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Ohio University’s historic Scott Quad building is set to be torn down
By: Jada Respress
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio University plans to demolish a historic campus building despite efforts by a local preservation group to buy time to explore other uses for the structure. In October, the university decided to tear down Scott Quad, an 85-year-old building named after the school’s seventh president. It was first used as a… Read More
WOUB is releasing a new limited series podcast about the people buried at the old Athens Lunatic Asylum
Episode one will be released July 28 ATHENS, OH – WOUB Public Media is preparing to launch a new podcast that will shed light on some of the mystery surrounding the cemeteries at the old Athens Lunatic Asylum in southeast Ohio, now known as The Ridges. WHO Lies Beneath: The Asylum gives names and voices… Read More
WOUB launches lengthy radio career for Greg Koogler
Koogler graduated in 1976 ATHENS, OH – When Greg Koogler came to Ohio University on a college visit in the early 1970s and found out about the opportunities available to students at WOUB Public Media, he was intimidated. “The radio on-air talent I heard was better than people I heard on the air in my… Read More
WOUB Employee Spotlight: Broadcast Traffic and Production Coordinator Josh Miller
Miller started working at WOUB in 2015 ATHENS, OH – WOUB Broadcast Traffic and Production Coordinator Josh Miller combined his love of two things when he took a job at WOUB Public Media: Ohio University and public television. “I graduated from Ohio University with a major in video production and a minor in film studies… Read More
WOUB Member Spotlight: Former NPR CEO Jarl Mohn
Mohn became a member of WOUB and all NPR member stations in December 2021 ATHENS, OH – When Jarl Mohn, former NPR CEO, decided to become a member of the 250+ NPR member stations for his 70th birthday, he “never anticipated” the joy that would come from it and what he would learn about NPR… Read More
Approximately 94% of 2022 Ohio University seniors who worked at WOUB Public Media had jobs before they graduated
ATHENS, OH – Approximately 94% of Ohio University seniors who worked at WOUB Public Media while they were in college had jobs in the media industry before they graduated. The statistic is a testament to the career launching power of the hands-on professional training that students gain at WOUB. “WOUB gives students the opportunity to… Read More
Love of newsroom management started for Allison Herman at Ohio University and WOUB
Herman graduated from Ohio University in 2010 ATHENS, OH – When Allison Herman ‘10 came to Ohio University in 2006, she knew she wanted to write news, so she thought she wanted to be a news reporter. But what she learned in the classroom at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and through hands-on experience… Read More
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, Ohio. But, when he came to Ohio University in 1977, being on the air was not part of his plan. “I was born near Cleveland… Read More
WOUB helped Bruce Figler find his passion
Figler graduated from Ohio University in 1977 ATHENS, OH – As the executive director of the Pleasantville Music Festival in New York City’s northern suburbs, Bruce Figler is preparing for the first in-person concert series in three years. The Pleasantville Music Festival is a single-day music festival that features major national performers alongside new up… Read More
WOUB Employee Spotlight: News Editor in Chief Atish Baidya
Baidya started working at WOUB in 2012 ATHENS, OH – There’s an old adage about how sometimes people don’t know what they have until it’s gone. WOUB News Editor in Chief Atish Baidya says he realized that adage was true when he left his job as multimedia content editor at WOUB in 2020, right before… Read More
WOUB had a tremendous impact on former student Ebony Porter
Porter graduated in 2012 ATHENS, OH – If you had to sum up Ebony Porter’s WOUB experience in one word, it would be impact. Porter was a work study student at WOUB from 2009 to 2012. She says the organization had a tremendous impact on her professional development, while showing her the impact she and… Read More
Ohio Learns 360
Ohio’s PBS stations, through a partnership with the Ohio Department of Education, are working with local summer and after-school programs to address disruptions to learning caused during the COVID-19 pandemic. WOUB and the WOUB Learning Lab are excited to be a part of this initiative! Called Ohio Learns 360, this new initiative will provide families,… Read More
Donna Apidone finds her purpose as Morning Edition Host in California’s state capital
