John Lemley

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John Smith Lemley (born October 5, 1967 in Oneonta, Alabama) is the WABE (90.1 FM - Atlanta, Georgia) anchor for NPR’s All Things Considered.^[1] He also hosts 90.1’s Tapestry, a Sunday evening program that features "the world’s greatest choral music." Lemley has also served as the station's assistant program director and has presented a couple of weekday afternoon classical programs, Daytime (1997 - 2005) and Bach's Lunch (2004 - 2006). Atlanta public television viewers have heard Lemley's voice on PBA 30, WABE’s companion television station. Lemley is one of the “official voices” of WPBA, Atlanta’s PBS affiliate. He joined the staff of Public Broadcasting Atlanta (the organization that holds the licenses for WABE and WPBA) in June 1997 after serving for five years as Music Director and afternoon classical music/news host at WBHM, Birmingham, Alabama’s public radio station.

1 Background
2 Education, Theatre and Arts Management Work
3 Early Public Radio Work
4 Personal Life
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Background

Lemley is the younger son of Bill and Billie Lemley. (His father was a funeral home owner/director and served in the Alabama state legislature in the late 1960s.) Lemley showed an early interest in theatre and broadcasting. He performed in high school theatre productions and, at the age of 16, hosted an afternoon drive-time adult contemporary music program on Oneonta's radio station, WKLD.

[edit] Education, Theatre and Arts Management Work

Lemley received a bachelor’s degree in musical theatre performance from Birmingham-Southern College. He was well on his way to becoming one of the most well-known names in the Birmingham theatre community, but became Administrative Assistant for the Birmingham Music Club, the South’s oldest arts organization.