The Metro: Halloween special returns to WDET airwaves in time for trick-or-treating

Jon Moshier, host of Modern Music on WDET, produces his annual Halloween special with an ear for the classic and the offbeat.

Halloween Records

Your spooky soundtrack to Halloween is returning to the WDET airwaves at 6 p.m. Friday, October 31.

Jon Moshier, host of Modern Music on WDET, produces his annual Halloween special with an ear for the classic and the offbeat.

This year’s blood-curdling setlist includes tracks from Bert Convy, Vincent Price & The Young Spirits, and Detroit’s own The Incurables. The radio special combines novelty music with radio theatre into a perfect radio companion for handing out candy to trick or treaters.

Jon Moshier spoke with The Metro’s David Leins about how he makes his selections, the pinnacle of spooky soundtrack LP’s and what to expect in this year’s special.

Hear Jon Moshier’s Halloween special on Friday, Oct. 31 from 6–8 p.m. on 101.9 FM, wdet.org/listen-live and in the WDET app.

Listen to The Metro weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon ET on 101.9 FM and streaming on demand.

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  • David Leins is the senior producer of WDET’s daily news and culture program, The Metro. He has produced several award-winning podcasts and multimedia series at WDET including Tracked and Traced, Science of Grief and COVID Diaries, which earned a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation. He previously led WDET’s StoryMakers program. David has an M.A. in Media Arts and Studies from Wayne State University, and a B.A. in anthropology from Grand Valley State University with a minor in Arabic. David teaches podcasting at Wayne State University and is an alumnus of the Transom Audio Storytelling Workshop.