Stories tagged with: WOUB

Nancy Cartwright
Alumni

Becoming Bart Simpson: Nancy Cartwright gained confidence for her voice acting career at WOUB

Nancy Cartwright recently learned that the show she calls, “the greatest voice acting gig of all time,” has been picked up for four more seasons.

Jill Woo
Alumni

From farm fields to film sets: Jill Kleck Woo’s journey from WOUB to Hollywood

Jill Kleck Woo’s story begins on a quiet farm in Ohio, where the rhythms of rural life shaped her early years. But Woo had a spark for something more creative, electric, and far beyond the cornfields.

Mike McCarthy
Alumni

Mike McCarthy named 5 p.m. anchor at ABC 6 in Columbus

March was a big month for Mike McCarthy. The 2007 journalism graduate was named the 5 p.m. news anchor on WSYX/ABC6 TV in Columbus.

Martin Savidge
Alumni

Former National/International News Correspondent Martin Savidge reflects on his experiences at Ohio University and WOUB

Martin Savidge says the hands-on, real world media experience he was able to get at Ohio University and WOUB “opened the doors” for him in his career and provided a “lifetime of opportunity.”

 All-Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
Awards

WOUB Professional Staff and Students win All-Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards from The Press Club of Cleveland

The Scripps College is celebrating two WOUB professional staff members and five students who are taking home awards this spring after winning All-Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards.

Larry Katz award
Alumni

Scripps College inducts Larry Katz, BSC ‘77, into the Ohio Communication Hall of Fame

Even though Larry Katz’s career was not one of a typical Scripps College of Communication graduate, the radio and television major never forgot what OHIO, Scripps College and WOUB meant to him.

Marshall McPeek
Alumni

Columbus TV Meteorologist says WOUB was his “life” at Ohio University

ABC6 Columbus Chief Meteorologist Marshall McPeek remembers his time in Athens fondly, and says he remembers his entire experience at OHIO as being inside the Radio and Television Building at WOUB.

Donovan Varney
Student Success

Gridiron Glory announces host and supervising producer for Season 26

Gridiron Glory will return to WOUB for its 26th season this August with Donovan Varney, a rising senior journalism news and information major from Gahanna, Ohio, leading the GG on-air team.

WOUB Public Media - PBS - NPR Network
Student Success

Entire NewsWatch staff, 4 individual students receive national recognition for WOUB work

The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) 2024 Mark of Excellence Awards recognize the best collegiate journalism.

Justin and Emily Stoll
Alumni

The Stolls credit their careers to experience gained at WOUB

When Justin Stoll and Emily Baird Stoll came to study at Ohio University, they both started working for WOUB and discovered they wanted to pursue a career in media.

black-and-white photo of a group of students crowded around two microphones holding scripts in an early WOUB studio
WOUB

Making (Air)waves

This year, WOUB celebrates its 75-year journey to becoming a trusted source of public media for Athens and beyond.

Faculty members dressed in academic regalia sit in an audience
Faculty news

Faculty experts roundup

Between new findings on ancient hominins' arrival in Europe, recognition in the sciences, publications, conference presentations, grants and awards, OHIO faculty had a busy winter season.

Colin Porter
Alumni

Covering Burrow with the Bulldogs and the Bengals: Colin Porter’s career has come full circle

When Colin Porter was growing up in Springboro, Ohio, he wasn’t sure exactly what he wanted to do with his life until he started to develop a love for cameras in high school.

Tom Bosco
Alumni

Professional experience gained at WOUB gave Tom Bosco a leg up

Tom Bosco says the newsroom he works in at ABC 6/Fox 28 TV in Columbus is like Athens northwest. It’s full of anchors, reporters, and producers who went to OHIO and started their careers at WOUB.

Andy Herman
Alumni

From Ohio to Nebraska, Andy Hermann is telling unique stories on public radio

Andy Hermann’s career has come full circle. He got his start in public radio as a student volunteer at WOUB and now he’s working as a producer at Nebraska Public Media.

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