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![Suzanne Hargrove Headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Suzanne-Hargrove-featured-image-new-900x422.jpg)
Former WOUB student Suzanne Hargrove wins Executive Producer of the Year award
Hargrove was a telecommunications major who graduated from Ohio University in 1986 ATHENS, OH – Suzanne Hargrove is still in shock. In April, the vice president/executive producer at PRETTYBIRD in… Read More
![Jack Caudill headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jack-Caudill-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Former WOUB Student Jack Caudill celebrates 40 years on the air in Rapid City, South Dakota
Caudill was a radio and television major who graduated from Ohio University in 1983 ATHENS, OH – Former WOUB Student Jack Caudill has a day named after him in Rapid City,… Read More
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Former WOUB student Paula Shugart is inducted into the Ohio Communication Hall of Fame
Shugart recently stepped down from the Miss University Organization where she served as president ATHENS, OH – In her 23 years as president of the Miss Universe Organization, Paula Shugart (B.S.C.,… Read More
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New WBNS president and general manager is “beyond grateful” for his experience at WOUB
Rogala was a radio and television major and graduated from Ohio University in 1982 ATHENS, OH – Rick Rogala’s career has come full circle. The Chicago native was recently named president… Read More
![Suzanne Hargrove Headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Suzanne-Hargrove-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Los Angeles Executive Producer Suzanne Hargrove never imagined producing commercials for Nike and Adidas when she started doing sports at WOUB
Hargrove was a telecommunications major who graduated from Ohio University in 1986 ATHENS, OH – Suzanne Hargrove, vice president/executive producer at PRETTYBIRD in Los Angeles, recently worked on a Cannes Lions-winning… Read More
![Patrick Donadio Headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Patrick-Donadio-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Communication Leader and Expert Patrick Donadio learned crucial public speaking skills at Ohio University and WOUB
Donadio received his undergraduate degree in 1980 as a radio and TV major and his master’s degree in 1981 as a business major ATHENS, OH – Patrick Donadio is an author,… Read More
![Michael Massa headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Michael-Massa-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Communication skills learned at WOUB helped Michael Massa start his legal career
Massa graduated with an interpersonal communications degree in 1982 ATHENS, OH – For the past 30 years, Michael Massa has worked in the legal system as a court arbitrator and mediator…. Read More
![Randall Winston Headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Randall-Winston-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
He may be executive producing a show called “Shrinking,” but Randall Winston’s career is far from it
Winston graduated with a telecommunications degree from Ohio University in 1989 ATHENS, OH – If you’ve recently watched the first season of the series Shrinking on Apple TV, you’ve experienced the… Read More
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Former WOUB student Kim Fox becomes second Black female president of the Broadcast Education Association
Fox graduated from Ohio University in 1987 and 2003 ATHENS, OH – Kim Fox is the second Black woman president of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) in the organization’s 68-year history…. Read More
![Deanna Clifford headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Deann-Clifford-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Voinovich School Senior Program Manager Deanna Clifford cut her teeth as a student and then a professional staffer at WOUB
Clifford graduated from Ohio University in 1985 and 1990 ATHENS, OH – When Deanna Clifford, who is now a senior program manager for the Voinovich Academy for Excellence in Public Service… Read More
![Frank Graff headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Frank-Graff-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Former WOUB Student wins regional Emmy® award at PBS North Carolina
Frank Graff graduated from Ohio University in 1982 and 1983 ATHENS, OH – Frank Graff is grinning from ear to ear celebrating a recent regional Emmy® award win and a… Read More
![Susy Cheston Headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Susy-Cheston-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Susy Cheston’s experience at Ohio University and WOUB helped inspire her passion for addressing international poverty issues
Cheston graduated from Ohio University in 1987 ATHENS, OH – Susy Cheston is now the chief growth officer at an international non-profit called the Business Council for Peace (Bpeace). But, back… Read More
