Two of the five hosts are Deanna Tribe of MacArthur, Ohio and her husband, Ivan. They have been long-time supporters of Ohio University Public Radio's weekend programming.

Both are active in their community and in the education field, but have donated thousands of hours of time in putting together programming for the station.

Ivan is a well-known music critic and historian, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of old-time, country and bluegrass music and the musicians who create it.

In addition to Deanna's hosting of D28+5, the two of them host their own long-running Sunday show called Hornpipe and Fugue.