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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Western Illinois University said a freshman who shot his roommate Tuesday night turned himself in to police in Chicago Wednesday afternoon.
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Police are searching for a Western Illinois University student accused in a shooting in a residence hall Tuesday night in Macomb.
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Western Illinois University's interim president said he is "extremely happy" with this fall's enrollment data even though overall enrollment decreased.
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Black students at Western Illinois University say they deserve better treatment from the institution and the city of Macomb. They have issued a list of...
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Western Illinois University's administration and the University Professionals of Illinois, which represents faculty, have agreed on a plan for holding...
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Western Illinois University's interim president said he is optimistic about the year ahead. But he added there are plenty of challenges to tackle.
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Western Illinois University intends to hold in-person classes beginning August 24 in Macomb and the Quad Cities. But the union representing faculty...
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A life filled with achievement has come to an end. The Reverend C.T. Vivian, who grew up in Macomb, died Friday in Atlanta, Georgia, just a couple weeks...
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Western Illinois University - like schools across the state - shut down its campuses in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Interim President Martin...
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Communities throughout the region have held demonstrations in response to the killing of George Floyd. In Macomb, the protests have been taking place...