MILWAUKEE – Tarik Moody of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee will be the featured guest at a Newsmaker Luncheon set for noon on Wednesday, August 3, hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com.
Moody is content producer and on-air host at 88Nine Radio and program director for HYFIN, the firm’s new Urban Alternative channel. With its mix of 60 percent female and 40 percent male artists, HYFIN is a new Urban Alternative channel, a locally customized public radio format focused on young, diverse audiences through the full spectrum of Black music, according to a statement issued at its launch last month. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is providing initial support for HYFIN with a $450,000 grant.
The new channel will play music from at least two Milwaukee musicians each hour; and HYFIN’s “The Morning Mix” show will be unhosted, playing all music from 6 a.m. to noon.
Moody will take questions from a panel of journalists and from the audience at the luncheon, to be moderated by Milwaukee Press Club President Corrinne Hess, reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The event is set for 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Newsroom Pub, 137 E. Wells St.
The Milwaukee Press Club’s Newsmaker Lunch Hour series is underwritten by presenting sponsor Spectrum News 1 and supporting sponsor We Energies.
WisPolitics.com partners with the press club as part of its ongoing event series in Milwaukee, sponsored by UW-Milwaukee, Wisconsin Academy of Global Education and Training, ELEVEN25 at Pabst, Milwaukee Police Association, The Firm Consulting, Medical College of Wisconsin and Spectrum.
The press club’s Newsmaker Luncheons are held to inform the public about the people and issues that affect individuals and communities in Milwaukee and Wisconsin. The cost to attend is $20 for MPC members, $25 for non-members and $15 for students. Lunch is included. Seating is limited. Advanced registration and payment are required and may be done online at http://www.milwaukeepressclub.
Please contact Joette Richards at the Milwaukee Press Club at joette@milwaukeepressclub.
Special thanks to the Safe House/Newsroom Pub, home of the Milwaukee Press Club, for hosting the Newsmaker Luncheon Series. Think of the Newsroom Pub for your next private party! MPC members can book a room at no charge. The Newsroom Pub has FREE wireless internet service compliments of the Safe House.
