WOUB Event a success

More than 175 alumni and friends from across the nation visited campus Nov. 3 and 4 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of WOUB-FM and honor individuals who have been influential in the public radio station’s development.

Receiving the John Metzger Leadership Award were senior radio producer John Ray, MFA ’67; Archie Greer, BFA ’49, MFA ’53, who managed the station from 1953 to ’67 and later taught broadcasting; Joe Welling, who retired in 1995 after 25 years as director of the Telecommunications Center; and Presley Holmes, director of WOUB broadcasting from 1962 to ’70.

For information about future Telecommunications Center alumni events, contact Doug Partusch at (740) 593-4748 or partusch@ohio.edu.