Randy Eccles
General Manager/ Community Voices Co-Host/ CAB Ex-OfficioSpringfield
Please reach out at randy.eccles@nprillinois.org.
Randy Eccles became NPR Illinois general manager in 2013 after serving as development director since moving to Springfield in 2008. Randy served on the Governor's Local Journalism Task Force 2023-2024.
Randy currently serves as the past-president of the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council (IPBC) – the association for all public media organizations in Illinois.
Randy previously worked at KTAR in Phoenix and WGN in Chicago in programming and marketing management after producing talk shows and sports coverage. He also served in management and news stints at student-run stations WHFH, WONC, and WUEV.
Born in Hinsdale, he was raised by teachers in south suburban Glenwood and graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School, then North Central College in Naperville. Randy also spent a lot of time at the family farm in Industry, Illinois (south of Macomb).
Randy served on the Springfield Area Arts Council board and was awarded the best of show in the Springfield Art Association's 2023 Art Synergy program in a collaboration with professional artist Alissa Ohashi.
Randy co-hosts Community Voices and its music-focused edition, CV-X, Saturdays 5 to 7 p.m.
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In a year marked by political division and uncertainty, the UIS Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series asked a timely question: What can Abraham Lincoln’s era of disruption teach us today? -
Robert Moore, one of the first Black U.S. Marshals, an Illinois State Police Trooper, and UIS student charts his pioneering path in law enforcement in his new book, Off My Neck. -
Kevin Purcell directs 'Lincoln and Shakespeare,' to examine the president's love of the bard and how Shakespeare's works may have influenced Abe's writing and speeches. Feb. 21-22 at the Hoogland. -
Matt Vala returns to the Springfield theatre scene as the theatre director at Rochester High School. His first production is Newsies with senior Holden Nichols in the lead role. -
Stephanie Kamel and Larry Golden share why the Illinois Innocence Project started, its history and achievements, and how it is working to reduce the number of people who are wrongfully convicted. -
A preview the Valentine's weekend performances featuring Valentin Kovalev and Aiwen Zhang with Carr's Concerto for Two Saxophones, Bernstein from On the Town, and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. -
Ryan Napier and Clifton Jones talk gospel music and preview their Feb. 28, performance at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, The Good News Experience: A Journey Through Gospel Music. -
A coalition of Springfield proponents have come together to create a marketing campaign, My Heart's Downtown, to highlight the positive developments. Leah Wilson, Karen Conn and Jay Shanle share more. -
The Citizens Club forum features a discussion of the history, role, and the impact of the Hoogland with Gus Gordon, along with how it almost didn't make it. This includes a theatre of the mind tour. -
Mahogany Knight, entertainer, Mara Morken, development and fundraising, and Teresa Silva, executive director of The Phoenix Center share the Ozian drag event for kids at Pole Barn Chic Jan. 31, 4 p.m.