![David Collins standing at podium](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/David-Collins-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Emmy Award-winning Producer David Collins says his time at Ohio University and WOUB gave him the confidence to succeed
Collins graduated from Ohio University in 1989 ATHENS, OH – When David Collins ’89 was asked if he would like a WOUB stole to wear when he spoke at Ohio University’s… Read More
![Ron Jantz Headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ron-Jantz-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Former Cleveland Sports TV Anchor calls WOUB experience “irreplaceable”
Ron Jantz graduated from Ohio University in 1987 ATHENS, OH – When Ron Jantz was a child growing up in northeast Ohio, he knew three things. Jantz knew he loved sports…. Read More
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Evan Brown’s career path was different than he expected but says WOUB still helped him achieve his dream
Brown graduated from Ohio University in 1980 ATHENS, OH – When Evan Brown came to Ohio University in 1976, his dream job looked a little different than how his career played… Read More
![Alan Leventhal in booth at baseball game](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Alan-Leventhal-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Alan Leventhal’s Hollywood production career started as a stage manager at WOUB
Leventhal graduated from Ohio University in 1982 ATHENS, OH – Alan Leventhal knew he wanted to work in television since he was in high school in Union Township, New Jersey. “My… Read More
![Paul Schneider Headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/paul-schneider-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Paul Schneider learned how to manage a media team at WOUB
Schneider graduated in 1986 ATHENS, OH – When Paul Schneider went on a tour of Ohio University and saw the TV studios at WOUB Public Media, he knew he was going… Read More
![Mark O'Brien in front of radio station sign](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mark-obrien-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
The foundation of Mark O’Brien’s radio sales career is WOUB
O’Brien graduated in 1988 ATHENS, OH – When Mark O’Brien graduated from high school, he thought he wanted to be a radio broadcaster, and knew Ohio University was the place… Read More
![Lisa Martin Headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lisa-Martin-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
WOUB connections helped throughout Lisa Martin’s production career
Martin graduated from Ohio University in 1982 ATHENS, OH – Lisa (Bowman) Martin calls herself a “late bloomer” when it comes to WOUB but says once she discovered the opportunities available… Read More
![Jon Zellner headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Jon-Zellner-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Radio and Digital Music Executive says the hands-on experience he got at WOUB was vital to his career
Jon Zellner graduated from Ohio University in 1987 ATHENS, OH – Jon Zellner got hooked on radio the minute he met Wolfman Jack during a tour of the NBC New York… Read More
![Brian Unger headshot](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Brian-Unger-featured-image-900x422.png)
Producer/Commentator/Host/Actor/Comedian Brian Unger calls WOUB his “first love”
Unger graduated from Ohio University in 1987 ATHENS, OH – When WOUB TV recently celebrated its 60th anniversary, former WOUB student Brian Unger ’87 posted a comment on Twitter that read… Read More
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WOUB experience changed career direction for Skip Porter
Porter graduated in 1989 ATHENS, OH – When Skip Porter first came to Ohio University in 1985, he thought he wanted to be a recording engineer. “My high school advisor… Read More
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Hands-on experience helped Steve Grisetti launch his career in Hollywood
Grisetti graduated from Ohio University in 1981 and 1985 ATHENS, OH – Steve Grisetti’s film career has included stints at Orion Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment, and he says he… Read More
![Joe Pagonakis reporting in Cleveland](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/joe-pagonakis-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
From production to on-air, for Joe Pagonakis it all started at Ohio University and WOUB
Pagonakis graduated from Ohio University in 1981 ATHENS, OH – Joe Pagonakis ’81 is getting ready to celebrate 30 years as television reporter at the ABC affiliate, WEWS, in Cleveland,… Read More
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Former WOUB Student Steve Kurrent retires after 32 years as a producer/director at WEWS in Cleveland
Kurrent graduated from Ohio University in 1983 ATHENS, OH – Steve Kurrent won 24 regional Emmy awards in his nearly 40-year career as a television director. He says without Ohio… Read More