On-Air Hosts
Emma Halsey is an Audio Producer for WITF and helps in other varying roles throughout the company. Including as a Producer and Engineer for WITF’s The Spark, and a fill-in Radio Host for All Things Considered and Morning Edition as well as working events when needed.
Emma’s skills include audio production, audio engineering, hosting, graphic design, script writing, and photography. She has a passion for learning and helping her peers be the best version of themselves they can be, both professionally and personally.
Emma graduated from Shippensburg University with a B.S. in Communications, Journalism and Media with a concentration in Visual Media.
Karen Hendricks is an award-winning, lifelong journalist. Her work, spanning newspapers, radio, television, podcasts and magazines, has garnered more than 20 journalism awards over the years. She’s a graduate of Lock Haven University and a native of the Philadelphia area. Karen enjoys serving as a guest host for WITF’s Morning Edition, The Morning Agenda and All Things Considered.
Tim Lambert is WITF’s special projects editor and serves as the host of both Morning Edition and The Morning Agenda podcast.
As a host, he get to connect with people as their trusted guide through the news of the day.
When he’s wearing his editor hat, Lambert works with WITF journalists on deep dives and helps them craft audio stories that are intimate and unique.
Tim has been at WITF since August of 2001. His work has been honored dozens of times on the national (seven-time RTDNA National Edward R. Murrow Award recipient), regional, and statewide levels.
A life-long Pennsylvanian, he counts Hopewell, Indiana (IUP), Lewistown, Gettysburg, Harrisburg, and Millersville as places he’s lived.
Now he lives in Lower Allen Township in Cumberland County with his wife, Amy, and their dog, Happy.
David Payne is a Producer/Researcher for WITF’s The Spark, as well as afternoon host for All Things Considered. David has enjoyed an almost 40-year career as a broadcaster, including for Radio PA, Metro Networks, and radio stations WIOO in Carlisle, WKBO in Harrisburg, and WGMD in Rehoboth Beach, DE. David is also an Announcer for the Pennsylvania Lottery, and for the last 23 years, Public Address Announcer for the Temple University Diamond Band. A Philadelphia native and Temple University graduate, David has called Harrisburg home for 34 of the last 39 years.
Asia Tabb is the Host and Producer for WITF’s The Spark.
She began her start in radio when she joined legendary radio/ host producer, Doc Christian. She worked closely with Doc for her role on “The Gospel Express, on WHOV 88.1 FM and was a host for “Unrestricted Praise” at Praise FM.
Previously she was an anchor in Shreveport, Louisiana at KTAL/KMSS. Asia also worked as a Multi-Media Journalist at WHP-TV here in Harrisburg, PA.
Asia got her break into news at KTVO in Ottumwa, Ia. While the 2020 caucuses were gearing up. Asia followed many candidates through their campaign trail from Senator Cory Booker, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and 46th President of the United States Joe Biden.
Asia was born and raised in Norfolk, Va. She graduated from Old Dominion University in 2018 with a major in Communications.
Asia is extremely friendly so don’t be afraid to say hi if you see her out and about.
Joe Ulrich has been interested in audio and music since he was a kid. What started as a fascination with his parents’ vinyl records and cassette tapes turned into a love of both performing and recording. He grew up in Elizabethtown, Pa. and moved to Pittsburgh in 1999 where he majored in Photography at the University of Pittsburgh.
In 2004, he attended the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences in Tempe, AZ.
He returned to Pittsburgh to work at a recording studio.
In 2008, Joe arrived at WITF, where his skills have found a good
home as an on-air host, audio engineer and producer of WITF Music.
In 2016, Joe earned a National Edward R. Murrow award for Best Use of Sound.
Fred Vigeant is WITF’s Vice President & Chief Audience Officer. In this role since 2022, Fred oversees programming, production, and audience research. Previously, Fred was the Director of Programming and Promotion for TV and Radio at WITF since 2012. Prior to his time in Harrisburg, he was at WRVO in Oswego, NY for 12 years serving in various roles including Program Director and before that Operations Manager. Fred has a B.A. in Mass Communications and Broadcasting from the State University of New York College at Oswego and an M.S. in Information Design & Technology from SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
