Thistle & Shamrock Host Retires
Fiona Ritchie to Retire Sept. 30, 2024
National Public Radio re-iterated on Sept. 25, 2024 that Fiona Ritchie, the host of NPR’s “Thistle & Shamrock” will retire this month, after 41 years hosting the popular show.
- Sitka’s KCAW re-focused attention on this, for local Celtic music lovers.
- Boston’s WBUR has an interview with “Here-and-Now” host Peter O’Dowd talking to Ritchie – listen to the piece at: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/09/25/celtic-music-fiona-ritchie
Ed. note: NPR actually published a great article in June, 2024, re-capping the history of “Thistle & Shamrock” dating from the show’s development in 1981 by Fiona Ritchie:
“Ritchie, a native of Scotland, developed The Thistle & Shamrock show in 1981 at WFAE in Charlotte, North Carolina. It later debuted in June 1983 on radio stations across American Public Radio before moving to NPR in September 1990 as part of a collection of music shows and cultural programming…” Read more at: NPR.org