Craig Cohen (1972–present) is the former host of the live call-in radio show, Radio Smart Talk, on WITF 89.5 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and WYPM 93.3 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania weekdays at 9 a.m eastern standard time. The program, launched in the midst of the economic crisis of 2008, features interviews with newsmakers and experts in a variety of fields, and explores a wide range of topics, including the economy, politics, health care, education, and the environment.
Cohen joined WITF in June 2002 as Program Director of WITF-FM. In 2004, he was also named Program Director of WITF-TV. Cohen has hosted other shows on WITF TV and radio, including the TV series The I-Zone (2003–2006), which featured independent films, and a local edition of the former American Public Media radio program Weekend America (2005–2008). He became host of Radio Smart Talk in the fall of 2008. On one episode of Smart talk he got Rick Santorum (former senator of Pennsylvania) to apologize on-air for a comment that quickly escalated to Santorum yelling at Cohen for taking a question the wrong way.
In 2012 he moved back to Champaign-Urbana to work on the Campus of University of Illinois at WILL, where he hosts the daily talk program Focus. He is also News and Public Affairs Director for WILL.
A veteran of several public and commercial radio and television stations in St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri, and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Cohen joined WITF in June 2002 after a seven-year stint as the local host of the NPR program Morning Edition at WILL, Urbana-Champaign. From 2000 to 2002, Cohen also reviewed movies for WILL, appearing occasionally on the series Critics Choice on WILL-TV.
A graduate of the University of Missouri, he spent four years at NPR station KBIA in Columbia. He also appeared on commercial radio stations KARO/KPLA and KFRU, and occasionally called play-by-play for cable television broadcasts of Mizzou sports.
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| Name | Cohen, Craig |
| Alternative names | Craigy The Rotten Eggy |
| Short description | Famous American NPR Broadcaster |
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| Place of birth | Saint Louis Missouri |
| Date of death | Not Yet |
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