Imprisoned Ohio Amish Complain About Schooling
Some of the Amish sentenced in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio are upset with federal prison education requirements.
Seizure of Associated Press Phone Records is Unprecedented
The Associated Press revealed on Monday that the justice department, without informing the organization in advance, had obtained two months’ worth of phone records of calls made by reporters and editors. Lawyers for AP said the records, which the justice department appears to have obtained from the phone companies earlier this year, listed every call [...]
Ricky Skaggs on WOSU’s Bluegrass Ramble
Ricky Skaggs will perform with ProMusica in Columbus Friday night.
Ricky Skaggs was interviewed this week by Rich Baker of WOSU 89.7′s Bluegrass Ramble. He talked about his Friday night show in Columbus with ProMusica, but also playing the Parsons Avenue clubs and living in West Jeff for a couple of years as a teenager.
The new “Anne Melvin Classical Music Studio” at Classical 101
In the Classical 101 Studio preparing to go on the air to announce the renaming of the studio.
We are so pleased to unveil our newly designated “Anne Melvin Classical Music Studio” in honor of a long-time advocate for the arts and classical music in central Ohio.
OSU Commencement highlight is President Obama
President Obama speaks at the May 5, 2013 OSU Commencement
I attended the graduation of my oldest daughter in the Shoe on Sunday. It’s not many times you have a sitting President give your commencement speech, so it was exciting despite the long day. WOSU provided live web streaming of the speech and we had over 11 thousand page views with viewership from 76 different [...]
Sun Shines Brightly at WOSU
Ling Ling Sun, WOSU TV Chief Engineer, multitasking as usual in the tech core at the WOSU@COSI studios.
The position she holds today may be unique. But it’s the way she got there that is even more amazing. Ling Ling Sun is the Chief Engineer here at WOSU TV. She is a Chinese immigrant and one of only a few women in broadcast engineering — even fewer reach the status of Chief Engineer.
In The Know Celebrity Challenge airs this Sunday at 7 pm
Scene from the taping of the In The Know Celebrity Challenge.
We thank our teams from Nationwide, AEP, Fahlgren-Mortine and WOSU for contributing to support PBS Kids programming on WOSU TV through their involvement in this special celebrity In The Know. Individuals from the WOSU Friends Board contributed to support the WOSU team, which includes Ann Fisher, Mike Thompson, Christopher Purdy and Rob Walker. Root for [...]
Boston Tragedy Covered Thoroughly on 89.7 NPR News
NPR provided on-going coverage of the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
It was an unprecedented day of breaking news last Friday after a night of violence and chaos in Boston. WOSU’s 89.7 NPR News provided live programming from NPR and the Boston NPR affiliate WBUR throughout the day and into the night.
89.7 NPR News Starts its Spring Pledge Drive – Give Now!
89.7 NPR News Morning Edition anchor Steve Brown in action. Support 89.7 over the next nine days and keep the outstanding NPR and local coverage coming.
The 89.7 FM Spring Pledge Drive goes from Thursday, April 18 through Friday, April 26. Our goal is $250,000, which goes directly to pay for the national and local programming you listen to every day. Future programming decisions hinge on maintaining and increasing memberships at WOSU. Every dollar, every pledge, is critical.
Ken Burns presents Central Park documentary tonight
Ken Burns departs from his long loving pans of old photos to tackle more current events with this incredible documentary called THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE airing tonight at 9 pm on WOSU PBS. It’s a difficult time in our country right now with the Boston tragedy, but this dramatic story and slice of history is [...]
Golf Fever? Charlie Rose interviews Jack Nicklaus
A two part interview with Jack Nicklaus was aired this past week on WOSU-TV via Charlie Rose. Worth watching!
Our favorite son, Jack Nicklaus, was interviewed by Charlie Rose a few days ago. The first part of the interview is now online through Charle’s website. If you have golf fever like me, you will really enjoy it.
