW, 104.9 FM in Connellsville/Pittsburgh. While at WLSW Bill used the on air name of Dave Ericson. After leaving WLSW, Bill went to WMBS, 590 AM, Uniontown when he did his first Radio Talkshow, filling in for veteran talk show host Ray Hice. Bill worked at WMBS until he went to AM 1130, WASP (AM) Brownsville/Pittsburgh where he hosted the Beeline (M-F) and Afternoon with Alexander (aka Brunch with Bill) on Saturdays and Sundays. Bill then returned to WMBS 590 AM to host the night time talk program, OnLine with Bill Alexander. Bill then left WMBS to spin oldies on WJPA AM/FM [http://www.wjpa.com] in Washington/Pittsburgh. Bill officially left WJPA in November of 2006 so he could focus all of his time and energy on his internet talk show.

Bill has interviewed:Actor/Comedian/Author/Musician - Steve Allen [http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-11922/TS-6111.mp3] Musician - Fabian Forte [http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-11922/TS-6825.mp3] Musician - Chuck Blasko of the Vogues [http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-11922/TS-6173.mp3] Pittsburgh Radio Legend - Jack Bogut [http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-11922/TS-6108.mp3]

Radio Stations Bill has worked for:
WVCS 91.9 FM - [http://www.cup.edu] California, Pennsylvania
WLSW 103.9 FM - Connellsville, Pennsylvania
WMBS 590 AM - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
WASP (AM)1130 - Brownsville, Pennsylvania
WJPA 95.3 FM/1450 AM [http://www.wjpa.com ] - Washington, Pennsylvania

Internet

Bill currently hosts a live online general discussion podcast which is called cite web |url=http://www.NETIOShow.com/ |title=Bill Alexander's NETIO Show through the TalkShoe talkcast service where he can take calls and interact with his listeners through a chat room.

Awards

The NETIO Show was nominated for the 3rd Annual Podcast Award in the category of Best General Podcast [http://podcastawards.com]

References

*cite web |url=http://www.440int.com/namesa.html#_balexa |title= 440:Satisfaction
*cite web |url=http://www.wjpa.com |title= WJPA 95.3FM / 1450AM
*cite web |url=http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/web/2008/0310web2.html|title=Network World
*cite web |url=http://http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20001203fabian4.asp|title=Pittsburgh Post Gazette
*cite web |url=http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=1832 |title=TalkShoe Netio Show
*cite web |url=http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/23092 |title=Podcast Directory
*cite web |url=http://pghbloggers.org/node/63719|title=Pittsburgh Bloggers
*cite web |url=http://www.podcastawards.com |title = 3rd Annual Podcast Awards

External links

*cite web |url=http://www.billalexander.net/ |title=www.BillAlexander.net
*cite web |url=http://thenetioshow.com |title=TheNETIOShow.com