About Prime Time Focus

We welcome NPR veteran Alyne Ellis as the new host of Prime Time Focus.  A native Washingtonian, Alyne started her radio career at DC’s public radio station WAMU.  She served as program director at stations in Tampa and Shreveport.  In her twenty years at National Public Radio, Alyne was a highly respected producer and editor, working on stories that aired on All Things Considered and Morning Edition, and other programs, with an emphasis on arts and culture. Alyne is the winner of many awards including the Robert F. Kennedy Award, the Gold Cindy and Unity Award. She says she loves intense conversation, working with sound, and discovering new things. Alyne sat in for Jim Harriott during his illness, and now succeeds him as only the second-ever host of Prime Time Focus.

Prime Time Focus is one of the most popular daily news and features series in the country, heard on more than 500 stations. With its snappy mix of consumer, medical, and cultural topics, Prime Time Focus appeals to thousands of baby boomer and older listeners who tune in to the daily 90-second program and five-minute weekend broadcasts.

Prime Time Focus aims to educate, inform, and provide gems for thought. On one day host Alyne Ellis talks with guests about Viagra and the new lifestyle drugs, and, on another day, the topic is gossip journalism or animal-to-human transplants. Listeners meet sports greats, authors, and movie stars from yesteryear, as well as policymakers talking about the most pressing issues of the day.