Apidone graduated from Ohio University in 1974 ATHENS, OH – Sacramento’s Capital Public Radio Morning Edition Host Donna Apidone says she remembers the day clearly that she understood her career had a purpose. “A listener told me that I was their partner in the morning and their comfort during a crisis, and I realized that… Read More
WOUB Member Spotlight: Cate Matisi
Matisi has been a member of WOUB since 1992 ATHENS, OH – Growing up in northeast Ohio, Cate Matisi says she had an ideal childhood. “I grew up in Lowellville, near Youngstown, and I was blessed with this terribly normal childhood. We lived across from a city park. I had no issues with domestic violence,… Read More
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 University and WOUB, none of it would have been possible. “I grew up in Euclid, Ohio near Cleveland,” said Kurrent. “And I always wanted to… Read More
WOUB Member Spotlight: Thom and Edie Luce
The Luces have been members of WOUB since 1987 ATHENS, OH – When Thom and Edie Luce were considering leaving Texas in 1987, one of the criteria they had for their new hometown was that it had to have a strong public radio station. “At the time, A Prairie Home Companion was one of our… Read More
Digital storytelling came naturally to A. C. Fowler after WOUB and Ohio University
Fowler graduated from Ohio University in 2013 ATHENS, OH – In 2009, A. C. Fowler, also known to his classmates as Andrew Fowler, chose to go to college in Athens because he was excited about the opportunity Ohio University provided for students to apply for an internship at The TODAY Show in New York City…. Read More
“At the Moment” prepares for next season
The 30-minute program airs during the academic year on WOUB AM ATHENS, OH – After the first semester of the At the Moment radio program and podcast, a partnership between WOUB and the Black Student Communication Caucus (BSCC) at Ohio University, there are new ideas going forward. The 30-minute program premiered on WOUB AM at… Read More
WOUB’s Our Ohio High School Documentary Film Festival Winners Announced
The winning work will be shown on WOUB TV on June 30 at 9 p.m. ATHENS, OH –Hadley Fain from Wellston High School has been named the 1st place overall winner in WOUB’s Our Ohio High School Documentary Film Festival. Fain produced a short documentary called The Art of Finding Yourself about the struggles and… Read More
ESPN Technical Operations Manager Alex Norris learned how to “make TV” at WOUB
Norris graduated from Ohio University in 2011 ATHENS, OH – When Alex Norris started at Ohio University in the fall of 2007, he knew he wanted to learn how to “make TV,” but he was unclear on exactly what role he wanted to have in the television industry. Through his experience working at WOUB Public… Read More
Former WOUB Student Doug Drew establishes fund to support professional development for current WOUB students
Drew graduated from Ohio University in 1978 ATHENS, OH – Former WOUB Student Doug Drew is paying his WOUB experience forward with a $125,000 gift commitment to establish an endowment and provide immediate-use funding to help current WOUB students enhance their skills and take their careers to the next level. The Doug Drew WOUB Student… Read More
WOUB and E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Student Silver Barker is one of the recipients of the 73 West State Street Award
ATHENS, OH – Ohio University Sophomore and WOUB Student Silver Barker of Shaker Heights, Ohio feels like she is one step closer to reaching her dream thanks to another former WOUBer and generous alumnus. Barker recently learned that she is a recipient of the 73 West State Street Award, a scholarship for students in the… Read More
Henry Heilbrunn’s vast career in media and business started at WOUB
Heilbrunn graduated from Ohio University in 1973 ATHENS, OH – When Henry Heilbrunn arrived at Ohio University in the fall of 1969, he planned to study journalism to become a writer and reporter. Somewhere along the way, the skills he learned in class and at WOUB Public Media led him down a different path –… Read More
WOUB Employee Spotlight: Traffic and Promotions Coordinator Caiti Mohler
Mohler has been working at WOUB since 2013 ATHENS, OH – As a child growing up in Nelsonville, Caiti Mohler had what she calls an “extreme interest” in television. “I can remember being very young, watching my favorite programs, and counting cuts and thinking about camera angles, long before I ever knew what those things… Read More
WOUB Student John Curtsinger awarded two scholarships established by Ohio University Alumni
ATHENS, OH – Ohio University Junior and WOUB Student John Curtsinger of Paducah, Kentucky, is getting a little help paying his out of state tuition thanks to two former WOUBers and generous alumni. Curtsinger was recently awarded the Larry and JoAnn Katz Family Scholarship and Leonard E. Auerbach Regional Representatives Scholarship for next school year…. Read More
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