WXPN Host Kathy O'Connell to Retire After Nearly 40 Years of Running 'Kids Corner'

WXPN host Kathy O'Connell to retire after nearly 40 years of running 'Kids Corner'

WXPN host Kathy O'Connell is retiring after nearly 40 years at the public radio station. She created 'Kids Corner,' a Peabody Award-winning series for children ages 5-13. It will end in June.

The long-running WXPN show ‘Kids Corner’ will end in June

After almost 40 years on the air, Kathy O'Connell is hanging up her headphones and heading into retirement when Kids Corner goes off the air this summer.

Closing Time For ‘XPN’s Kids Corner

• After four decades of soundtracking childhoods across the region and beyond as host of the Peabody Award-winning show Kids Corner on non-comm WXPN/Philadelphia, host Kathy O’Connell announced her impending retirement… and since O’Connell is irreplaceable, this also means that Kids Corner, which launched in 1988, will draw to a close, with its final shows airing this June. The news was announced Thursday morning on-air, and WXPN’s Max Bennett h…

Kids Corner To End At WXPN wIth Kathy O’Connell’s Retirement

After a 38 year-run at University of Pennsylvania AAA 88.5 WXPN Philadelphia, the station’s “https://xpn.org/program/kids-corner/“>Kids Corner” program will come to an end in June when host Kathy O’Connell retires. O’Connell joined WXPN to launch Kids Corner in 1988 after previously co-hosting the syndicated “Kids America” based at WNYC New York. The program aired four nights a week until January 2024 when it dropped to just Mondays and Tuesdays…

From WXPN Host To WXPN Ambassador: Kathy O’Connell Announces Retirement - WXPN

After four decades of soundtracking childhoods across the region and beyond, WXPN host Kathy O’Connell has announced her retirement. Since O’Connell is irreplaceable, this also means that Kids Corner will draw to a close, with its final shows airing this June.  O’Connell launched Kids Corner at WXPN in 1988 after leaving WNYC, where she co-hosted […]