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 Western Illinois University Board of Trustees deadlocked on appointing Dr. Martin Abraham as the university's 12th president. The vote came after... -
High school students through the decades have sweated over the college admissions tests, the ACT and the SAT. Now, more and more schools are not... -
The Western Illinois University Board of Trustees has held 11 public forums on campus and in the community to gather input about the search for the... -
Tammy Yates was excited to come to Macomb seven years ago. Yates and her partner Chad Hunziker opened Chubby's , a restaurant on West Adams Street, just... -
The head of Western Illinois University said plans are already in the works to attract more students, though it might take a couple years to turn around... -
The O'Hern family in west central Illinois has long been involved in traditional farming. They grow corn, soybeans, and wheat, plus they raise cattle.... -
Western Illinois University has laid off workers and eliminated vacant positions the past few years as it grappled with declines in revenues and student... -
New Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has said he will prioritize funding for the state's colleges and universities. Nonetheless, the Western Illinois... -
Two more members of the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees say they will be leaving the board. -
The Western Illinois University Board of Trustees (BoT) has lost another member, and it appears as though his resignation is nearly two years late.
