Howard Dicus
Host, Howard's Day OffHoward Dicus was a radio network anchor, reporter, and manager in Washington, D.C., until, after 22 years of part-time residence in Hawaiʻi, he moved here full-time to start life anew.
While at United Press International in the 1980s and 90s he reviewed classical CDs for the wire service, and in his spare time was president of the Washington Savoyards, an opera company focusing entirely on Gilbert & Sullivan.
Howard's Day Off is produced entirely by Howard from his own music collection and, unless he's off-island, he does the show live.
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