Lloyd Bryant

Host/Producer – Live & Local (Dayton Philharmonic, Springfield Symphony, Bach Society of Dayton, and many others) and Dayton Opera; the very first announcer on Dayton Public Radio

HOMETOWN

Beavercreek, Ohio (originally from Fitzgerald, Georgia)

FAMILY

Wife – Ann, Son – Tim, Daughters - Selena and Kerry Beth, Granddaughters - Kathleen, Kimberly, and Lacy, and Grandsons - Joel, Connor, and Will

ACTIVITIES / HOBBIES / INTERESTS

Radio announcer more than 50 years (commercial and public radio); started as rock 'n' roll DJ while a teenager in the 1950s.  Narrator and Master of Ceremonies for numerous events at Wright- Patterson AFB and throughout the Dayton community for more than 30 years; known as the Voice of the National Museum of the United States Air Force.  Amateur actor, singer, dancer (I can still do "Trouble" from "The Music Man" on a moment's notice!)

MY FAVORITE BOOKS

Years ago, I would have said books such as James Michener's "The Source" and Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" for
imagination and story-telling skills in areas of special interest. 

Now, I prefer books on history plus current world political and theological considerations that directly impact the future of our civilization and our way of life

MY FAVORITE MOVIE(s)

I enjoy comedies, suspense, and science fiction from 1950s and '60s, like "Forbidden Planet", "The Pink Panther", "Charade", "North to Alaska", "The Hallelujah Trail", and of course, "Gone with the Wind" and "Citizen Kane".

MY FAVORITE COMPOSER / MUSIC

I tend to love much of the piano literature, especially the big romantic concertos, as well as Mozart's, Beethoven's, Liszt's, and Ravel's jazzy two; but because the beautiful, uplifting, exciting, unforgettable music of the classical world extends across all time periods, styles, lengths, and instrumental combinations, what I would call "favorites" are simply everywhere.

MY PASSION

Assuring that my precious grandchildren grow up and succeed in the best possible world that we who love them can provide.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DAYTON

Everything I love to be involved with is available right here in Dayton--education, music, theatre, dance, broadcasting, aviation.  I have never lived anywhere else in the world that so easily and so completely fills that bill.  I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.