Tagged: Wittenberg University

Full episode of WYSO Weekend for April 15, 2012 containing the following stories:

-Wayne Baker reports on Wittenburg's student radio station that was knocked off the air last week due to a busted water pipe.

-Jerry Kenney speaks with Jim McCarthy from the Miami Valley Fair Housing Center about the National Fair Housing Alliance's discrimination claim against Wells Fargo Bank.

-Jerry Kenney interviews Brian Victoria, professor of Japanese studies at Antioch University, about an upcoming public forum on the long term implications of the Fukushima earthquake. 

SPRINGFIELD - A busted water pipe has caused the student run radio station at Wittenberg University to temporarily go off the air.

WUSO (89.1) FM) was knocked off the air over the Easter weekend, when four feet of water flooded the basement of Firestine Hall the home of the radio station and approximately 200 students.

Wittenberg's Dean of Students and Vice-President for Enrollment Management, Sarah Kelly, says the flood water reached and ruined the station's sound board and caused significant damage. The university has notified the FCC that the station will be off the air for at least 10 days.

Next Saturday, February 25th, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra will present Out of This World, a multi-media concert featuring Gustav Holst's The Planets set to NASA space images compiled by Wittenberg Astronomy professor Dr. Daniel Fleisch. 

WYSO's Juliet Fromholt spoke with Dr. Fleisch about his role in the show.  In this extended interview, she begins by asking him how he got involved in the project.