WOUB Receives Grant for HD Upgrade

PBS member station WOUB-TV received a $255,283 federal grant for its high-definition upgrade. The matching-fund grant will be used by the WOUB Center for Public Media at Ohio University for digital television gear for producing local high-definition content for the primary HD channels of public television stations WOUB in Athens and WOUC-TV in Cambridge. WOUB obtained the other half of the money for the project from the state of Ohio’s eTech program. The federal funding came through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration Public Telecommunications Facilities Program.

http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/88632

Celebrate WOUB Radio's 60th Anniversary!

Celebrate 60 Years of Radio on WOUB
Ohio University Homecoming and WOUB Radio 60th Anniversary
October 16 and 17
• Reception and tours of the facility beginning Friday, October 16 at 7 p.m. - RTVC Building 3rd floor Studio

http://www.woub.org/about/index.php?page=47&item=1850

Moutain Stage Returning to WOUB

It's been a couple of years since Mountain Stage took the show over to Athens, OH, home of Ohio University. So we're pleased to announce our return to the home of WOUB on October 11 at the Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium (Mem-Aud as the kids call it).

http://www.wvpubcast.org/blogs.aspx?id=10712&blogid=340

WOUB to Participate in PBS Digital Learning Library

Ohio University's WOUB, which provides radio and television public broadcasting services to the region, is one of 12 initial Public Broadcasting Service stations participating in the PBS Digital Learning Library.

The online library will consist of video, audio, images, games and interactive simulations for use in pre K-12 classrooms, but it also will be free to the public. Officials expect the library will open in late fall or early winter.

http://www.woub.org/about/index.php?page=47&item=1715

WOUB Honored by Tellys

WOUB’s documentary “The 8th Wonder: The Waterloo Wonders” was given the bronze honor by the Telly Awards.


The documentary, produced and directed by Cheri Russo, WOUB News managing editor and edited by Nick Parsons, premiered in November 2008 on WOUB-TV. The program tells the story of a basketball team from Waterloo, Ohio, who came from obscurity to take the Class B state championship in 1934 and 1935. The documentary shows how a small group of farm boys from Waterloo overcame obstacles to give hope to a region that had suffered greatly during one of the most difficult times in American history.

http://www.woub.org/about/index.php?page=47&item=1679

WOUB Productions Recognized by Ohio AP

Two WOUB productions have been nominated for awards by the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters, which will be announced on June 7 in Columbus.

Nominated in the small market Best Enterprise Reporting category is “Good Neighbors: Bad Blood.” Produced by WOUB News student reporter Kristin Brownrigg and edited by Nick Parsons, the program premiered in September 2008 and focuses on the chemical C8 (PFOA), which is produced at DuPont near Parkersburg, W.Va. The chemical C8 has infiltrated the water systems around Parkersburg and has caused controversy about its affects on residents who have consumed the water.

http://www.scrippscollege.ohio.edu/woub-productions-nominated-for-ohio-associated-press-broadcaster-awards

WOUB-FM Studio Dedicates Studio to Former Host

On Friday, November 7 the WOUB-FM studios were named and dedicated in memory of Jan Sole, former WOUB radio host who died in July 2007. The dedication, held in the Radio Television Communication building at Ohio University, was the result of a gift from Jan’s husband John and her brother Carl Cawood.

http://www.woub.org/about/index.php?page=47&item=1153

The Bottleneck: Curse of Public Broadcasting

WOUB has tons of content being produced by students - they're just not being posted to the website. Instead, the Athens Midday instructor, Mary Rogus, has them posting to a blogger account. Go to athensmidday.blogspot.com to check it out.


http://radioanngal.blogspot.com/2008/10/bottleneck-curse-of-public-broadcasting.html

NPR's "Talk of the Nation" to Broadcast From WOUB Radio Studio

"Talk of the Nation," a National Public Radio program hosted by Neal Conan, will broadcast live from the WOUB Radio studios in Athens on Thursday, October 9. The program will air from 2 - 4 p.m.

http://www.woub.org/about/index.php?page=47&item=1077

WOUB.org Woes

Do public broadcasters need to invest in their websites?

That is the question. At the moment many of them use Public Interactive, which provides a template allowing NPR affiliates to easily update content from the mothership in D.C. But why would I go to my local station's website for news from NPR when I could to npr.org? It's great for NPR to have it's site linked to an affiliate but what good does it do the affiliate?


http://radioanngal.blogspot.com/2008/09/wouborg-woes.html

Bobcat Blitz Airs First Episode

No start to an Ohio Bobcat football season is complete without a full breakdown of the `Cats on WOUB's Bobcat Blitz. The show that is part review, part preview is back to give an inside the huddle look at the Ohio Bobcats.

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/082808aeg.html

WOUB Newswatch Video Compilation

http://www.truveo.com/show/WOUB%20Newswatch

WOUB Productions Win at Ohio AP Awards

The Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters recognized three WOUB productions on Sunday, June 1, at the Hilton Columbus at Easton Town Center. The awards were chosen out of more than 450 entries, which included both radio and television categories.

http://www.woub.org/about/index.php?page=47&item=800

WOUB To End Some Analog Transmission

Effective June 15, 2008, WOUB-TV/DT will discontinue transmissions from its analog translators in Loudonville (channel 65) and Millersburg (channel 69) in conjunction with WOUB’s ongoing conversion to digital. The early shut off of the analog signal in Loudonville and Millersburg is part of the Federal Communications Commission’s mandate that all broadcasting operations become digital effective February 17, 2009. WOUB’s digital signal now covers those two areas.

http://www.woub.org/about/index.php?page=47&item=787

Alum Bankrolls New Communications Building for OU

Ohio University says it will receive a $7.5 million donation from alumnus Steven Schoonover and his wife, Barbara.
The university in Athens in southeast Ohio says the gift is the largest ever to the university from a living alumnus. It will go toward a planned new building for the Scripps College of Communication, which will house the college's five schools and the WOUB Center for Public Media.
Schoonover graduated from Ohio University in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in organizational communication. The Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.-resident is the founder and former CEO of CellXion, which services the wireless telecommunications industry.

http://www.wdtn.com/Global/story.asp?S=8319634

Controversy Over 'Democracy Now'

A response to WOUB’s contention that Democracy Now does not measure up to the journalistic standards of objectivity, balance, and fairness (November 21, 2007).

http://athensfreepress.blogspot.com/2008/02/journalistic-standards-reasonable.html

ThinkTV Airing "The New Selling of America"

Produced by ThinkTV, “The New Selling of America, goes to boardrooms, sales meetings and college classrooms to discover what business experts, corporate executives and educators are doing to make America more competitive by professionalizing sales.



http://www.thinktv.org/onair/onai_prog_ttvnewsell.html

Media Reform to WOUB?

It's no secret that the commercial media are all too typically mere divisions in larger corporations, the media themselves are becoming increasingly consolidated, already under-resourced news departments are losing support, and local media across the country are reducing their direct coverage of local and regional events, as they rely on feeds from above. As a result, the range of perspectives and analysis of important events are becoming less diverse.