Sunday Morning Classics, 6:00 - 9:00 aM
A WMNR program guide from 1987, featuring Bill’s program.
Bill Battista is well-known to WMNR listeners who have been following his broadcasts since 1984. He is quiet, laid back and perfectly suited to the solitude of early Sunday morning classics.
Bill brings an early background in music and a European heritage to his broadcasts. His father, whose parents were from Avalino, near Naples, Italy, married a lady from England, who introduced her son Bill to classical music. Although he gave up piano lessons in adolescence, he never gave up his keen interest in and exploration of the great composers and their music.
He refers to himself as "a closet yuppie," being an avid reader and somewhat self-educated. In his youth he chose the encyclopedia as reading material. Bill has a Bachelor of Science in Management degree from Post University in Waterbury, CT. He retired in December 2019 after being employed by SNET/SBC/AT&T since 1977.