The School of Communication will host a retirement reception for WGLT News Director Willis Kern from 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 26.
Retirement reception for WGLT’s Willis Kern, April 26
Unit: WGLT
Professor McBride talks with WGLT about Chuck Berry
Illinois State University English Professor William Thomas McBride has taught and written about Chuck Berry, and he’s a regular guest on GLT’s Sound Ideas to talk about American culture.
GLT at 50: ISU’s radio station survives, thrives at 50
Illinois State’s National Public Radio-affiliated station, WGLT, at 89.1 and 103.5 FM bid adieu to longtime general manager Bruce Bergethon in December and marked its 50th anniversary in February.
WGLT News wins five Associated Press awards
The Illinois Associated Press (AP) honored WGLT News for journalistic excellence with five awards for work in the Local Radio category, including work on shattering transgender stereotypes.
You win with less fund drive and more GLT
Everybody is winning! Hundreds of contributing GLT listeners have reported they like the fact that GLT is not interrupting programs to ask for listener support this spring. Requests for contributions are only being made during short station breaks. Listeners get a lot more GLT and a lot less fundraising. GLT is off to a great start but
WGLT News a finalist for five Illinois Associated Press awards
The GLT News Department has received five more Illinois Associated Press awards to a regularly growing collection. The recent announcement honors GLT with more awards than any other station in the division, the second year in a row for such a distinction. The awards in actual order of finish—first or second—will be announced April 27
Royal Redbird wins a World Series ring
When the Kansas City Royals ended a 30-year drought last November by beating the New York Mets in the World Series, the victory was extra special for one Redbird alum.
WGLT broadcast from Hovey Hall to mark 50th anniversary February 5
WGLT-FM celebrates 50 years after first opening the mic with a special broadcast on Friday, February 5.
Retirement reception for Bruce Bergethon on December 10
A reception to celebrate Bruce Bergethon’s retirement will be from 3-5:30 p.m. Thursday, December 10, in the Founders Suite of the Bone Student Center. Remarks will be at 4 p.m.
WGLT garners diversity awards
The News Department of WGLT Radio earned a Kaleidoscope Award for diversity reporting from the Radio Television Digital News Association after multiple series focusing on life for underrepresented populations.
