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Former WOUB Student Finds His Way Back to the Broadcast Booth
Bruce Goldberg never completely left WOUB or broadcasting behind ATHENS, OH – It’s been nearly 50 years since Bruce Goldberg graduated from Ohio University. During that time, he had a wonderful career working in marketing and communications in the transportation industry, but there’s always been that nagging “what might’ve been” and one place he’s never… Read More
WOUB NewsWatch Wins Second Award for Special Episode
Sexual Assault program aired in September 2018 ATHENS, OH – The WOUB Public Media Newsroom has received more recognition for a special September 2018 episode of WOUB TV’s Newswatch centered around the sexual assault issues that were impacting the Ohio University campus. The program earned a 3rd place award from the 2019 College Broadcasters… Read More
Jane Austen Tea Party Features WOUB “Sanditon” Screening
ZANESVILLE, OH – Jane Austen fans have always wondered what would have happened in her unfinished novel Sanditon. Those who attended a Jane Austen tea party at the John McIntire Library in Downtown Zanesville this past Saturday (January 11) got a sneak peek at one version thanks to WOUB Public Media. “We were able to… Read More
Former WOUB Student and Chicago Bulls Play-by-Play Announcer Celebrates Appreciation of Southeast Ohio with Joe Burrow
Chuck Swirsky credits WOUB with career success ATHENS, OH – As Chicago Bulls Radio Play-by-Play Announcer Chuck Swirsky gets ready to watch tonight’s NCAA National Championship Game where LSU will play Clemson, he can’t help but be filled with pride and thankful that his time as a student sports reporter and anchor at WOUB… Read More
Former WOUB Student Appointed to SPJ Board of Directors
ATHENS, OH – Former WOUB Public Media student and Ohio University graduate Taylor Mirfendereski has been appointed to the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Board of Directors. Mirfendereski, who graduated from the Honor’s Tutorial College with a journalism degree, is now an investigative/special projects reporter at KING 5 News in Seattle, Washington. She specializes in multimedia reporting and in-depth… Read More
WOUB Student Selected for Sports Journalism Institute
Ethan Sands will intern at the Tallahassee Democrat over the summer ATHENS, OH – WOUB student and E.W. Scripps School of Journalism news and information major Ethan Sands has been selected for the Sports Journalism Institute (SJI) Class of 2020. He is one of 16 college students from around the country selected for the program…. Read More
WOUB Gives Pittsburgh News and Sports Anchor Career Opportunity
Andrew Stockey didn’t originally plan on pursuing broadcast journalism ATHENS, OH – WTAE Pittsburgh News and Sports Anchor Andrew Stockey’s path to the anchor desk wasn’t a typical one. When he was in college at Ohio University, the 1989 Honors Tutorial College graduate never intended to be on the air. You see, Stockey’s original… Read More
Former WOUB Student Involved in Design of Largest Ultra High Definition Production Facility
ATHENS, OH – As chief video engineer at New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida, former WOUB student and Ohio University graduate Dan Slentz helped design and put together one of the largest Ultra High Definition production facilities under one roof in the United States. It’s an experience that Slentz believes would not have been… Read More
WOUB Employee Spotlight: Director of Radio Rusty Smith
ATHENS, OH – Many people misunderstand and misuse the word “ironic” when describing something that happened to them. But, WOUB Director of Radio Rusty Smith knows he’s using it the right way when he talks about the story of his 38-year career at WOUB Public Media. “I was an Ohio University student who worked at… Read More
WOUB Radio Production Student Now Live Sound Engineer at Heinz Hall
Tom Furey says WOUB experience helped him get the job ATHENS, OH – When Heinz Hall Live Sound Engineer Tom Furey started at Ohio University in the mid-1980s, he was a self-proclaimed “hooligan from Toledo’s south end” who knew from working in high school as an intern at WIOT that music, radio and entertainment is… Read More
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