Brian DeShazor, Director of the Pacifica Radio Archives, award winning radio broadcaster is host/producer of From the Vault, now in its 10th season on the Pacifica network. Brian is a champion of public radio as an historic medium to be preserved and made publicly accessible and has been recognized for his work by the National Archives, the Library of Congress’ National Recording Preservation Board, the National Radio Preservation Task Force and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. In 2010 he received the Bader lifetime achievement award from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. His over 700 radio productions include: John Hersey’s Hiroshima with Tyne Daly and Ruby Dee and The Quentin Crisp Memorial.
