Ashley Sterner
Local Morning Edition Host, Etc."If radio were a two-way visual medium," WYPR host Ashley Sterner would be able to see listeners every weekday between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Each weekday morning Ashley serves up the latest Maryland news and weather delightfully interspersed with the occasional snarky comment.
Listeners may also hear Ashley's familiar voice during the day as they guide listeners through what's known as continuity breaks until midday. Ashley is known to add audio flair on Sheilah Kast's morning show, "On the Record." They may also infrequently fill in for Tom Hall during the "Midday" radio program. They are a pitch hitter and often contributes to fundraising and "additional tasks where assigned."
When not working inside the WYPR studios, Ashley can be found teaching a class on how to produce audio documentaries for Towson University. In their spare time, they can be seen running around Baltimore neighborhoods or hiking around Maryland natural vistas.
Before coming to WYPR, Ashley spent 8 years with WAMU in Washington D.C. where they worked nearly every job in the radio station. That spanned from part-time receptionist to on-air host but also included experience in promotions, fundraising, audience analysis and program production. They've also served as a fundraising consultant, assisting dozens of public radio stations nationwide with on-air fundraisers.
Originally from rural Pennsylvania, Ashley has called Charm City home since 2005.
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We’ll go On the Record with Bikemore, to learn how the nonprofit entices people to get out and ride - and how they keep bikers safe. Plus, the MD Department of Disabilities head of transportation policy talks about what they’re doing to make better options for cross-county travel. -
We’ll go On the Record with a look at the consequences of climate change. Warming temperatures are causing an earlier spring and a later winter. What does that mean for allergy season? Plus, can native plants adapt fast enough to survive?
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Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights the Rep Stage production of a new work by playwright Dane Figueroa Edidi that explores themes of race, gender and history.
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Today, three perspectives on some recent developments in science and technology that are impacting our lives — for better or worse.
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Guest host Ashley Sterner speaks with a state lawmaker, a physician, trans activists and a local pastor about the growing support for transgender rights in Maryland.
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The Social Services Administration has been plagued with problems for years, state legislative auditors found.
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Mental health advocates worry the sale would hasten the hospital's closure without plans for its patients.
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Governor Hogan has signed into law a new map of Maryland’s congressional districts, settling the issue after a judge rejected Democrats’ first draft as too partisan. Maryland Matters editor Josh Kurtz fills us in. Plus, a week away from sine die, a legislative update from WYPR’s Joel McCord.
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During a meeting with state lawmakers, providers described challenges related to COVID-19 and labor shortages.
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Wednesday was the first meeting of a legislative panel tasked with sorting out issues related to legalizing recreational marijuana use in Maryland.
