Here’s a couple of minutes about The 90-Second Naturalist features by Thane Maynard, which started 35 years ago on Aug. 27, 1987.
Produced by Cincinnati Public Radio, the feature airs at 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on classical music station WGUC-FM (90.9), and at 9 p.m. on news and information WVXU-FM (91.7), plus on stations across North America through the Public Radio Exchange (PRX).
THE INSPIRATION: Credit Harvard behavioral ecologist E.O. Wilson for inspiring Maynard, the longtime director of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, to venture into radio. Maynard attended a lecture in spring of 1987 when Wilson spoke of the need to educate the public on the importance of protecting nature and biodiversity through newspaper stories, comic strips, television and radio programs.
“I sat in the back of the packed auditorium and thought, ‘Well, I’m never…
