Joel Natalie is an award-winning 40-year broadcast and communications professional, and Station Manager and Host at TalkErie Radio.

Joel grew up in Erie’s Little Italy neighborhood, and was educated in local parochial schools and at Gannon University. He has worked as an on-air personality and broadcast executive in various music formats, as well as a Communications Director for a large Erie County church, before launching Talk Erie radio. His goal on his daily radio talk show is to have the crucial conversations Erie needs to advance the regional narrative and move the community forward. Hundreds of local and national newsmakers and opinion-leaders have been guests on his radio show over the past five years. He and his wife Debbie live in the City of Erie.