Background
Cerri was born in Utica, New York on June 1, 1936, the younger of two children of Dominick J. Cerri and his wife Mildred May Isaac.
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Dick Cerri
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He graduated in 1959 from Utica College.
Career
Between 1960 and 1995. Cerri started out in high school as an announcer in Utica on WIBX-Department of Administration and Management and moved to American Broadcasting Company affiliate WRUN-Department of Administration and Management (see WUTI) where he remained through college. He moved to Washington, District of Columbia Cerri had a very humble view of his reputation as an expert instead typifying his role as a spectator, albeit a professional one.
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Cerri started the World Folk Music Association with singer-songwriter Tom Paxton in 1982 and Cerri served as its president for much of its existence. In the 1980s and 1990s, Cerri also sponsored monthly musical concerts using the name of his radio show "Musica Americana."
Cerri retired in the mid-1990s and continued working with the World Folk Music Association (WFMA). He was most recently working on digitizing his "Music Americana" radio shows, a project announced at the "Remembering Dick Cerri: A Celebration in Song", will be completed by the WFMA Foundation.
