Rich Egger
Rich is the News Director at Tri States Public Radio. Rich grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago but now calls Macomb home. Rich has a B.A in Communication Studies with an Emphasis on Radio, TV, and Film from Northern Illinois University. Rich came to love radio in high school where he developed his “news nerdiness” as he calls it. Rich’s high school had a radio station called WFVH, which he worked at for a couple years. In college, Rich worked at campus station WKDI for three years, spinning tunes and serving at various times as General Manager, Music Director and Operations Manager. Before being hired as Tri States Public Radio’s news director in 1998, Rich worked professionally in news at WRMN-AM/WJKL-FM in Elgin and WJBC-AM in Bloomington. In Rich’s leisure time he loves music, books, cross-country skiing, rooting for the Cubs and Blackhawks, and baking sugar frosted chocolate bombs. His future plans include “getting some tacos.”
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The five-foot tall painted steel sculpture of Mr. Monopoly can be found on the northeast side of the square at the entryway to the Ewing Way alley. -
The Western Illinois University administration will borrow $2 million from the WIU Foundation on April 1. -
A book by an Iowa-based folklorist and photographer chronicles life on the Mississippi River during the 20th century through the eyes of a western Illinois man whose life revolved around the river. -
New Philadelphia in Pike County is the first town planned and legally registered in the U.S. by Black people. -
Despite the drop in enrollment, Vice President for Student Success Justin Schuch senses a good feeling at WIU. -
The administration said the furloughs will save the university nearly $500,000. -
Western Illinois University is laying off all of its library faculty as the administration strives to close a multi-million-dollar budget gap. -
For more than half a century, Dr. Russell Dohner made sure healthcare remained affordable and available for the region’s residents. -
The number of layoffs was not released. -
The organ dates back around a century, and has quite a story.
