Peggy Berryhill
Peggy Berryhill is a Muscogee broadcast journalist who began her career in 1973 at KPFA in Berkeley, California, where she produced the Native American-focused program Living on Indian Time. She has held various roles in public radio, including at NPR and multiple community stations, and is the owner and manager of KGUA 88.3 FM in Gualala, California, where she hosts Peggy's Place.
Career
[edit]Berryhill is a member of Muscogee Nation.[1] She began broadcast journalism in 1973 at KPFA in Berkeley, California, where she produced "Living on Indian Time," a weekly one-hour program.[1] This program focused on the Native American community, covering local and national news, conducting live interviews, and featuring music, field production, and recordings of events with Native American activists, authors, poets, and musicians.[1] Berryhill has also held positions as a program director at KUNM, KPFA, and KALW.[1] She was the only Native American person to have worked as a full-time producer at NPR in the Specialized Audience Programs Department from 1978 to 1979.[1]
Berryhill has been involved in organizing Native radio stations and supporting independent producers.[1] Her radio work includes collaborations with the National Museum of American History on "Spirits of the Present: the Legacy from Native America," as well as projects such as "The California Indian Radio Project," "Club Red" starring Charlie Hill, "Frank Day, Memory and Imagination" for the National Museum of the American Indian, "The Opening Moment," and "Enduring Freedom: Honoring Native Women Veterans."[1]
Berryhill has won awards from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Native American Journalists Association.[1] In 2011, she won the Badger Award from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters for her efforts supporting Native radio.[2] Berryhill was inducted in to the Muscogee Nation Hall of Fame in 2014.[2] She is the owner and manager of KGUA 88.3 FM in Gualala, California, where she hosts the show "Peggy's Place."[3] In 2025, Berryhill was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Native Media Resource Center / Peggy Berryhill Bay Area Native radio collection". Online Archive of California. Archived from the original on 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ a b "Peggy Berryhill". National Federation of Community Broadcasters. 2017-04-18. Archived from the original on 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ Hughes, Art (2023-05-15). "Native in the Spotlight: Peggy Berryhill". Native America Calling. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "2025 New Member List". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2025-05-01. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
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- Muscogee (Creek) Nation people
- Muscogee women
- 21st-century American women journalists
- American women radio journalists
- Radio personalities from San Francisco
- Mass media people from Berkeley, California
- Native American radio personalities
- 21st-century Native American women
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- People from Mendocino County, California