Ben Manilla
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Ben Manilla is an American
broadcaster, audio producer, and teacher. He has produced and directed numerous award-winning radio programs. His work in the late 1970s included the alternative news features, News Blimps, and music documentaries for WLIR-FM, where he was Production Director and on-air personality.
In the 1980s, Ben created news documentaries for WOR-AM, and helped develop programs at Radio Today, New York
, including Flashback, Rock Stars with Timothy White
, and Radio MTV.
In 1991, he moved to San Francisco and started Ben Manilla Productions which created national radio series including The House of Blues Radio Hour with Dan Aykroyd
(with whom Manilla co-wrote the book Elwood's Blues: Interviews with the Blues Legends & Stars), Philosophy Talk
with Stanford University
, The Loose Leaf Book Company with Tom Bodett (syndicated to 227 stations with an audience of 250,000), and The Sounds of American Culture on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
Ben's awards include Columbia University
's Edward Howard Armstrong Award, the 2003 International Radio Festival Grand Award, Billboard magazine's Best Syndicated Radio Show, and the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award.
In 2003, he formed the multi-platform production and consulting company Media Mechanics with broadcast veterans Mike Henry and Paul Marszalek.
Since 2005, Ben has been an instructor at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
where he teaches Radio News Reporting.
Ben was born in 1952 to James Nicholson Manilla and Margarita Fernandez Manilla. He grew up in New York City
and attended New York University
, where he graduated with a drama degree. He now lives in San Francisco.
United States
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broadcaster, audio producer, and teacher. He has produced and directed numerous award-winning radio programs. His work in the late 1970s included the alternative news features, News Blimps, and music documentaries for WLIR-FM, where he was Production Director and on-air personality.
In the 1980s, Ben created news documentaries for WOR-AM, and helped develop programs at Radio Today, New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, including Flashback, Rock Stars with Timothy White
Timothy White
Timothy White was a noted American rock music journalist and editor.White began his journalism career as a writer for the Associated Press, but soon gravitated towards music writing...
, and Radio MTV.
In 1991, he moved to San Francisco and started Ben Manilla Productions which created national radio series including The House of Blues Radio Hour with Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...
(with whom Manilla co-wrote the book Elwood's Blues: Interviews with the Blues Legends & Stars), Philosophy Talk
Philosophy Talk
Philosophy Talk is a talk radio program co-hosted by John Perry and Ken Taylor, who are professors at Stanford University. The show is also available as a podcast, available for purchase. The program deals both with fundamental problems of philosophy and with the works of famous philosophers,...
with Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, The Loose Leaf Book Company with Tom Bodett (syndicated to 227 stations with an audience of 250,000), and The Sounds of American Culture on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
Ben's awards include Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
's Edward Howard Armstrong Award, the 2003 International Radio Festival Grand Award, Billboard magazine's Best Syndicated Radio Show, and the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award.
In 2003, he formed the multi-platform production and consulting company Media Mechanics with broadcast veterans Mike Henry and Paul Marszalek.
Since 2005, Ben has been an instructor at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is a graduate professional school on the campus of University of California, Berkeley. It is among the top graduate journalism schools in the United States, and is designed to produce journalists with a two-year Master of Journalism degree.The program...
where he teaches Radio News Reporting.
Ben was born in 1952 to James Nicholson Manilla and Margarita Fernandez Manilla. He grew up in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and attended New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, where he graduated with a drama degree. He now lives in San Francisco.