Rich Egger
Rich is the News Director at Tri States Public Radio. Rich grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago but now calls Macomb home. Rich has a B.A in Communication Studies with an Emphasis on Radio, TV, and Film from Northern Illinois University. Rich came to love radio in high school where he developed his “news nerdiness” as he calls it. Rich’s high school had a radio station called WFVH, which he worked at for a couple years. In college, Rich worked at campus station WKDI for three years, spinning tunes and serving at various times as General Manager, Music Director and Operations Manager. Before being hired as Tri States Public Radio’s news director in 1998, Rich worked professionally in news at WRMN-AM/WJKL-FM in Elgin and WJBC-AM in Bloomington. In Rich’s leisure time he loves music, books, cross-country skiing, rooting for the Cubs and Blackhawks, and baking sugar frosted chocolate bombs. His future plans include “getting some tacos.”
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The University Professionals of Illinois (UPI) has asked the McDonough County State's Attorney's office to conduct a criminal investigation of the...
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Julia Albarracin said she came to the United States in 1999 to attend graduate school at the University of Florida. She now teaches political science at...
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Teachers and some staff at Western Illinois University will begin the new year without a new contract. They're in mediation with the administration and...
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The WIU administration blames the uncertainty caused by the two year state budget impasse for this year's drop in enrollment.
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State spending on public higher education in Illinois has dropped precipitously during the past two years as the state has operated without a budget....
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Researchers are trying to gain greater insights into why people experience different health outcomes. A healthcare expert from Illinois believes those...
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Time is winding down on Illinois' stop-gap spending measure, which expires in early January. But many state lawmakers are in campaign mode so nothing is...
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Western Illinois University President Jack Thomas said the state's stop-gap spending measure helped the university for the fall semester, but he...
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In a letter to the campus community, WIU President Jack Thomas said around 110 university workers will receive layoff notices within the next week.
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The Western Illinois University administration has met with employee groups several times in the past week, trying to find a way to save money while als...