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A&E | WQXR and NATIONAL RADIO | PBS | CBS NETWORK RADIO | WNCN | BEGINNINGS Elliott Forrest is a Peabody Award winning host, reporter and interviewer. |
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A&E For more than 12 years he was with the A&E Television Network as host of Breakfast with the Arts. He was nominated for an Emmy in 2002 and 2005. The show features segments on movies, Broadway, rock, jazz, world and classical music, in studio performances and extensive interviews. Click names below to see select interview clips. For a complete list of interviews, go to: Interviews. Additional A&E hosting duties included Biography This Week, Richard Rodgers: Falling in Love, Holiday in New York, A&E In Concert, Pavarotti in Paris, BioArts and The Pablo Casals Festival from Puerto Rico. He is also currently seen hosting A&E programming onboard USAir. TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS
Holiday Special from Times Square (wmv video - 3.7mb) |
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WQXR and National Classical Radio Elliott can be heard hosting Afternoon Drive every weekday from 3pm to 7pm on WQXR, 96.3FM in New York and on www.wqxr.com. WQXR is the classical station of The New York Times. He is also the host, writer and/or producer of the national radio programs from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Seattle Symphony, The Israel Philharmonic and The Jerusalem Symphony. RADIO HIGHLIGHTS
Interview with Conductor John Mauceri -
Air Date Jan. 28, 2006 (mp3 audio - 9.5mb) |
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PBS In 2006 he co-hosted the Metropolitan Opera's Gala for Joseph Volpe seen on PBS and heard on national radio. In March of 2005 Elliott hosted for PBS "Your Money, Your Children, Your Life" on WNET, Ch. 13 in New York. And he co-hosted the national telecast of The 3 Tenors Concert live from Giants Stadium on July 20, 1996, seen on PBS. |
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In 1995 Elliott co-hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show The Late Late Radio Show with Tom Snyder and Elliott Forrest, for the CBS Radio Network. It featured one-on-one celebrity interviews and nightly conversations between Tom and Elliott. As for his part of the show, Elliott interviewed hundreds of people included Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, John Cleese, Shirley MacLaine, Peter Arnett, Bill Mahar, Larry King, Garrison Keillor, Garry Shandling, Elvis Costello, Peter Ustinov, members of the rock groups The Moody Blues, Chicago, Fleetwood Mac, among others. On working with Mr. Snyder, Elliott considers it a high point in his career "to have talked over the daily news events and the everyday events of life with one of this country's legendary broadcasters." RADIO HIGHLIGHTS
John Cleese - March 2, 1995 (mp3 20 min. audio - 2.5mb) |
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WNCN Elliott's first big radio gig in New York was working for WNCN, a ground-breaking classical radio station. He counts among his many highlights, co-hosting with Peter Jennings a music special from Carnegie Hall. Elliott was on WNCN for 7 years. After 35 years on the air, WNCN changed from classical to heavy metal overnight. It is now the Classic Rock station, Q104.3 FM. |
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Elliott's first job was at a gas station in Midland, TX. His next job, while still in high school, was as a production assistant and cameraman at the local NBC affiliate in Midland. He ran camera for the nightly news, church services, swim meets and the Friday Night Fright Movie. His last year of high school he got his first radio job on KNFM-KNAM, a beautiful music station, as it was called. He worked there two summers. Out of college he went to work for KXTR, a classical radio station in Kansas City, MO. After 18 months on the air, he moved to New York. |
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