Peter Van de Graaff

Peter Van de Graaff (born November 9, 1961) is an American singer and radio personality.

He is best known[1] as the host of the Beethoven Satellite Network (BSN) overnight classical music service, which is carried over approximately 150 radio stations across the USA.

In 1986 the station expanded to around-the-clock broadcasting, with Van de Graaff hosting the morning program.

In 1988 Van de Graaff returned to Chicago, obtaining an announcer post at the city's fine-arts FM radio station WFMT.

[4] Van de Graaff began his radio career in 1984 at KBYU-FM in Utah, then moved to WFMT in Chicago as a staff announcer in 1988.

Van de Graaff received the 2010 Karl Haas Prize for Music Education from the Klassix Society/Friends of KXMS.