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Updates On WYSO's Independence Process

Luke Dennis and Neenah Ellis
photo by Andy Snow
Luke Dennis and Neenah Ellis

Dear listeners,

It’s official: the FCC has approved the transfer of WYSO’s broadcast license from Antioch College to a new 501c3 called Miami Valley Public Media. WYSO is now independent and community-owned!

As you may recall, MVPM took fiscal responsibility for the station and WYSO staff began managing the day-to-day finances on April 1.  Now that we have the license, we’re ready to begin the next part of our growth as your public radio station, including growing our newsroom and preparing to launch The Center for Community Voices. 

We’re also re-structuring our leadership to keep WYSO strong.  I will now serve as President of WYSO and will focus much of my energy on the eventual launch of the Center for Community Voices.  Luke Dennis will serve as General Manager and oversee the daily operations of WYSO. 

Thanks to you, WYSO is in a very strong position now to grow and change quickly.  We have big plans for improving and  increasing our local programming and we’re working with our Community Advisory Board to get their input all along the way.

Our first step involves growing our local news department and as a result we have several positions open now.

Stay tuned!  Change is in the air!

Neenah Ellis
WYSO President

Neenah Ellis has been a radio producer most of her life. She began her career at a small commercial station in northern Indiana and later worked as a producer for National Public Radio in Washington, DC. She came to WYSO in 2009 and served as General Manager until she became the Executive Director of The Eichelberger Center for Community Voices where she works with her colleagues to train and support local producers and has a chance to be a radio producer again. She is also the author of a New York Times best-seller called “If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians.”