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 Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) now says 85 teenagers and an adult staff member contracted COVID-19 at the Crossing Camp. The summer... -
The head of the Illinois Department of Public Health told Knox College graduates to write their own stories – and make those stories Pulitzer Prize... -
Western Illinois University began offering classes in the Quad Cities in the late 1960s. After years of hosting classes in various locations, the... -
Western Illinois University is planning to return to business as usual in a few months. -
The presidents of Illinois' public universities believe the state should make it a higher priority to provide COVID-19 vaccinations for higher education... -
An expert believes the economy will look different as we rebound from the pandemic-related recession, and he said some post-pandemic economic trends are... -
Western Illinois University President Guiyou Huang believes one way the school can attract more students is by beefing up its online offerings. -
Western Illinois University's new president is getting a two-and-a-half year contract. Western's Board of Trustees approved the deal unanimously. -
Dr. Guiyou Huang spoke with Tri States Public Radio Tuesday morning, less than 24 hours after Western Illinois University's Board of Trustees voted... -
Illinois has designated the location of the Reverend C.T. Vivian's childhood home in Macomb as an Illinois State Historical Site. The city and state...
