Signal | WSIU Radio | December 2009

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Issue 15: December 2009

Signal

An Online Newsletter from WSIU Public Radio

End the Year with Morning Conversations December 1: Representatives of The Friends of Bald Knob Cross will discuss their ongoing fundraising and restoration project. December 8: SIU Department of Public Safety Director Todd Sigler and Carbondale Police Chief Jody O’Guinn will talk about crime statistics for the campus of SIUC and the city of Carbondale. December 15: SIUC Chancellor Sam Goldman will stop by to discuss campus issues and look head to the next year for SIUC.

December 21: SIU President Glenn Poshard will talk about budgets, the new SIUC Chancellor, and more. December 22: Representatives of the Liberty Theater in Murphysboro will talk about a fundraising and renovation project for the historic theater in Murphysboro. Tune in to Morning Conversations at 8:30am on Tuesdays and other weekdays, as scheduled. If you miss the live broadcasts, tune in to our podcasts at www.wsiu.org and also follow us on Facebook and Twitter!

SIU President Glenn Poshard. Photo: Provided.

Robert Lewis Shares Native Stories Native American Storyteller Robert Lewis returned to Southern Illinois on Thursday, November 19 and Friday, November 20 to perform colorful Native stories and folklore in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Local Southern Illinoisans interact with Robert Lewis during his performance at SIUC. Photo: Katrina Stackhouse.

Nearly 500 people gathered in Ballroom B of the SIUC Student Center for Lewis’ Carbondale performance. Lewis also engaged an enthusiastic audience of 80 people at Cedarhurst Center for the

Arts in Mt. Vernon. Lewis also performed for hundreds of elementary students at Southeastern Illinois College, Shawnee College, and Pope County Schools. Lewis is a School and Community Specialist from the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. His visit was sponsored by WSIU Public Broadcasting and the Shawnee National Forest.

Carl Kasell Says Goodbye to Morning Newscast Carl Kasell has raised more than a generation of listeners with his calm and authoritative newscast and has been the first voice many people have heard each day. After 30 years of waking up at 1:05am to anchor the top of the hour newscast during Morning Edition, Kasell has decided the time has come to sleep in. Kasell will leave his newscast post at the end of this year. Happily for

listeners, he will still be spending time on air with the NPR family. Kasell will continue to serve as the Official Judge and Scorekeeper for Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, the show that turned him from a newsman into a rock star! Kasell will also continue his travels to stations around the country on NPR’s behalf. Tune in to his last newscast on Wednesday, December 30 on WSIU Radio.

Carl Kasell. Photo: Antony Nagelmann.


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