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WKSU Awarded General Excellence OAPME Prize for Fourth Year
M.L. Schultze named Reporter of the Year WKSU staff was honored with 11 awards from the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors (OAPME) in a ceremony held March 24 in Columbus, Ohio. Top honors went to WKSU for General Excellence 鈥 Radio, the fourth consecutive year the newsroom earned the acknowledg鈥
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WKSU Named Best Radio News Operation in Ohio
WKSU reporters have won nine awards in the Ohio鈥檚 Best Journalism Contest, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The competition recognized station staff for work created in 2016. Highlights of WKSU honors include Best Radio Ne鈥
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WKSU Presents NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans at the Cedar Lee Theatre
WKSU presents 鈥淭he Future of Television, Media and Journalism, with NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans鈥 on Tuesday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights. General admission tickets can be purchased at ClevelandCinemas.com for $15. Details are available at www.WKSU.org/ericdeggans.鈥
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Kent State Names Wendy Turner as WKSU's New Executive Director and General Manager
Following a national search, Wendy Turner has been selected to serve as the new executive director and general manager of WKSU, Kent State University鈥檚 award-winning NPR-affiliated radio station. Turner currently serves as vice president of digital and technical operations at Chicago Public Media. S鈥
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WKSU Presents Four-Part Series on Airline Hubs in Northeast Ohio
In 2014, less than four years after Continental and United announced that the airlines were merging operations, the newly expanded United shut down its hub at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Since that time, the number of nonstop flights from the airport has dwindled from 58 to 15 鈥 a nearly 75 percent d鈥
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WKSU Presents Author David Sedaris in Akron on Oct. 16
WKSU presents author, humorist, diarist and public radio favorite David Sedaris at the Akron Civic Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. Tickets for the event are now available for $25, $35 and $45 through the Akron Civic Theatre Box Office and Ticketmaster. The Civic Theatre Box Office is located a鈥
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WKSU Celebrates 65 Years On-Air
On Oct. 2, 1950, Walton D. Clarke (then director of the radio program at Kent State University) announced, 鈥淲KSU now signs on the air,鈥 as he threw the switch sending WKSU鈥檚 signal out over the airwaves for the first time. This year, WKSU celebrates 65 years on-air and looks forward to a new era bro鈥
WKSU Celebrates 65 Years On-Air
WKSU and the Hudson Library & Historical Society Present Terry Pluto and Amanda Rabinowitz
Each week, sports columnist and Northeast Ohio legend Terry Pluto brings his talents to WKSU. 鈥淢orning Edition鈥 host Amanda Rabinowitz is his regular partner, engaging the audience with insights, predictions and general observations on the health, well-being and success of the region鈥檚 beloved teams鈥
WKSU and the Hudson Library & Historical Society Present Terry Pluto and Amanda Rabinowitz
WKSU Offers Updated Weekend Line-up Beginning July 11
WKSU is changing its Saturday and Sunday program schedules starting on Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12. The station is adding The Moth Radio Hour and moving Snap Judgment to Saturdays, creating a 鈥渟torytelling block鈥 with This American Life beginning at noon. Radiolab moves to 3 p.m. An鈥
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WKSU Wins Nine Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
WKSU was honored by the Press Club of Cleveland with nine Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards at a ceremony on June 5 at the House of Blues in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The station won four first-place and the best-in-show award for Best Newscast, which WKSU staff received for the second year in a 鈥
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