Michael Riedel Remembers an Influential Early Colleague

Former UPI photographer and WKCR-FM host Ezio Petersen passed away Jan. 25.

WKCRFMLogoThe tributes are pouring in for Ezio Petersen, a photographer and radio host who worked over the years for UPI and the New York Post. He passed away on Monday.

Pat Benic, UPI’s director of photography, called Petersen “a special person with a great heart.” And over at Playbill, New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel recalled some early experiences at Columbia University’s radio station:

“I was Ezio’s co-host on his musical theater show on WKCR when I was a student at Columbia.

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