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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Western Illinois University President Jack Thomas said the state's stop-gap spending measure helped the university for the fall semester, but he... -
John Miller, President of the University Professionals of Illinois, Local 4100, said the six month spending plan passed by lawmakers and signed by the... -
In a letter to the campus community, WIU President Jack Thomas said around 110 university workers will receive layoff notices within the next week. -
Around 150 people took to the streets late Thursday afternoon to demonstrate their support for Western Illinois University and the city of Macomb. -
The administration announced the cuts mid-afternoon Friday. The cuts will take place over the next two fiscal years, beginning July 1, 2016. In addition... -
Representatives from across the higher education spectrum gathered at Western Illinois University in Macomb to urge the state to provide funding for... -
A newly edited volume of letters provides more insight into the nation's 16th president. Herndon on Lincoln: Letters was edited by Douglas Wilson and... -
The Western Illinois University Board of Trustees voted 5-to1 during a special meeting Monday to authorize staff reductions for the fiscal year that… -
Macomb-based musician Chris Vallillo does shows featuring the music of the American civil rights movement. He came up with the concept around the time... -
The Western Illinois University Board of Trustees will wait until next month to vote on a massive budget cutting plan. In a letter issued Tuesday to the...
