Mixed Bag Radio is a syndicated program that features in depth interviews and live in-studio performances. For sixty minutes, Pete Fornatale interviews the most influential musicians of our time. Over the years, Pete has visited with hundreds of musicians - rock, folk, jazz, pop, legends, heritage artists, newcomers ... truly a Mixed Bag.

Mixed Bag sessions are taped each week at one of several locations in the New York area; The Museum of Television and Radio, on location at concert venues, at record label recording studios, in artist's home studios or at our own facilities in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.

The show can currently be heard in several markets throughout the country. If you would like your local NPR station to carry the show please contact the program director and request that thy contact us. The support of listeners that appreciate Mixed Bag has allowed us to thrive for the past 20 years. From Pete and everyone at Mixed Bag Radio, Thanks for listening. 

Pete Fornatale was one of the architects of Progressive Rock FM in the '60s. He has been a fixture on New York radio for four decades, starting his career at WFUV in Nov. '63 as a Fordham undergraduate hosting "Campus Caravan," then moving on to WNEW-FM (in '69) and K-Rock (in '89).

Pete hosts "Mixed Bag" on Saturdays from 5-8pm on WFUV, which started as a Sunday morning program in late Dec. '82 on WNEW (and which got a fan letter the next week from a then unknown singer-songwriter named Suzanne Vega).

He is the author of several books about media, pop culture and music, including "The Rock Music Source Book," "Radio in the Television Age," The Story of Rock 'n' Roll" and "All You Need Is Love." He was also the primary writer of "The Elvis Collection," a 600 trading card series on the life of Elvis Presley.

Pete conceived, wrote and narrated the nationally syndicated radio feature "Rock Calendar." He also wrote seven episodes of the MTV series "Rock Influences," and served as consultant, writer and voice-over announcer for "Deja View," a series of specials distributed internationally by All-American Television in 1984-1985. Pete co-hosted the 1991 HBO telecast of "Paul Simon Live in Central Park," and has regularly served as expert guest commentator on PBS specials featuring The Bee Gees, Bobby Darin, Bob Dylan, John Fogerty, The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, The Mamas and The Papas, The Moody Blues, Roy Orbison, Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor and The Weavers.

Pete has won The New York Council of Churches Award for Broadcast Excellence in 1976, the coveted Armstrong Award for Excellence in Musical Programming in 1983, The New York Folk Festival Special Folks Award in 1984, The World Folk Music Association Award for Making a Difference in Broadcasting in 1992 and The New York AIR Award for Achievement in Radio in 1998. He is a Board member of World Hunger Year, the organization co-founded by Harry Chapin, and has served as co-anchor of annual Hungerthon broadcasts for many years.

Chris Hall is a life-long entrepreneur and co-founder of Mixed Bag Radio, where he serves as full time executive producer and part-time host. Chris also began several other successful ventures including a Long Island based real estate management firm (2004 - present), a public relations and marketing company (2005 – present), a Manhattan-based Internet Service Provider (1994-2005), a retail music store (The Music Hall) located in Westfield, NJ, serving the tri-state area (1991 - 1995), and Sparkling Pools/Harbor Hot Tubs a construction and service company in The Hamptons (1980 - 1991).

During his tenure at The Music Hall, Chris became acquainted with Alison Steele and Jim Monaghan of WNEW FM. This led to his first association with New York radio. In 1993, The Music Hall began a weekly segment on the WNEW Morning Show with Pat Kelly that focused on songs that were officially released overseas, but never saw the light of day in the States.

From 1994 - 2001, Chris co-hosted a weekly radio segment for WEHM FM in East Hampton entitled "What's Making News on the Internet." The program took a look at music related web sites and the benefits and challenges that the Internet continues to bring to the music fan, artist and industry in general.

In the Spring of 2000, Chris assisted producer Bill Kollar and radio personality Vin Scelsa serving as a consultant for WFRE Wireless, a streaming media project that was developed after Vin's Artistent.com program Live at Lunch.

Chris serves on the board of directors for a variety of business and charitable organizations. He uses his years of experience in public relations and marketing to, not only help increase the exposure and profitability of his clients, but also to assist on a pro bono basis several non profit organizations in New York.

In addition to his work as Mixed Bag’s executive producer, Chris occasionally sits in for Pete Fornatale as host of the program. Mixed Bag Radio combines his business knowledge with a passion for music; the result is what he describes as the best “job” anyone could have.

Linda Feder's career in radio and records has been characterized by a passion for people and music. Linda began her career at the legendary progressive rock station KSAN-FM in San Francisco where she later entered the record business as a local promotion rep for MCA Records. She was based in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York where she served in various promotion capacities for MCA, Polygram, Jem and Rhino Records. During this time she promoted artists as varied as BB King, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Kiss, Bon Jovi, Loretta Lynn, Tears for Fears and John Hiatt to every radio format imaginable.

Linda later became vice president of promotion at Private Music where she worked for six years with Etta James, Leo Kottke, Leon Redbone, Jennifer Warnes, Toots Thielemans, Yanni, and others. She was one of the co-executive producers of "A Very Special Christmas 3", a benefit CD for Special Olympics.

After years of being a fan of New York radio and Pete Fornatale, Linda brought her years of experience to Mixed Bag Radio where she is an Executive Producer.