Harry Osibin is an award-winning broadcaster with more than thirty years experience in Bay Area radio.
He spent 16 years as Public Affairs Director for KITS Radio in San Francisco. He is currently President of the Bay Area Public Affairs Directors (BAPAD).
Harry is the host of The Harry O Show on KYOURadio every Saturday at 8 AM.
He also produces new programming at the website HarryO.org.
Harry O's award winning-public affairs programs have been heard on KITS (LIVE 105), KLLC (Alice @ 97.3), 99.7 KFRC and KIFR (Free FM). He also has produced and hosted Earthbeat, an environmental show for KNRK in Portland.
He has been recognized for excellence by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Coalition for Eclectic Radio.
American Women in Radio and Television awarded a KUDO to Harry O for "Best Radio Public Affairs Show" in 2000 and in 2003.
He is the founder and host of The Green Hour with Harry O, "America's First Environmental Radio Program." Since its debut in 1990 The Green Hour with Harry O has set the standard for innovation in "green" broadcasting.
Harry O produces a weekly feature in English for German radio station N-JOY in Hamburg.
He is a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).
Harry O has worked as a disc jockey in various formats over the years. He has played the hits on such stations in the Bay Area as KDIA, KNEW, KYA and KITS.
He has held the post of program director for KMJM in Saint Louis and WZAK in Cleveland. He served as program director for his college radio station, KCSF at City College of San Francisco.
Radio Access Guaranteed was founded in 2006 by Harry Osibin as a means for delivering to community groups the opportunity to reach a broader audience on radio, by streaming on the Internet, by archiving and via podcast.
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Comments from interview guests:
Thank you for continuing to highlight the activities of small Bay Area non-profits.-Janice Barlow, Executive Director, Marin Breast Cancer Watch.
It's so easy to be interviewed when the interviewer knows how to ask questions that elicit the appropriate responses.-Jean K . Cecil, Executive Director, Career Closet, San Jose.
Harry, Thank you for caring about things that count.-Judy Vaughn, author, The Bells of San Francisco.
Over the last three years, I’ve been interviewed by Harry Osibin twice. Each was an exceptional interview. Unlike so many interviewers, Harry does his homework. He knows the issues and he knows how to ask engaging questions that extract the most interesting information and ideas from his guests.-Lester R. Brown, World Policy Institute.
It is rare to find a radio journalist who actually knows the right questions to ask a performing arts organization such as ours - you were right on!-Dr. Kathleen McGuire, Artistic Director & Conductor, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.
I am so thankful for your interest, for your obvious sensitivity to the issues of childcare and for your time and patience involved in interviewing me.-Donna Cahill, Holy Family Day Home, San Francisco.
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