Masterpiece Mystery! Breathless Sundays at 9pm, starting August 24 Concierto debuts on Classical 101 on WOSU TV August 2 at 8pm page 5 WOSU Public Media • wosu.org • August 2014 WOSU Radio WOSU TV WOSU Members 89.7 and NPR Offer Sports 1-hour Children’s Specials MemberCard Benefit: Coverage Minus Clichés • Page 4 on WOSU TV • Page 11 Hocking Hills Canopy Tours • Page 2 VOLUME 35, NUMBER 8 Airfare (UPS 372670) is published monthly ex- cept for August, August and August by: ON THE COVER Check out WOSU Public Media Breathless, the WEAO Survives 2400 Olentangy River new 3-part series Road, Columbus, OH from Masterpiece to become WOSU 43210, (614) 292-9678 Mystery! Copyright 2014 by The Page 9 This is the final column for the summer Ohio State University. All rights reserved. No about the early history of WOSU from part of this magazine General Manager Tom Rieland. may be reproduced Robert Higgy in any form or by any means without express written By 1924, with two full-time staff, WEAO aired permission from the publisher. Subscription is by a market reports, weather forecasts and news courses over the radio and registering college minimum contribution of $60 to WOSU Public Media, of which $3.25 is allocated to Airfare. Periodicals postage of interest every afternoon, with Thursday students unable to make it to Columbus. paid at Columbus, Ohio. evenings reserved for live musical entertainment and educational lectures. The station was on the Most educational institutions tried valiantly, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to air about 20 hours every week. but couldn’t support radio. Of the some 200 Airfare, 2400 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43210 licenses granted to educational institutions in WOSU Public Media Transmitter upgrades meant an expanded the early 1920s, only 38 stations remained on Graphic Designer/Assoc. Editor Ann Draghi signal and the staff was excited to hear the air by 1937. The majority of the surviving from listeners in Vermont, Florida and Texas. stations were located at Midwest universities, General Manager Tom Rieland The station had a distinctive sound, thanks many guided by a strong land grant mission of Chief Operating Officer Karen Olstad Director of Marketing to the hiring of one the few regular female outreach and service. Strong advocacy efforts Meredith Hart & Communications announcers in the country, Ann Charles. formalized at national institutes held annually Membership Rob Walker The Orton Hall Chimes were often played to at Ohio State assured that radio spectrum on signify the start of a new program. WEAO the future FM band would be set aside for Friends of WOSU Board had hired its first full-time director, Robert non-commercial entities. President Karen Ickes Higgy, a brilliant engineer who would hold the Vice President Bill Schiffman position for three decades. The story of public broadcasting today started Secretary/Treasurer Kathleen McGinnis at a few places with a vision of using the Board Members WEAO would scratch and claw medium to educate and inform, rather than land Allen Coleman Ed Lentz its way to survival, appealing ie entertain and sell. One of those places Dan Cvetanovich Debbie Mitchell R to OSU administration m is The Ohio State University, which Laura Ecklar Christine Mortine o Fred Hadley Kumar Rachuri T constantly for support. The fully embraced educational radio in Dale Heydlauff Bill Ress government changed the 1933 by changing its call letters from BethAnn Hullinger Tom Rieland Sharron Kornegay Katy Rigsby station’s frequency four WEAO to WOSU. Ray LaVoie Michael Schwaiger times and ordered it to Michelle Leedy David Stallings invest in new equipment and Please contact Tom Rieland at share time with commercial [email protected] with any WOSU Mission: The mission of WOSU Public Media is to enrich lives through content and stations, or give up its license. comments or questions. experiences that engage, inform and inspire. Through the Depression years, the station distinguished itself by providing By Tom Rieland, General Manager Questions? Comments? Contact our Audience Services Advocate, Alysia Gobert-Smith, at (614) 292-9678 or via e-mail at [email protected] WOSU MemberCard Benefit of the Month AUGUST’S FEATURE: Hocking Hills Canopy Tours Present your WOSU MemberCard during the month of August for this special offer! 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