Voice of Experience (washingtonpost.com)
"I was 30 years old, at the height of my career," says Hollander. "I loved my job. And, yes, I would go places and be recognized. You get spoiled a little bit. And then everything was gone. So, yes, it was a long fall."
And, it turns out, a long climb back. On June 1, Hollander returns to the studio at WGMS, and returns to her old time slot -- the 10 a.m.-3 p.m. show that she describes, with both affection and possessiveness, as "mine." For the past two years, as she has slowly gained more control over her epilepsy, Hollander has been working for WGMS out of a studio in her basement. To her, this is returning to the "big time."
Diana Hollander, one of the country's top Classical music radio announcers, has overcome six years of personal tragedy to return full-time ot the station she loves. WGMS, meanwhile, deserves a lot of credit for its leadership in accommodating Ms. Hollander's disability and proving itself to be a model employer of the disabled. The result has been a fourfold win — for Diana Hollander, for WGMS, for the Washington audience, and for Classical music.