Helen Leicht, radio host at WXPN, has been named the 2016 recipient of the “Connector Award” by LiveConnections. Ms. Leicht will be honored at the organization’s annual gala, the BIG HURRAH, on October 6.

Ms. Leicht has been a part of the Philadelphia radio community since 1976 when she worked as the midday host and music director at WIOQ, the then Album Oriented Radio station in Philadelphia. She joined WXPN in 1990 where she is now midday host, XPN local host and assistant program director. Through the WXPN Musicians On Call program, Ms. Leicht is able to combine two key interests: community outreach and local talent. She finds artists to perform bedside at local area hospitals, cheering up patients through the healing power of music.