Media Section
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91.3 WYSO awarded $5 million to preserve HBCU radio archives
A $5 million grant was recently awarded to 91.3 WYSO to fund the preservation of radio station archives for the 29 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, in the U.S. with a radio station.
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Basim Blunt named Eichelberger Center executive director
Basim Blunt — the host of WYSO’s weekly funk program “Behind the Groove” and a longtime radio producer at the station — was recently named the new executive director of the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO.
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Channel 5 goes live online
During his first several months at the station’s helm, Station Manager Ben Guenther’s guiding mission has been to make Channel 5 accessible to as many of those creative people as possible.
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30 years on the air with Vick Mickunas
Since 1993, he has built a career out of sharing those same passions with listeners and readers in the Miami Valley and beyond: June marked Mickunas’ 30th anniversary with WYSO 91.3 FM.
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Yellow Springs News hosts South African journalists
Andile Nomabhunga, of Matatiele, in the Eastern Cape Province, and Dunisani Ntsanwisi, of Giyani, in Limpopo Province, spent the week working with the News as part of a three-week fact-finding project investigating ways to boost the sustainability of South Africa’s community media.
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News loses, staffers awarded
Despite the loss, the News was happy to accept a handful of individual awards, including first place for news coverage for the entire staff.
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The 2022-23 Guide to Yellow Springs
With the theme of “Contributions, Big and Small,” this year’s Guide to Yellow Springs shines a light on the revolutionary inventions, pioneering patents and novel ideas that originated within the 2.7 square miles of the village.
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State funding strengthens WYSO community presence
A recent funding allocation of $566,000 from the Ohio state capital budget has provided an opportunity for WYSO to strengthen its local presence in Yellow Springs and its listening audience in the greater Miami Valley region.
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Yellow Springs News wins again at Hooper Awards
For the 12th year in a row, the Yellow Springs News won the top prize at an annual state competition for weekly newspapers.
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91.3 WYSO receives $25,000 grant
The grant money will be used to purchase new broadcasting equipment and have it installed, pay for the “highly specialized” acoustic treatments for the studio spaces and purchase new furniture for the WYSO team.
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