What do you give a WMFE CEO who was retiring after serving the stations for 40 consecutive years, particularly a colleague who didn’t want a roast or a gold pen?

According to WMFE CEO José A. Fajardo, “that question was answered by an adventuresome trip and a challenge. And we surprised him, too.” The gift was a trip to Athens, Greece to run in the Athens Marathon (a 26.2-mile foot race) and the challenge was to bring back a story suitable for broadcast on WMFE.


It was a fitting gift for the soon-to-be-retired CEO: Stephen McKenney Steck who, at age 64, had announced his retirement after serving 40 years on the WMFE staff – five years in programming and production, leading up to the last 35 years as President and CEO.

	Steve’s Story, the programmatic result of the trip and challenge, is broadcast on 90.7 WMFE-FM in three 5-minute features on Wednesday, August 13 through Friday, August 15 at 12:06 p.m. A 60-minute documentary entitled Instead of a Gold Watch: The Spirit of Athens will be available on this Web site on the afternoon of Friday, August 15. .
Steve (in red) getting the story at the start		"in black" on the run!

• Feature # 1: Steve’s Story (Click here to listen or download)
  (broadcast - Wednesday, August 13 at 12:06 p.m.)
  
  
• Feature # 2: Steve’s Story (Click here to listen or download)
  (broadcast - Thursday, August 14 at 12:06 p.m.)
  
  
• Feature # 3: Steve’s Story (Click here to listen or download)
  (broadcast - Friday, August 15 at 12:06 p.m.)
  
  
• 60-minute Documentary- Instead of a Gold Watch: The Spirit of Athens (available online
  from 12:30 p.m. Friday August 15 and to be broadcast on Sunday, August 17 at 6 p.m. on 90.7 FM.)