Craig Havighurst

Craig Havighurst is Editorial Director for WMOT Roots Radio 89.5 FM, where he covers music news and hosts the weekly interview show The String, covering “culture, media and American music.” A Nashville-based author, journalist, broadcaster and media producer, Craig has been studying musical culture and the music business since the late 90s. Craig has written for NPR, WPLN-FM, The Wall Street Journal, Acoustic Guitar, No Depression and other magazines. He was a staff writer at the daily Tennessean from 2001-2004. Craig’s 2007 book, Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City, tells the story of how Nashville was transformed by one of the nation’s greatest radio stations.