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The Millard S. Cohen Lifetime Achievement award was established in 2006 to honor individuals who, like Millard, serve public radio in St. Louis with unwavering passion and long-term dedication. For 33 years, Millard was involved with St. Louis Public Radio as a volunteer, member and wonderful ambassador for the station and all of public radio. Home > Station Info
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Quick Facts
- Founded in 1972
- 271,800 St. Louis area listeners
- Funded by individual members, corporate sponsors, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and local, regional and national grants
- St. Louis Public Radio is part of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, a 501(c)3 organization
- 31 full-time and 11 part-time professionals
- Over 500 volunteers help the station in fundraising and special event activity
- 100,000 watt signal reaching 2.4 million people in the bi-state area
UMSL and St. Louis Public Radio at Grand Center:
A three-story, 27,000 square-foot facility in Grand Center is to be the new home of St. Louis Public Radio and will provide academic and program space for UMSL.
A Place to Engage the Community and Forge New Partnerships:
- Two talk studios
- A multi-use studio for town-hall style meetings
- Two community rooms for volunteers and partners
- A "green room" in which program guests can ready themselves to go on-air or to perform
A Place to Grow Our Journalism Franchise to Reach New and Diverse Audiences:
- A newsroom to accommodate up to 12 journalists, five digital media specialists, and a production staff of five
- Two state-of-the-art on-air studios
- Two new production studios for the creation of regional news features
- Two production studios for the creation of digital radio programs
- Office suites for administration, programming, marketing, communications, and development
>> Learn more about the project (Adobe PDF document)
View St. Louis Public Radio's Annual Report for 2008
(Adobe PDF document)
The report contains a letter from St. Louis Public Radio General Manager Tim Eby; commentary from Reporter Rachel Lippmann; charts of station revenue and expenses; information on award winners; and listings of board and staff members and supporters.
View St. Louis Public Radio's Fiscal Year 2009 Audited Financial Statement
(Adobe PDF docuement).
View St. Louis Public Radio's Latest Program Card
(Adobe PDF docuement).
St. Louis Public Radio General Manager Tim Eby
General Manager Tim Eby joined St. Louis Public Radio on January 20, 2009 bringing more than 25 years of public radio experience to St. Louis.
Eby was a member of the Board of Directors of National Public Radio from 2002-2008 and served as Chairman from 2004 through 2007. He is an active leader and member of several other professional organizations including Public Radio in Mid-America and is a trustee of the NPR Foundation.
Prior to coming to St. Louis, Eby, a South Bend, Indiana native, was the Radio Station Manager at WOSU Public Media at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio from 2004-2009. WOSU operates WOSU-AM, WOSU-FM, and four repeater stations in central Ohio. During his time there he completed construction of new studios and offices for the radio stations. He also oversaw construction of HD Radio installations and major programming changes initiatives at the station.
Prior to his work in Columbus, Eby transformed WVPE Public Radio in Elkhart, Indiana from a student-run station to a fully professionally staffed operation, bringing NPR programming to the South Bend area. In his 21 years at WVPE, Eby oversaw the completion of several studio and transmitter projects and initiated station participation in numerous public radio initiatives with NPR, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other national organizations.
Eby has also been involved as a board member with several non-profit organizations. In Columbus, he served on the Board of the Jazz Arts Groups and Thurber House. While in South Bend, Eby was a Director with the Potawatomi Zoological Society, the Elkhart Centre, the Michiana Arts & Sciences Council, the Elkhart Concert Club, and the Elkhart Rotary Club. He also served as the volunteer Chair of the Elkhart Jazz Festival from 1992-1995.
Eby is a 1982 graduate of the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana.
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